Author ArchivesLorne Craig

Where does the extra money we spend on organic really go?

A fair question. Canada’s certified organic food and non-alcoholic beverage market was worth $3 billion in 2012 – tripling since 2006.  To help consumers understand where some of this cash is flowing for Organic Week 2014, Unicycle Creative was commissioned by organic food manufacturer and distributor Left Coast Naturals to ...

Muzzling scientists has been tried before, but it never works for long.

It was the early 1600’s. The Catholic Church, ie, government of the day, was opposed to the radical new idea that the earth was NOT the center of the Universe.  The Copernican view, that the Earth revolves around the sun, was considered heresy. The infamous radical astronomer Galileo (himself a ...

The best organic winery brand you haven’t heard of. Yet.

The vines are so close to the driveway I could pick grapes out the car window. A rooster runs by and I wonder if I’ve made a wrong turn. Then, a short distance ahead, I see other cars parked between a farmhouse and a small rustic wooden barn. This is ...

BC’s Mining Industry Running With Its Tailings Between Its Legs

The Mount Polley Mine Environmental Disaster, as it’s soon and forevermore likely to be known, has thrown into sharp focus the incredible liability the mining industry faces whenever they decide to store a toxic swamp full of lead, cadmium, arsenic and whatever other delightful chemical combinations these elements can create. ...

6 New Tattoos to Launch The Harley Davidson Electric Motorcycle

You know electric power has hit the mainstream when legendary motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson builds an electron-powered bike. That’s right, Project LiveWire is the latest prototype badass e-bike to hit the road, on a promo tour in select iconic locations. It’s got I’m-the-meanest-electric-bike-on-the-road styling and if anyone can build a cool, ...

Three ways to make your personal brand world-ready.

Though it is the mega-corporations who dominate the headlines, small business is one of the key drivers of the sustainable world economy. In 2012, self-employment climbed 3.6 per cent in Canada, with 95,600 individuals accounting for almost 40 per cent of new jobs created in that time. And whether you ...

What makes a green product… green?

Beyond lettuce, vermillion paint and stuffed frogs, defining ‘green’ for products can be difficult. First of all, the word itself has no agreed-upon definition. Should it refer to recycled, local, energy-saving, or involve a complete life cycle assessment to the molecular level? Perhaps the solution is not to judge. What’s ...

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