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Sustainable Growth: Oxymoron or Our Only Hope?
This series was originally posted in five separate parts, now published here together for easier reading. This is a blog series about growth, sustainability and our planet. It is a thought experiment on whether or not the idea of a pro-growth environmentalist is an oxymoron.
Ontario Municipalities Take Action on Air Quality and Climate Change
As the first quarter of 2014 draws to a close the threat of global climate change has been largely absent from the public discourse.
Wild Canada Takes Nature Documentaries to a Whole New Level
On Thursday, March 13, Wild Canada – the first large-scale documentary to comprehensively showcase Canada’s varied and unique natural history, including the role of humans – premieres on the CBC.
Toronto Needs a Public Referendum on The Big Move
I spent last summer researching the issue of rapid transit in Toronto, Ontario, and spoke with 10 locals who work in the transit field about ‘The Big Move,’ the proposal from provincial planning agency Metrolinx for improving transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Metrolinx is an agency […]
Why Hire a Sustainability Graduate?
As a third-year Environment and Business student at the University of Waterloo, I am often asked what I plan to pursue as a career after graduation.
Mavis Chan
Mavis Chan is a fourth-year Environmental and Business undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo. She was a former business volunteer at A\J.
Agricultural Institutes Are Driving Sustainable Chocolate Production in Peru
To help satisfy chocolate cravings all over the world, many Peruvian farmers have chosen to dedicate their lives to organic cacao cultivation. But they need more support from agricultural research institutes for local sustainable economic development to thrive.
NIGHTSHIFT 2014 Call for Proposals
The Nature of Things: The Nano Revolution
Around the year 2000, I attended a conference organized by the Council of Canadians about the risks associated with genetically modified organisms. At some point during the proceedings, an extraordinary thing happened. One of the speakers, professor Ann Clark (then of Guelph University) rose and said the following: the problem […]
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