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It’s time for Canada to Address Environmental Racism
In Canada, we’re quick to favourably compare ourselves to our southern neighbours. COVID-19 caseloads may…
In Canada, we’re quick to favourably compare ourselves to our southern neighbours. COVID-19 caseloads may…
Throughout Canada and around the world, the second wave of COVID-19 is hitting hard. Over…
Recently I’ve been thinking about what a low-carbon life might actually look like. We would…
What we refer to as “plastic” hasn’t been around for long. But its usefulness has…
After finishing high school in Ontario in the 1950s, I was awarded a scholarship from…
One caribou herd in Jasper National Park is gone. The two remaining are on the…
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us have been living in a landscape defined by…
In its throne speech, the federal government committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate targets. The…
Description Join us for an online screening of a documentary produced by Dr. Ingrid Waldron…
During their miraculous but perilous journey from inland spawning grounds, down rivers, out to sea…
For many, the pandemic has renewed our innate appreciation for and connection to nature. People…
Most of us can remember a time in childhood when we were caught doing something…
The global pandemic has created a unique and challenging back-to-school season. Many parents, guardians and…
Sometimes we need to be reminded of the basics. During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health…
This year, “Earth Overshoot Day” came later than it has in 15 years — on…
As part of its COVID-19 response, Canada’s government is spending $1.7 billion to clean up…
Almost every product and material we refer to as “plastic” is made from fossil fuels.…
The global call for a just, green recovery from COVID-19 will require planning for the…
Many people are calling for a just, green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Investing in…
As natural environments and geographies shape language, so too does language shape the way we…
During and after his 2016 campaign, the current U.S. president promised to make coal great…
Diversity is strength. That’s true in nature and human affairs. But recent painful events have…
After the 2008 stock and housing market crash plunged the U.S. and world into economic…
I’m fortunate. This slowdown is giving me time with my grandchildren who are with me,…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, cities worldwide have been repurposing streets to create more room for…
After months of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people just want to get…
A chorus of world leaders has declared we’re all in the same COVID-19 boat. In…
The coronavirus spreading COVID-19 around the globe isn’t the first disease microbe suspected to have…
As if we didn’t have enough to contend with, now we’re facing a “murder hornet”…
In early 1995, eight grey wolves were transferred from Jasper National Park in Alberta to…
Most people just want to ensure that we and our families are safe and healthy…
Earth Day was born on April 22, 1970 — 50 years ago. Since then, the…
When you pause to reflect on what’s truly essential and meaningful for you to thrive,…
With everything humanity is going through, it’s comforting to come across good news. The best…
These are difficult times, especially for people who lack safe shelter, food and other necessities…
Despite their crown “social distancing,” many trees communicate with each other through underground fungal networks, or “mycorrhizae.”
Rather, we should consider selective idleness. When it comes to climate activism, for example, we require more, not less.
Under Western legal systems, the concept of “personhood” includes rights, powers, duties and liabilities. In many countries, corporations are recognized as having legal “personhood” and accompanying rights as well
Our book Just Cool It!: The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do features a chapter on…
Some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and their people are defending their rights to traditional practices, clean air and water and a healthy environment. They say the Coastal GasLink pipeline threatens those rights.
Island Scallops on Vancouver Island has relied on stable ocean conditions since 1989. But CEO…
If we’re going to tackle the climate crisis, we have to reduce transportation emissions. Good…
Climate-wise connectivity looks at a number of strategies for conservation planning amid the climate crisis, as emergent ecosystems appear.
Let’s hope 2020 marks the start of a year and decade when we finally take…
With easily accessible gas and oil deposits becoming depleted, companies have turned to fracking to extract it from shale formations. This involves drilling deep, often horizontal wells and pumping large amounts of pressurized water, sand and chemicals into them to fracture rock and release gas or oil.