Environmental education has become more important than ever. A\J aspires to help build a stronger, more vibrant environmental community by engaging with Canada’s top academic institutions, thinkers, researchers, professors and students.
Environmental education has become more important than ever. A\J aspires to help build a stronger, more vibrant environmental community by engaging with Canada’s top academic institutions, thinkers, researchers, professors and students.
In the 15 years that A\J has been publishing an annual postsecondary education guide, the number of Canadian institutions offering environmental degree options has exploded, as have the range and scope of the programs themselves. From hydrology and climate science to urban design to ecotourism to sustainable food systems, […]
On Sunday, I flew back to Kitchener, Ontario, after spending a little more than a week in Calgary. I’m not yet sure of the words I want to use to describe the Great Flood of 2013. I wish I could have stayed longer to assemble a bigger pile, to gather […]
Having been millions of years in development, the life forms that thrive on Earth have come up with a trick or two for maximizing sustainability. So what better model could we use for sustainable technology than the Earth’s own natural processes? And one of the most impressive of the world’s […]
This sleek, assertive documentary hinges on two crucial but highly controversial premises. The first is that nuclear power has been distorted by the long shadow of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the justifiable fear and panic that followed disasters at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima.
Mouldy food on the cover? It’s the A\J way, says production & graphics coordinator Anežka Gočová: The conventional treatment for the Food & Drink issue would have been to put some “food porn” on the cover [don’t Google that, by the way]. But sticking to our alternative nature, we decided to do the exact […]
Many studies have linked cycling to improved physical and mental health – it’s no wonder that cyclists are the happiest commuters. Biking to work can help minimize your carbon footprint, reduce stress, provide a form of low impact cardio and save you money. If you’ve thought about commuting by bike, […]
You may have thought that the reason Canada has such a poor track record on climate change is due to lobbying pressure by the oil and gas industry or lack of public support. Those are contributing factors, but the real problem is this:
OCAD University’s Faculty of Design is hosting their first ever Urban Ecologies conference on June 20th and 21st. This conference will examine how ecological approaches to design are shaping the future of our cities, focusing on five intersecting themes: information visualization, systems thinking, regenerative urbanism, urban health and community engagement.
Dante Ryel is studying Energy Systems Engineering – Clean and Renewable Energy at Mohawk College and works as a Renewable Energy & Energy Conservation Project Assistant at Environment Hamilton. He is a Co-chair of the System Change not Climate Change group in the Council of Canadians Hamilton Chapter, a member […]