When a rural Saskatchewan town needed a population boost, they decided to offer prospective residents half-acre building lots for $1. But there was a catch: the newcomers would need to build a sustainable community from scratch and live off the grid. CBC’s The Passionate Eye followed the residents’ first year in the eco-village in Craik, [...]

For those of you who have toiled with the idea of “off the grid” living or are in search for a simpler life or there is a special tree house community functioning in the rainforest of Costa Rica which might be right up your alley. Finca Bellavista: A Sustainable Rainforest Community is what it’s called [...]

‘No Impact Man’’ is a very confused documentary that somehow puts its confusion to good use. On the surface it’s a portrait of a wannabe eco-hero: Colin Beavan, a Manhattan husband and father who recently vowed to lead his family in a yearlong experiment to live with as little environmental impact as possible. That means [...]

…is better than you think CTV.ca News Staff Anyone who decides to give up electricity for an entire year to draw attention to climate change has to be a little crazy, right? So how crazy would someone have to be to give up electricity and elevators and toilet paper, along with a million other comforts [...]