Canada's Environmental Voice
In 1957, 23-year-old Jane Goodall travelled on a passenger liner from her native England to Nairobi, Kenya. She had meagre savings and no university degree, but hoped to fulfill her lifelong dream of working with African animals. By luck or destiny, Goodall met famous paleontologist and anthropologist Louis Leakey, who […]
To quote John Goodman’s character (Hound) from the film Transformers: Age of Extinction, “That’s a bad idea — but I’m all about bad ideas.”
This past June, while attending a food-related conference in Burlington, Vermont, I inevitably found myself looking for somewhere decent to eat near campus. After asking around a bit, I was surprised to hear how many people recommended the hospital. Hospital food generally evokes the same reaction as airplane food. It’s […]
We think sustainability is evolving – what do you think? It’s time for the next generation of critical thinkers to design, develop, and create positive change. We want YOU to show us what sustainability can be.
Predicting the best career options for the next four years, or the next 20, seems next to impossible these days. Today’s postsecondary students are overwhelmed with choice, anxiety and the worst job prospects in three generations. The current youth unemployment rate for Canadians ages 15 to 24 was 13.2 per […]
At this stage of history, either one of two things is possible. Either the general population will take control of its own destiny and will concern itself with community interests guided by values of solidarity and sympathy and concern for others, or, alternatively, there will be no destiny for anyone […]
Drew Robert Winter is the director of publications at the Institute for Critical Animal Studies and a PhD student at Rice University in the Anthropology department. Named one of the “Top 20 activists under 30” by Veg-News magazine for his leadership and organizing for nonhuman animals, he works at the […]
Isaac Yuen has a Masters in Environmental Education and Communication from Royal Roads University. His essays and creative nonfiction pieces on nature, culture, and identity have been published in various environmental magazines and literary journals.
Our latest issue features a profile of creative Vancouverite Shaun Mavronicolas and his home-scaled solution to putting food on the table. Here’s an excerpt, plus a tour of Mavronicolas’ DIY setup and the essential components that make aquaponics work.
Environmental education teaches how to be in the world, how to connect and partner with others to achieve a goal, how to synthesize disparate world views and consider innovative possibilities as solutions. A\J’s 2014 Education issue digs into what it means to get an environmental education – plus where to get […]
