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The WTF: The Week This Friday Vol. 5
This is the Week This Friday! 6 quick-and-smart briefs about happenings in the environmental space! Itsy-Bitsy Spider Source: Terro We knew this was coming.
Climate Activism and Corporate Sustainability in a Contemporary Climate Reality
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Les Larmes D’Une Nation
Background Information A disturbing mix of flood hazards are present in the capital city of Ghana, Accra. The city has annual floods that result in a disturbing loss of lives and livelihoods. These perennial floods come with the onset of the rainy season in June each year and can be […]
Canada’s National Plastic Strategy
The Surfrider Foundation is a North American organization devoted to protecting ocean shorelines. The organization was formed in 1984 and has made reducing plastic waste a major priority. In November 2016, Hanjin Shipping Co.
DIY
What happens when you give a third grader a power drill? With some wood and a little supervision, she’ll make her own keepsake box. Or, put her in that same space with a soldering iron, copper tape, LEDs and a circuit board, and she’ll learn first-hand how to direct the […]
Make Way for the CSO
In 2010, TD became the first North American based carbon-neutral bank.
The Cost of a Great Lakes Plastic Clean-up
Should the financial burden of removing all plastic debris from the Great Lakes fall on the shoulders of the 36 million people within the basin, researchers now have an estimate of the cleanup costs: $486-million (US).
Mounds of Plastic
“Do you see those mounds of plastic?” our guide asks. “Each one was a cow.” Jitu Solanki is a wildlife expert working on his PhD in Zoology. He also leads wildlife tours from the guesthouse in Bikaner, Rajasthan (India’s largest state), with his wife, Puja. He can always guarantee you […]
8 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Gift Wrap Waste
As the holiday season approaches and gift shopping begins, not only do stores fill with customers but the environment strains with the inevitable waste of this otherwise joyous time of year. North Americans are slowly changing our ways, however, and one way to give back to the world this year […]
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