Chris Goodall - SPEAKEASY || Ten Technologies to Save the Planet

We're constantly on the lookout for ways we can reduce our carbon footprint. And while things like walking or biking to work and eating locally grown foods are important and worthwhile, it can sometimes feel like it's simply too small of an act to have an impact on a global scale. Which is why it's encouraging ...

John Ortved Meets with His Freelance Publicists

Ever wonder what a publicists' meeting is like from the authors point of view? John Ortved, author of The Simpsons, filmed a few of his "brainstorm" marketing sessions with some freelance "publicists" he hired. Take a look at this YouTube reel to see how it went.

Jane Christmas - Speakeasy || Incontinent on the Continent

Who could resist picking up a book with a title like that? Jane Christmas's witticisms don't stop at the front cover, though. In her latest bitingly hilarious travelogue, Jane takes her ailing mother on what is supposed to be a bonding trip to Italy, and recounts the many misadventures they have along ...

Give Your Kid The Tools To Make The World A Better Place

Robin Wiszowaty on Her Incredible Journey

Dirty Oil: Alberta's Tar Sands Explained

Renowned environmental journalist Andrew Nikiforuk breaks down the tar sands operations in northern Alberta, Canada in this video. Based on his new book, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, this concise presentation explains how this "unconventional oil" - the majority of which is exported ...

Andrew Nikiforuk - Crashing Oil Prices and the Dirty Side of Energy Production

Andrew Nikiforuk speaks to host Jordan Poppenk about Alberta's tar sands and his campaign to have them dubbed what they truly are: dirty.

David Waltner-Toews - Dr. David Waltner-Toews on Vancouver Co-Op Radio

Allart, the host of Vancouver's co-op radio program Dynamic Health, recently interviewed David Waltner-Toews about his newest book, Food, Sex, and Salmonella. Listen to the podcast here.

Hummingbird Inspires Greystone's Own Environmental Commitment

In 2002, Greystone Books made a commitment to use only 100% post-consumer recycled paper in the books we publish. Recently we’ve renewed that promise in the form of an eco-audit. So what does this book have to do with that commitment? Well, the message of the hummingbird, if you have yet to read ...

Meredith Hooper - A Too-Warm Summer at the "Bottom of the World"

Author and Antarctica explorer/observer Meredith Hooper talks to National Public Radio about her time spent on this increasingly melting continent and the dangers that the Adélie penguins face because of a warming planet.