Canada's Environmental Voice
“Move over murder hornets. A new insect has people bugging out,” begins a segment for evening news viewers across the country. The story continues, but most can’t help but pause and question what just came out of their television speakers. Murder hornets? Murder hornet has become the popularized name for […]
Researching Canada’s Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Written by Katie Kish and Eric Miller An initiative at York University is measuring how humanity’s consumption of renewable resources has changed over the last 50 years – since the first Earth Day in 1970. Research out of York’s Ecological Footprint Initiative (EFI) in […]
Are You Paying Attention? We, as social media users, are one of the most profitable commodities within publicly traded enterprises. Written by Katie Kish As you scroll through your Facebook feed, you see an advertisement for a toaster oven. How strange! You were just saying yesterday that you wanted to […]
Building Rainbow BridgesQueering the Canadian Construction Sector Written by Kait Tyschenko The Queer experience in 2021 sits at various crossroads. LGBTQ2S+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two spirit, plus) Pride festivals occur in rainbow-plastered brilliance across the world, corporations funnel sponsorships into Queer focused events and branding, and yet if […]
A Nod to Magnificent Creatures Secrets of the Whales Dir. by Brian Armstrong & Andy Mitchell. National Geographic, 2021. 191 mins. Reviewed by: Teo Guzu Have you ever wondered what whales get up to on their day-to-day schedules? Well, now you can find out. Marking Earth Day 2021, “Secrets of […]
Game Changer Silent Spring goes Digital in Forest Catherdal Written by: Kelly Hornung Most of us started learning about environmental history in a classroom, through a mandated curriculum. We might get snippets in the news, or hear the names of scientists used in conversations to back up a point. But […]
Infertile Future Phthalates are everywhere: are they threatening human existence? Written by Alex Goddard FDA 2010 Survey of Cosmetics for Phthalate content Household Items containing Phthalates Find a comprehensive list here Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Moisturizing Lotion Jergens Ultra Healing Extra Dry Skin Moisturizer Nivea Soft Refreshingly Soft Moisturizing Crème […]
This weekend, on Saturday January 22, 2022, you’ll get a chance to flip the script on writing the rules of politics with the help of FLIP 2.0, a virtual national meet-up dedicated to helping you and me to break the political barriers impeding environmental progress. As you and I wrestle […]
Too Darned Hot Source: News18 A new report from a team of researchers from NASA and the NOAA has concluded that the “EARTH’S ENERGY IMBALANCE HAS DOUBLED SINCE 2005”. This is a simple headline that holds a lot of depth of meaning. As background: Earth’s climate is determined by a […]
17% of all Food Produced Globally is Wasted Source: Science News The United Nations Environment Programme released a report this week titled 2021 Food Waste Index Report that revealed a shocking statistic. Globally around 931 million tons of food was wasted in 2019. To put that into perspective, the amount […]
