Anastasia Philopoulos

FLOWERS Flowers can set the tone and theme for an entire wedding, and they are often a large portion of the budget. As flowers are direct from the earth and part of a surprisingly pesticide-dependent industry, if you’re looking for a more ecologically sensitive choice you’ll need to search. “‘Fair flowers’ is sort of a […]

“The first day of this conference was unbelievably overwhelming,” says Brooklyn Warehouse’s George Christakos of his trip to Turin, Italy for the 2010 Terra Madre Conference. “I just didn’t understand how to approach it. I felt like I was drowning in this wealth of information.” Slow food is a complex subject. Speaking with Christakos on […]

Two years ago Claire Campbell was a professor working in the Department of History at Dalhousie University. That is, until Dal’s College of Sustainability opened in September of 2009. “I always knew I wanted to do something about the environment,” says Campbell, now splitting her time between the history department and the new college to […]