Projects & Publications

Native Plants & Your Yard: by Antoinetta Minichillo, MES. This brochure is intended to provide advice and direction to individuals and families in new suburban developments on how to personalize their residential spaces in an environmentally appropriate and cost effective manner. (Click here to download a copy of the brochure) Indigenous Plants for Mining Area Restoration: by Pakki Chipps, Ph.D. This document draws extensively on First Nations' traditional knowledge to reinforce the environmental importance and social and cultural significance of using indigenous species for remediation. The geographic focus of this document is Northeastern British Columbia. Dr. Chipps, an ethnobotanist, is a member of the Beecher Bay First Nation on Vancouver Island. (Right-click and choose "save as" here to download a copy of the document.) "Plastic Bag Tax Brings No Benefit" (July, 2009) This report analyzes the new Toronto plastic bag tax. The report uncovers the flaws of the new tax and exposes how Toronto's city government puts emphasis on policies that appear "green" rather than ones that have real environmental benefit. This report also demonstrates the benefits of plastic shopping bags, and how there will continue to be a major market for them, as well as poses suggestions for action for concerned citizens. (Right-click and choose "save as" here to download a copy of the document.)