[Image-1] “Would you ever consider running?” Most people would answer this question with an emphatic “No.” Politicians are almost universally reviled, and few people are attracted to the idea of putting one’s life on hold and placing everything on the line, just to become a professional receptacle for everyone’s pet complaint. As a result, politics […]
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Nova Scotia’s sad state of environmental racism
[Image-1] Tonight, activists, politicians and community members from across Nova Scotia will meet at the Halifax Central Library for Connecting the Dots: Confronting Environmental Racism in Nova Scotia. The free event, organized by ENRICH (Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequalities & Community Health Project), the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group and the Ecology Action Centre, aims […]
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Take a walk on the wild side
[Image-1] Running from now until the end of August, Hike the Greenbelt wants Haligonians to see this city’s remarkably accessible ecological beauty through a month of hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, paddling, running, walking and sailing events around an enormous loop of Halifax’s open wilderness. The 15 free events will showcase the city’s potential greenbelt […]
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Why you’re going to love clear garbage bags
[Image-1] Clear garbage bags are coming to Halifax on August 1, and you know what? You are going to love it. No. Really. In 2010, my partner and I moved to Coldbrook, Nova Scotia, where the clear bag policy was already in place. The thing is, I didn’t know about this before we moved. At […]
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Norway maples should make like a tree and leave Halifax
Over the last two days, HRM workers have been planting 52 new street trees along Jubilee Road in the south end. It’s all thanks to the Urban Forest Master Plan, which adopted by Regional Council in 2012. That sylvan blueprint is behind the city’s current goal to increase the number of trees planted in HRM […]
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Solar City’s slow launch
[Image-1] The sun is setting on Solar City’s leadership, but departing Halifax staffer Richard MacLellan says not to worry: The city’s award-winning energy program continues unabated. For the moment, MacLellan is Halifax’s manager of energy and the environment. Soon he’ll be leaving the city behind and taking a position as CAO for Queens County. MacLellan […]
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7 things you need to know Monday
1 If you missed it, NSCC photography instructor and bike enthusiast Ingram Barss took over The Coast’s Instagram account this weekend. Saturday didn’t provide the best weather to document the great things happening during Bike Week/Doors Open/100 in 1 Day, but Barss still ended up with some amazing shots (like the one above). If you […]
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9 things you need to know Wednesday
1 Generously, GLAD Canada is donating 400,000 free clear garbage bags to Halifax. The gifted bags will be distributed to residents in advance of HRM’s new garbage collections bylaws, which begin August 1. Regional Council voted unanimously for the reverse-corporate handout yesterday, which saves the city hundreds of thousands of dollars it would have otherwise […]
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How to destroy a political movement
[Image-1] In terms of the province’s shale gas development agenda, 2013 would turn very nasty. With billions of dollars in hypothetical royalties at stake, two years of false starts, and the likely threat of Southwestern Energy (SWN) suing the province for tens of millions of dollars if the company was forced to default on its […]
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Who’s to blame when apartments don’t recycle?
[Image-1] There’s a big waste problem slipping between the city’s cracks and winding up in the landfill. Compost and recyclables are getting mixed up with regular garbage—and the culprit is often apartment buildings. Living in a multi-unit building, you may have come across this issue. There will suspiciously be no green bins for organics, and […]
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Ecology Action Centre is on the road again
[Image-1] Moving always sucks. But the Ecology Action Centre promises it’ll be worth it in the end. The environmental charity is undergoing some exciting renovations to its current Fern Lane headquarters starting in May. In order to make room, the EAC will be squatting roughly two kilometres away at their temporary location at 1888 Brunswick Street. […]
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“Human river walk” swims through Dartmouth
[Image-1] The Ecology Action Centre is hoping to make some waves today, as the environmental group asks residents of Dartmouth and Halifax to gather in blue attire and participate in a “Human River Walk” celebrating the historic Sawmill River. “The Sawmill River has flowed in a culvert under Dartmouth streets since 1972, out of sight […]