Libraries
- https://www.wired.com/2016/09/settle-10-beautiful-libraries-earth/
- http://www.scholastic.ca/readingreport/key-findings.php
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kindle-nook-e-reader-books-the-best-way-to-read/
- https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=42
- http://www.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/s/slw3_2008.pdf
Matcha
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14518774
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/sleep-newzzz/201708/what-you-need-know-about-l-theanine
- https://www.businessinsider.com/the-japanese-would-never-use-this-popular-superfood-knockoff-why-2016-4
Sustainable Investing
References
- https://www.sustainableeconomist.com/gts_2018
- https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4300b036-4ae3-4778-b29d-381163086bb8
- https://www.greenbiz.com/article/evidence-links-esg-performance-better-investments
- https://money.usnews.com/investing/funds/slideshows/8-global-esg-funds-to-diversify-your-sustainable-portfolio?onepage
- https://russellinvestments.com/uk/insights/articles/esg-survey-2018
- https://www.unpri.org/fiduciary-duty/the-changing-landscape-of-fiduciary-duty/248.article
- http://4a5qvh23tbek30e0mg42uq87.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GTS-2018-Full-Report-1.pdf
Further reading
- The Responsible Investing Association and Ethiquette are good places to do some research in Canada.
- In the US, read more at The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment.
- To learn more about the relationship between the environment and the economy, visit Tim Nash’s blog at The Sustainable Economist.
- For those thinking of do-it-yourself investing but who would like a little coaching, check out Good Investing to get started.
Silicone
- Second phase of polymer rapid screening, Government of Canada website
- Mobility of coated and uncoated TiO2 nanomaterials in soil columns--Applicability of the tests methods of OECD TG 312 and 106 for nanomaterials.
- “Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane” Consultation document, Environment Canada
- “Strange History of Silicone Held Many Warning Signs” NYTimes.com
Further reading
- “Europe bans two cosmetic ingredients you didn't know are hazardous” treehugger.com
- “Silicone passive equilibrium samplers as 'chemometers' in eels and sediments of a Swedish lake”
- “Silicone Arthritis and Related Diseases”
- Screening Assessment for the Challenge: Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane, Environment Canada
- The Dirty Dozen: Siloxanes, David Suzuki Foundation
Non-Chemical Pollution
Further Reading
- The precautionary principle: decision-making under uncertainty
- Illuminating the deleterious effects of light at night
- Nocturnal light pollution and underexposure to daytime sunlight: Complementary mechanisms of circadian disruption and related diseases
- Influence of light at night on melatonin suppression in children
- The first World Atlas of the artificial night sky brightness
- Night time aircraft noise exposure and children's cognitive performance
- The Sensitivity of Children to Electromagnetic Fields
- Occupational Electromagnetic Field Exposures Associated with Sleep Quality: A Cross-Sectional Study