Penguins aren’t so different from humans. Sure, they’re covered in feathers, lay eggs, and eat only seafood, but if you can get past the beak and webbed feet you’ll see we are connected by something bigger than our differences. Water. Despite the 16,000 kilometres that separate us from our favourite flightless birds, the consequences of…
This April marked five years since the beginning of Flint’s water crisis. The aftermath of Flint – lawsuits, criminal charges, deaths related to Legionella, lead-poisoning, chlorinated disinfection by-products – has consequences that can’t be realized in days, only in years. On April 25, 2014 the city of Flint, Michigan, switched their source of municipal drinking…
It’s Earth Day today. This year’s theme demands action to “Protect our Species”. According to Earth Day Network, “…human beings have irrevocably upset the balance of nature and, as a result, the world is facing the greatest rate of extinction since we lost the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago.” Through the Protect…
Happy World Water Day! This year’s theme is Leaving no one behind and is associated with UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 which says: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.” Canada has an abundant supply of water and is recognized by various sources[1] as one of the best countries in the…
Sustainability, the new jargon of 2018, has maintained its momentum in early 2019. The restaurant industry is taking the word seriously. Nowhere was the commitment to sustainability highlighted more than at the hospitality event of the year, the Restaurants Canada 2019 Show. Along with this year’s theme, SustainABILITY, the Show featured a Restaurant of the…
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, NL – Not often do a Rottweiler, a chicken, a rabbit and a cat peacefully co-habitat outside of a Disney movie, but in Steve’s hydroponic growing supply store, the animals are happy shop-mates. Steve Ivany is the owner of Good 2 Grow NL in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland. Good 2 Grow provides…
Canadian water treatment company, SanEcoTec Ltd. recently received a Letter of No Objection from Health Canada for the use of its Clean5, Clean25 and Clean50 sanitizers in process water on fresh and minimally processed fruits and vegetables. In process water, the Clean line of products provides a sanitizing wash and efficacy against standard food spoiling…
In a recent article titled “Water is not precarious. It is different”, Christopher Gasson, owner of Global Water Intelligence, wrote, “Another reason why the utility sector underperforms [in growth and profits] is because it is slow to adopt new technologies.” While he was talking about the utility sector’s opposition to digitisation, the sentiment applies to…
In November 2018, shoppers in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia noticed a prominent empty space in the produce wall of their local grocery store. Due to an E. coli scare linked to lettuce grown in California, romaine lettuce had been removed from shelves. It was the third time in 2018 that E. coli outbreaks were…
Among our corporate values, we: Embrace our stewardship role, as custodians of a healthy planet To us, this means we all have a role and a responsibility in ensuring there will be a hospitable, habitable planet for generations to come. However, we believe in going beyond a “surviving” planet to a thriving planet. As a Company,…
