Canada's Environmental Voice
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 […]
Virtual Inspiration How do you sustain a music and arts festival during a global pandemic? Written by Siobhan Mullally Marie Zimmerman is the Executive Director of the Hillside Festival, a not-for-profit music and arts festival based in Guelph, Ontario. With equality, creativity, and sustainability at the core of their mission, […]
The Green Carpet Kelly Drennan from Fashion Takes Action walks the talk when it comes to sustainability. Written by Greta Vaivadaite Kelly Drennan is a systems thinker, thought leader and disruptor devoted to making change within the fashion industry. In 2007, she founded Fashion Takes Action, out of her […]
Hungry for Change FoodShare’s Paul Taylor’s Activist Manifesto Written by Paul Taylor I was intrigued when I saw the prompt for this essay: to write an “activist manifesto for a 17-year-old version of us; a time when we were energized and determined to make a real difference in the world.” […]
Toxic Men, Toxic Earth, Toxic Futures To start, defund the patriarchy Written by Sophia Sanniti After a riveting presentation this February on the rise and decline of patriarchal systems by prominent American feminist economist Nancy Folbre [1], I was more than displeased to see the webinar chat had been ‘zoom […]
Higher Stakes Corporate sustainability increases your odds to make positive top-down change and to create large-scale, lasting environmental progress. Written by Siobhan Mullally HP volunteers heading out for a shoreline cleanup. Frances Edmonds has done groundbreaking work in corporate sustainability throughout her career. She is currently the Head of Sustainable […]
Playing Chicken Make your own rules and choose your own adventures. Written by Natasha Arsenijevich Our world is an illusion. Like the Matrix, there are some realities that are carefully guised, designed to manage and soothe the masses while being manipulated by the men behind the proverbial curtain. By the […]
Do you have faith in renewable energy powering our future? I am definitely an advocate for clean energy and a fossil-fuel-free future (pardon the excessive alliteration), but I do still have my doubts, especially concerning an equitable transformation and distribution of renewable energy. This podcast episode titled “Faith, Hope, and […]
The relationship between Canada and First Nations plays out like a marriage on the rocks. Once upon a time, separate Nations came together: some brought a love of land, and others had more of a lust for it. They made a solemn covenant, sealed the deal in ceremony, and then: […]
Andrea Palframan (she/her; settler of Scottish and Irish ancestry living on unceded Hul’quimin’um speaking-people’s lands) is RAVEN’s Director of Communication. She is dedicated to make media that brings the strength of data together with the power of storytelling. She holds a Masters in Intercultural & International Communication. Her research focus— […]
