Principles for Improving Public Health Given Environmental Challenges
According to the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), we must add to how we view public health to account for the link between humans and the natural environment. This linkage […]
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Food Waste Diversion – Lets Share Food
Food Loss and Waste (FLW) is a major problem in Canada. Second Harvest – Canada’s largest food rescue charitable organization – recently released a report entitled “The Avoidable Crisis of […]
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Nutrition and Biodiversity
Unhealthy diets contribute to 11 million deaths worldwide and about 47,000 deaths in Canada each year. Diet related deaths are the most important cause of mortality globally. In addition, the […]
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Nudging Towards Environmentally Friendly Options
Consider driving to work yourself every working day without ever fully investigating or coming to know of other easier options. Less stressful, environmentally friendly and health friendly options such as […]
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GDP Versus GPI
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a metric used around the world to measure a country’s well-being but it misses its mark substantially. GDP is a measure of market throughput and […]
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Climate Change and Democracy
Recent research indicates that modern western democracies have problems addressing an existential threat – climate change. Although progress has been made more is needed to meet the Paris agreement target […]
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How Seagrass Can Solve Critical Environmental Problems
Did you know that the oceans absorb around 25% of the CO2 released into the atmosphere from human activities and this makes the oceans more acidic? This absorption of CO2 […]
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Why is Preventive Medicine Important
Preventive medicine aims to prevent or halt a health condition through the actions of governments, doctors and/or patients themselves. This approach can significantly improve health outcomes and be much more […]
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French Immersion – Why and How
The Canadian government has just released an action plan to protect and promote Canada’s two official languages – English and French. Entitled “Action Plan for Official Languages: Protection-Promotion-Collaboration” it is […]
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Let’s Choose Repair Instead of Replace
Technology products are thrown away and replaced often instead of repaired because manufacturers want to maximize their profits. They make it hard to repair by forcing consumers to go to […]
