Canada's Environmental Voice
The A\J team is taking up Earth Day Canada’s challenge to Act for the Planet by trying out new habits during Earth Month. We’ll be following (roughly) along with the EDC’s list of 30 challenges, and you can follow our progress – and let us know how you’re doing – […]
Climate change is not a problem of the future – it’s happening now, and has emerged as the most demanding environmental and economic challenge facing our planet. Its effects are felt every day, in the form of health problems, environmental damage and a system that doesn’t meet today’s needs. And what […]
Looking to engage in reducing the Region’s greenhouse gas emissions, A\J attended the ClimateActionWR Community Forum at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener on March 21.
On a campus littered with food options, how does a hungry student choose? There are the obvious factors that help us settle the debate between the big name coffee companies on campus and the local joints. Price is a major factor – especially for students – and of course the […]
Things are hopping here at A\J these days, but in between preparing for the Green Living Show and putting the final touches on our Art & Media issue, we’re making time this month to share some eco-habits and ideas, starting with Earth Day Canada‘s Act for the Planet.
Jessica is A\J's Advertising and Outreach Liaison, and a recent graduate from the University of Waterloo with an English major and French minor. She's also a fitness instructor, marathon runner and volunteer with Greening Sacred Spaces.
I’d be impressed with anyone who soaks up the entire cocktail of ideas, emotions and possibilities served at TEDxWaterloo without feeling like they just put back a few too many. While the hangover of learning and introspection is still fresh, here are some favourite snippets of insight from each of […]
Canada is blessed with an abundance of forests, from British Columbia’s lush coastal temperate rainforest, where majestic spirit bears roam, to the vast northern boreal forest – North America’s largest intact wilderness. Home to 180 native trees and over 90 thousand species of plants, animals and microorganisms, our forests cover almost […]
What began as an idea between two classmates nearly two years ago has become one of the most innovative and environmentally sound student organizations on the University of Waterloo campus. The UW Aquaponics Design Team (UWAQ) began modestly in September 2011, but with research, dedication and a lot of hard […]
Last July, a rogue businessman dumped 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific with the intention of creating a massive plankton bloom to absorb carbon dioxide and attract salmon to the area. Although he meant to benefit the planet, oceanographers were quick to declare that “it is difficult, if […]
