Adria Vasil
NOW Magazine
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Past articles by Adria:
Three easy ways to purge plastic from your life
Here's how to rid plastic from your daily routine and advocate for long-term environmental change → Read More
Is there such thing as an ethical ride-hailing service?
Apps claiming to be more socially responsible than scandal-plagued Uber are popping up in Toronto. NOW's Ecoholic columnist asks whether we're being taken for a ride → Read More
Is there such thing as an ethical ride-hailing service?
Apps claiming to be more socially responsible than scandal-plagued Uber are popping up in Toronto. NOW's Ecoholic columnist asks whether we're being taken for a ride → Read More
How Bea Johnson turned the zero-waste lifestyle movement into her family’s reality
The "priestess of waste-free living" can famously fit a year’s worth of trash into a single mason jar → Read More
Eight tips for going zero waste in Toronto
Forget the old 3Rs – reducing your trashprint is all about the 5Rs → Read More
Great Lakes Water Walk has me walking on water
As tears well up in my eyes, I tell the water that I hope the city will start taking better care of it → Read More
Where to find healthy and local food options at eight Toronto colleges and universities
The lowdown on cafeterias and campus eateries putting sustainability at the top of the menu → Read More
Interview: Naomi Klein
Toronto-born activist journalist takes on corporate media's (and her own) Donald Trump addiction, Trudeau's arms build-up and how NDP leadership contenders are missing a Bernie Sanders-style opportunity → Read More
Toronto's glass condos are burning thermal holes in the sky
Greenhouse-gas-leaking towers setting us up for climate change fail → Read More
George Brown launches sustainable fashion program to capitalize on "reshored" manufacturing
Anticipating an increase in demand for clothing produced on domestic soil, the college is launching a grad program in sustainable practices → Read More
Sustainable fashion gets a new look
Ecoholic columnist Adria Vasil explains why fashion's latest eco boom is more than just another greenwashing bust. → Read More
Easter not so happy for rabbits raised for meat in Canada
Rabbit is turning up on more Toronto restaurant menus as the new "ethical" white meat of choice, but animal rights activists say there's nothing humane about the way their treated by the industry → Read More
Calgary think tank says environmentalists need to "end the charade" against oil sands
According to the Canada West Foundation, keeping the oil sands in the ground and stopping new pipelines “will actually increase greenhouse gas emissions" – wait, what? → Read More
Cheerios’ #bringbackthebees seed giveaway creates bad buzz
PEI seed supplier denies wildflower mix used in Honey Nut Cheerios PR campaign promotes the growth of invasive species → Read More
Pesticide banned in Europe found in Toronto's tap water
Research around atrazine has found endocrine-disrupting properties connected to hermaphrodite frogs, feminized fish and low sperm counts in humans living in agricultural areas → Read More
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan faced with growing pressure to divest from fossil fuels
Efforts are afoot to put divestment motions on the floor at teachers union meetings this weekend as OTPP continues to pour a hefty $24.8 billion of its $170 billion in total retirement holdings into dirty oil, coal and natural gas projects → Read More
Fast-food warning: your takeout is leaching banned chemicals
New study by the Environmental Working Group in the U.S. found that a third of grease-repelling takeout wrappers and boxes from 27 fast-food chains contained PFCs → Read More
Who's killing the electric car?
The future for plug-ins and concept cars is here, but just as curiosity is starting to translate into sales in Canada, car and truck brands stateside want the EPA to roll back Obama-era emissions standards → Read More
Is BC’s carbon tax really revenue neutral?
Conservative think-tank Fraser Institute says the province's carbon tax plan is failing to live up to claims it's revenue neutral; enviros say they’re missing the point → Read More
Advice for Americans from Canada’s top environmentalists on how to fight Trump
Fear not, friends, battle-hardened activists north of the 49th picked up some valuable lessons from fighting our press-hating, government-scientist-muzzling former prime minister → Read More