Industry chat Traveling days by Emily Atkins I’m traveling today (Monday) and tomorrow. When I arrive at my hotel in Nokia, Finland, I’ll try to make time for a blog entry. It may be that I’ll only…
Industry chat Heading to Finland by Emily Atkins On Monday I’m flying the red-eye to Finland to tour Molok’s plant in Nokia. My itinerary includes a tour of the factory and then we head down to Turku, the…
Industry chat A tale of two conferences: Watch out! by Emily Atkins Just a quick entry today to update readers about a couple of things. On Wednesday morning Brian van Opstal gave me a tour of the Dufferin organics plant in…
Industry chat Musings on the Devil's Playground and more by Emily Atkins Today I’m touring the Dufferin organics composting plant in the northwest end of Toronto with the city’s Brian van Opstal. I hope to write about the plant in the forthcoming…
Waste Management On the matter of federal funds for Ontario by Emily Atkins You’ve likely read by now that in the federal budget, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty didn’t include $538million in funds that were promised for Ontario to help offset its costs fighting…
Industry chat Drowning polar bear myths and other notes by Emily Atkins Just a quick entry today on a couple of items. Readers should take a look at Margaret Wente’s column in the Globe & Mail (May 4) in which she…
Industry chat Media tipping point by Emily Atkins A phrase you hear a lot these days in relation to climate change discussions is “tipping point.” The thinking is that nature absorbs a great deal of emissions for a…
Industry chat The Revenge of Gaia — Part Two by Emily Atkins I could write a long blog entry on this, and I’ll probably track back later and write some installments on certain aspects of this book, but let me just state…
Industry chat Ontario's new stewardship priorities by Emily Atkins It was unfortunate that I wasn’t able to attend the AGM of Waste Diversion Ontario, as Ontario’s Environment Minister Laurel Broten made some important announcements. Thanksfully, representatives from the Ontario…
Industry chat The Revenge of Gaia by Emily Atkins Goody goody! When I came home last night I found my Amazon shipment had arrived — The Revenge of Gaia by James Lovelock (Penguin Books). This will constitute my bedside…