Flowers are largely imported in the United States, which comes with a big environmental footprint. The "Slow Flower Movement" is popularizing locally grown flowers.
A flower arrangement delivers all sorts of messages, but it can also deliver plastic waste to our environment, especially when it includes floral foam.
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at floristry's sustainability problem and how computer servers can be used to create additional home heating.
In today's Morning Brief, the federal government has decided to drop the vaccination requirement for people entering Canada, end random COVID-19 testing at airports and make the use of the ArriveCan app optional by the end of this month, a senior government source told CBC News.