Author: Greta Vaivadaite

The WTF: The Week This Friday Vol. 46

SodaStream is Bubbling with Good News Source: SodaStream  Carbonated beverage fans unite – as SodaStream has shared their environmental overview of 2020, and it bubbled with some environmental wins. With eliminating single-use plastic waste with the mission to revolutionize the global beverage industry with a lower impact to our planet. […]

Dire Disconnect

Thesis COVID-19 restrictions have forced us online, which luckily has lowered the environmental emissions from many sectors. In the environmental sector, it has forced change on our curriculums, which has been positive in some respects. However, the insular separated nature of COVID-19 restrictions might be blocking the ability of our […]

PLT Canada receives funding to help 1,700 youth aged 15-30 find jobs in the forest and conservation sector

On April 16, the government of Canada announced that $12.8 million has been awarded to Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) through a partnership with Parks Canada to support hiring youth into Green Jobs. Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced the funding, provided under the Youth Employment and Skill Strategy (YESS), during […]

Bamboo Futures

Bamboo, a fast-growing woody grass, is an abundant natural resource distributed across over 30 million hectares in Asia, Africa and the Americas. It is an economically, ecologically, and culturally important plant with potential applications in many industries. An important cultural symbol in countries like China and Japan, bamboo is a […]

The WTF: TheWeek This Friday Vol. 44

New Google Earth Timelapse Feature Shows a Changing Planet  Snapshots of Google’s Timelapse video – Greenland 1986 – 2020 // Source: Google  Google has drawn on satellite images dating back to the 1980s to introduce a time-lapse feature called “Timelapse” that lets users explore the world through the decades. To […]

The WTF: The Week This Friday Vol. 43

Increasing Numbers of North Atlantic Right Whales: A Promising Sign Or False Hope? Source: Science North Atlantic Right Whales are listed as Critically Endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); their populations are in decline and they’re on track to becoming extinct. Three years ago, this […]