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Wolves are elusive animals. Occupying public imagination as well as vast terrain, their story has been writ large for centuries through song, ceremony, children’s literature, visual arts, and public policy. But ‘the story’ of wolves is far from singular or straightforward. Their lives continue to unfold in complex ways throughout […]
Narda Nelson is a PhD student with Western University’s Faculty of Education, Curriculum Studies, working toward a Specialization in Environment and Sustainability. She is a pedagogist with the University of Victoria Child Care Services (CCS), where she takes an interdisciplinary approach to rethinking young children’s relations with plants, animals and […]
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 […]
It’s been over five decades since Apollo 8 Astronaut, William Anders, captured an image of Earth peaking over the Moon’s horizon, more commonly known as Earthrise. This iconic photograph inspired a new age of appreciation for our planet. Two years later, the first Earth Day, April 22nd, 1970, was born. […]
The year 2020 was a year that will go down in the annals for its significance on many fronts. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted several key sectors, primarily health and education, and the economies of virtually all countries on the globe. The uncertainty related to the progress of […]
This Earth Day 2021, A\J is partnering up with Earth Day Canada to present a collaborative editorial series titled “The Past, Present, and Future of Earth Day”. In the 3 weeks leading up to Earth Day, A\J will be publishing an article each week about the meaning of Earth Day […]
Eco-Friendly Routes – Thank You Google Maps Source: Unsplash Google has done it again – providing routes for not only the directionally impaired but those who want to have a smaller carbon footprint too! The Google Maps app will direct drivers to take routes which produce the lowest carbon […]
You are sitting at a coffee shop and trying to plan out your assignment that is due in three days. Like most students, your mind wanders away. You find yourself just wondering why, in spite of the near global consensus on climate change and billions of dollars committed to tackling […]
COVID-19 was first identified on December 30, 2019 and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Stringent measures were put in place by world governments to isolate the cases and slow transmission of the virus. These measures and changes to government policy have […]
Colton completed a BSc Environmental Science and Geography at the University of Western Ontario in 2020. He is now an MSc Candidate in Geology with Specialization in Environment and Sustainability at University of Western Ontario undertaking research on the turnover and sequestration of carbon isotopes in agricultural soils. His research […]
