We are creatures of habit. As consumers, in our purchasing habits and our engagement with the market, we deftly replicate old behaviours. We develop brand loyalties and deep attachments to practices, our daily bread becoming a customary ritual.
This, unfortunately, has made it difficult, nearly impossible, for new, alternative brands to compete in the retail market. [...]
The Expedition Findings
A blog of interviews, innovations, and inspiration. The Canada Expedition: Seeking Solutions for a Sustainable Humanity.
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Seeing Green with Seireeni
“Canada Not Poised for Leadership”: Press Release for The Canada Expedition May 26th, 2010
May 26, 2010. Ottawa. As Canada makes preparations to host the upcoming G8 and G20 Summits, Canadian though-leaders challenge political forces to take a look at the lack of leadership concerning climate change and poverty reduction. In a bold attempt to regain their nation’s footing, citizens have begun to take these issues into their own hands through new grassroots movements using social media, community networks and online campaigns. The Canada Expedition is one such movement, prepared to make a real difference in our country.
Hark! The Results are In!
After months of researching, debating and selecting, the results are in. One of the most important phases of The Canada Expedition, our Guides have come up with a small hand-selected cache of nominees whom we will interview and challenge regarding sustainability on the large-scale.
Most of our nominees are already laurel-wearing heroes in their own right, but [...]
Milt Lauenstein – Violence Prevention Luminary
When he answered the phone in his Massachusetts home in the early afternoon of April 29th, the first thing I noticed was the kindness, the approachability, in Milt Lauenstein’s voice. You never know with these violence prevention types, they can be hard as steel at times. In this case I find myself taken aback: Milt [...]
Is there Power in Earth Hour?
On March 27th, 2010 a record number of participants celebrated Earth Hour by turning off their lights in settings across the globe. The incessant blaze of nocturnal city lights was slightly lessened for this single hour as (some of) the globe’s population sat in darkness or flickering candle light, protesting their own reliance upon emission [...]
Urban Harvest
How interesting to be a part of a time and place, a movement, whose heroes are those humble local gardeners, the sweet spirited urban farmer, splitting time between family and radishes and that special wasabi root patch that will hopefully take this season.
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From the Navigator
Hello,
I’m Carol and I’m the Expedition Navigator for The Canada Expedition.
I feel tremulous as we begin to launch this project. I am filled with excitement and anticipation of what it to come and with fear over the tremendous challenges we collectively face.
Embarking: The Canada Expedition Launch
It has taken a lot of thought, insight and deliberation to get to the launch of The Canada Expedition. However, where we’ve landed ourselves is not at a destination, but at a beginning. And we begin with this question: how can we make humanity more sustainable? We’ve decided to allow this question to become the [...]
read this book
My mother bought me a great book, James Gustave Speth’s “The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability.”
An economist and an environmentalist, Dr. Speth brings welcome insight to the current global crisis. He pulls all of the punches, making stalwart suggestions for the transformation of government, economics and even global [...]