Marianne Larned is the best-selling author of the “Stone Soup for the World Series” and founder of the Stone Soup Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization that develops multicultural digital educational tools, leadership training, and Sustainability...
Almost immediately after COVID-19 hit Canada in March 2020, Amy MacFarlane, Founder and CEO of Recreational Respite, realized she had a major problem. “All of our services shut down,” she says, remembering the chaos of those initial weeks. “Before the pandemic, we...
A caravan of combine harvesters chew up the grassland under the open prairie sky. They hum along in staggered rows, on the way to fill up grain elevators in the distance. The air smells like a combination of a bakery, brewery, and grassland. All told, upwards of 40...
Fishers are essential workers, but what happens when they don’t have the gear they need to work safely in a pandemic? In Peru, small-scale fisheries play a critical role in food security, supplying approximately 95% of the seafood consumed domestically. But without...
According to Bloomberg, in the coming decades we will see over US$10 trillion invested in new renewable energy generation. If the world truly wants to reach the goals of the Paris Accords, that amount balloons to US$50 trillion. In 2018 alone, over US$300 billion was...
With the COVID-19 crisis in full swing, remaining calm during the panic is incredibly difficult. There is a mix of misinformation and alarmism in the media, and we all find ourselves wondering: How will this impact my life? Will my loved ones be OK? Can I pay my...
