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.
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Isolation Reflections
For the first time in approximately 7, maybe 8 weeks, I finally left my house this past weekend.
Alexander Goddard
Alex has a background in Environmental Science holding an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies, and a Masters of Environment and Sustainability (MES) from Western University. Alex was born and raised in Barbados, a small island in the Caribbean, and has spent the past seven years attending school in Canada, while […]
Mesmerizing Mushrooms
It was London, Ontario’s first winter storm of the roaring twenties, and I braved the elements to catch a documentary film about mushrooms at Hyland Cinema. Climate change is making severe weather events more frequent. Just the weekend before, London received 70 mm of rain leading to flooding of the […]
JADE SIEWNARINE
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 […]
When Jane is Gone
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 […]
The Co-operative That Created Camino Chocolate
This interview with La Siembra Co-operative, the company behind the Camino brand, is an exclusive preview of our Invest in Change issue. Invest in Change will be out in the new year! A\J: Why did you make the decision to go fair trade?
Jackie Bastianon
Jackie Bastianon is a graduate of Carleton University’s School of Journalism with bylines in Capital Current, CBC All in a Day and the Windsor Star. She’s always been passionate about environmental issues, and currently works as the Communications Director at Youth Climate Lab and as the Co-Founder/Executive Director of PlantEd […]
Business, Interrupted: A Rebuttal
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.
Energy Policy Options for Canada
Almost all environmental concerns lead back to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. I mean, of course it all leads back to the climate crisis. Most people can agree that it is primarily caused by human activities such as resource extraction and use and agriculture.
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