Canada's Environmental Voice
Jade is in her final year at Western University and plans to graduate this spring with an Honors Double Major in Environment and Health Geography and Criminology. Currently she is completing her undergraduate thesis which addresses the topic of sustainable clothing and its availability in a mid-sized Canadian city such […]
Jane Goodall leaned back in an armchair by the window. It was a cold, wet southern Ontario afternoon in late April. Days earlier, Goodall gave an Earth Day lecture at the University of Toronto, and between travelling, interviews, convocations and distinguished luncheons, the planet’s most famous primatologist hasn’t had a […]
Niel LaChapelle and Mo Markham from Extinction Rebellion tell us about the climate strike planned in Waterloo for Friday
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are upon us. Follow the lifecycle of consumer electronics to learn about their environmental impacts. It is easy to get sucked into the marketing frenzy and buy things we don’t actually need. But, it’s easy to implement changes to lower our impact. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlternativesJ/
Adopting a sustainable diet can not only help mitigate the climate crisis, but can also improve your health.
Madeleine is in her fourth year at Western University completing an Honours Specialization in Nutrition and Dietetics (BScFN) with Brescia University College. Madeleine is the lead curriculum coordinator for Nutrition Ignition, a club that teaches school aged children about nutrition and physical activity, and worked in the Family Health department at […]
‘I don’t want to keep your environmental awards; I want you to keep your promises.’ This phrase basically sums up how Greta Thunberg feels about the praise from the climate work she has been doing. From declining awards such as the Nordic Council’s Environment Award 2019, to telling world leaders […]
This year Earth Overshoot Day was the earliest ever, falling on July 29 as the day humanity collectively used nature’s resource budget for the entire year. Scientists, environmentalists, activists, and the world’s youth have made loud and clear demands for radical and progressive policies to curb humanity’s environmental footprint.
Sophia Sanniti is a PhD Candidate in Social and Ecological Sustainability in the University of Waterloo’s School for Environment, Resources and Sustainability. Her research explores the intersections of ecological economics, critical (eco)feminism, and household sustainability. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiasanniti/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ictrlshift?lang=en
