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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and the Fourth R

Ian Lifshitz | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Resources, Recycling, Renewable Resources, Renewable, Environment, Sustainability, Forests, Paper, Trees, Environmentally Friendly, Environmental, Green, Sustainable Products, Green Products, Sustainable, Canada Impact News
Ian Lifshitz

Many of us grew up in a time when we finished with a piece of paper, crumpled it up and tossed it into a waste paper basket. Then recycling bins came along. And with it a message of reduce, reuse and recycle. Flash forward to 2013. It's time to revisit the three Rs and add a fourth -- renewable.

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Learn From This Activist's Legacy

David Suzuki | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Rainforest Action Network, Rebecca Tarbotton, Rainforests, Forests, Fossil Fuels, Paper, Climate Change, Canada Impact News
David Suzuki

Last year ended on a sad note, with the accidental drowning death of Rebecca Tarbotton in Mexico, at 39 years of age. If there's one thing we can learn from Tarbotton, it's that we can change the world if we care, think and act.

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Beautiful Packaging Shouldn't Be Ugly for the Planet

Ian Lifshitz | Posted 02.18.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Recycling, Environment, Packaging, Green, Sustainability, Consumers, Technology, Canada, Paper, Recycled Packaging, Sustainable Packaging, FDA-Approved Packaging, Green Material, Asian Mills, Sustainable Material, Canada Business News
Ian Lifshitz

Since going green no longer means having to forfeit beautiful packaging to sell a product in a way that is consistent with any brand's image, there is simply no longer any excuse for offering products in unsustainable packaging. In the new age of green packaging, sustainability and brand promise can now go hand in hand and beautiful packaging doesn't have to be ugly for the environment.

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