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Garden Spice UTSC has there own garden during the summer. Click here to view the video, watch on YouTube for more information! Read more

McDonald’s going organic? Some McDonald’s are jumping onto the organic bandwagon. In Sweden, all McDonald’s restaurants serve organic milk and beef and recycles 97 pe... Read more

“The top 10 jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004.” Click here to watch the video: Shift Shift Happens. How will your role in society be relevant in a changing world?View the video and prepa... Read more

Flower Power up on Rooftops Green roofs: a lot of work, but totally worth it! Green roofs reduce utility bills by acting as insulation: it keeps buildings roughly 10 de... Read more

What do Steve Nash, Nike and the environment have in common? That’s Trash Talk! …Literally. Steve Nash is to endorse this shoe made completely of industrial waste and recycled materials. Nike has trans... Read more

“Water fountains disappearing from campuses” Ever walked into the new science building on campus after a long day’s worth of classes, thirsty, hoping to find the nearest water fountain ... Read more

Plastics, Biodegradable?! Polymers used to make everyday plastics can now be produced through bioengineering rather than fossil fuel-based chemicals. Through the ferm... Read more

Hydrogen Photosynthized Scientists have been on the quest to make hydrogen a commercially-viable clean and sustainable resource without relying on intensive, high-e... Read more

Birdfeeders are doing more than just feeding birds Thinking of placing a birdfeeder in your backyard to support local bird populations? You might be observing more than just birds visiting fo... Read more

EcoFashionable Every year, more and more brands pop up that offer sustainable clothing options such as Lav & Kush. Sustainable fashion is created and ... Read more

Which Eco-Label is Greenwashing? Along with the sustainability movement came many certification organizations and new industry standards. However, as more certification prog... Read more

Wave Power — an untouched source of renewable energy Canada’s two coasts and Nunavut have the potential to generate over 150 tera-watt hours of clean electricity a year via wave and tidal power... Read more

Oil Companies the Most Profitable in the World Most of the top 10 most profitable companies are oil companies. Considering only Exxon Mobil’s profits in 2008, could give everyone on this ... Read more

Food Around the World How much does food cost around the world for one week? What does the food look like? Read more

Smart data centre For those who are not aware, we generate heat in data centre every time we use any web feature (e.g. search engine, checking the news, insta... Read more

Engineering fun When was the last time you had fun separating your waste from the recyclables, taking the stairs instead of the escalator or throwing your t... Read more

Spreading Awareness Through Art Two million plastic bottles are used every 5 minutes in the United States.Chris Jordan uses photographic arts to capture global mass consump... Read more

Plastic Bags and Styrofoam Recyclable in Toronto Given the ubiquity of environmental information, even an environmentalist such as myself did not learn that plastic bags and styrofoam were ... Read more

Rice Husk, Power of India This great innovation has been widely-recognized in competitions such as the Social Innovation Competition at the University of Texas and MI... Read more

Another reason to save the rainforest — cute geckos! A gecko so small it can fit on the top of a pencil! This species of gecko was discovered in an Ecuadorian rainforest. The rainforest has bee... Read more

Green Burials Hybrid cars and reusable grocery bags, these are the types of things most people think of when they hear the phrase “going green” but one as... Read more

Carbon Dioxide Mug Ever wonder which countries are the greatest contributers of carbon dioxide? Well now you can find out while drinking your first cup of joe ... Read more

From Motown to Hoetown The birthplace of the automobile is quickly becoming a leader in urban agriculture in North America. Detroit, America’s 11th largest city ha... Read more

Who has the bigger footprint? Electric vs. Conventional Cars Electric cars have been claimed to be the new solution to removing greenhouse gas emitting cars from urban roads. It is true that on a per g... Read more

Save the Mussels, Save our Water! Think that the diminishment of the tropical rainforests is the worst of our problems? The decline in common species in freshwater systems ma... Read more

From Office Paper to Toilet Paper Oriental Co. Ltd has developed a $100,000 shredder called the White Goat, which turns office paper into toilet paper. Read more

Wind-powered Highway Lighting Adding to the repertoire of green tech gadgets is a submission to the Greener Gadgets competition in New York City. The idea is that the mov... Read more

Can Airline Industry Go Green? Trains have been advertising about being the “more human” way to travel. Lately, journalists and scientists alike have started to compare th... Read more

Rolling in Power to Off-Grid Areas The Soccket was designed to bring power to developing countries where people can only depend on dangerous kerosene lamps for lighting when t... Read more

100% Renewable Island Residents of this population 4,000 island have shares in 20 of the 21 wind turbines of the island in Denmark that supplies all of the energy... Read more

UTSC Campus Garden Bloomed with Delicious Veggies University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) Garden saw a successful season of growth! On Sept 29, students and staff at UTSC celebrated the h... Read more

Tips for Around Campus Some quick tips on how to reduce, reuse and recycle on campus. Read more

Tips for the Office Tips for around the office place! Read more

Tips for the home Tips for have a sustainability house, anything helps! Read more

Tips for transportation Tips for getting to point A to point B: transportation. Read more

Eco-Friendly Beauty Products Are you using eco-friendly cleaning products? Now you can start using eco-friendly beauty products. Click here to check them out! ... Read more

Local vs Orgainic Foods Even though purchasing local and organic foods are both really good; which one has a smaller carbon footprint? Many factors contr... Read more

Terracycle Chocolate Wrapper Collection You are so excited to leave your 3 hour lecture and y... Read more