Canada's Environmental Voice
In early 2018, A\J formed a partnership with Trent University’s School of the Environment and Fleming College with a simple aim – to work with faculty to help teach the next generation of environmental researchers how to tell the story of their studies in ways the public can relate to. […]
Imagine a city that produces enough food to feed its population, a city that grows food without monopolizing more land; imagine a city of rooftop farms. This vision is precisely what the founders of Lufa Farms are aiming to make reality. In 2011, Lufa built the world’s first commercial rooftop […]
The Beating and Bleeding Heart of Boreal Trees Film review of BorealisDir. Kevin McMahon. 2020. 1h 30m. Written by Ishani Dasgupta The main thought I had when watching the movie Borealis, directed by the acclaimed director Kevin McMahon, was “if the trees in the Boreal forest of Canada could use […]
What’s Peat Got To Do With It? “We are talking about the peatlands. We see them as the breathing and cooling lands for the planet, [They are] the third-largest wetland in the world and one of richest carbon storehouses on Earth.” — Mushkegowuk Council Grand Chief, Jonathan Solomon Written by: […]
Returning to the Muskeg We live and breathe because of this land. Written by: Jazmin Pirozek I sat at the water’s edge. I was looking at the plants and listening to the animals. I saw a beautiful bright purple flower. I counted its petals. The colour told me a lot […]
We all have a different reason why we became environmentalists. For some of us, it is a lived experience, for others, it is through education, or by being inspired by the actions of others. In this piece, A\J employees Siobhan Mullally and Alex Goddard take a look back to what […]
In 1925, at the Crystal Palace exhibition hall in London, esteemed judge AW Smith of the Lizard Canary Association, was introduced to the newest sensation in the canary world. Mrs. Rogerson of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire had been attempting to create a miniature crested canary and determinedly pursued her goal. At […]
Check out these references to learn more about the content featured in 2071 (46.3). Funding the Future ¹Jackson-Moore, W., & Kerrigan, V. (2021, January 18). Can Private Equity save the world through ESG Investing? PricewaterhouseCooper. https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/reinventing-the-future/take-on-tomorrow/private-equity-esg-investing.html ²McKinsey & Company. (2021, April 21). McKinsey’s Private Markets Annual Review. McKinsey & Company. […]
The WTF: The UN Climate Change Report In light of the new climate change report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a working group of the United Nations (UN), this week’s WTF will be focused on the most interesting and alarming aspects of the published study. The […]
