Canada's Environmental Voice
The WTF: The UN Climate Change Report In light of the new climate change report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a working group of the United Nations (UN), this week’s WTF will be focused on the most interesting and alarming aspects of the published study. The […]
Does this headline catch your eye? Is it shocking? Is it scandalous, relatable, something you are worried about? I never understood why I had to make a catchy headline; I always loved to read anything even if the headline was boring and dull. Give me a news article called “subsidiaries […]
Fifty years ago, when Alternatives launched, computers were the size of buildings and exclusively used by organizations like Departments of Defense and large banks. The cars of the day were also outsized and most cities were cloaked in smog. Few people knew what ecology was or why it was important. […]
Fifty years ago, our first issue was released. It was the 1970s, everything was different but the A/J spirit ran strong, and started magnificently as the first solely environmental-focused publication in Canada. The issue was called “Perspectives of Society and Environment”. It contained five articles (listed below) and was very much […]
Hooray for the ‘Humpback Comeback’ Source: CTV News In the species conservation community, the ‘bad news’ tends to outweigh the ‘good news, and seemingly by a large margin. But, as team A\J works on an issue dedicated to exploring the work of species conservation, we keep bumping into ‘good news […]
Logging Stops at Fairy Creek, Conceding to the Request from Indigenous Groups and Protesters Source: BC Local News The provincial government in British Columbia has chosen to suspend the logging of an old-growth forest at the Fairy Creek watershed, in response to months of civil protesting and outcries from local […]
17% of all Food Produced Globally is Wasted Source: Science News The United Nations Environment Programme released a report this week titled 2021 Food Waste Index Report that revealed a shocking statistic. Globally around 931 million tons of food was wasted in 2019. To put that into perspective, the amount […]
For those who do not know I am turning 23 this upcoming weekend. All week my mother has been asking me what I wanted exactly for my birthday. As I am leaping into adulthood, this is now a time of reflection on exactly what could bring me happiness at the […]
Our New Eyes for Accountability: Satellite Technology Monitoring Environmental Crimes Source: BBC An article published this week suggests that satellite technology is now aiding in reporting environmental violations. New monitoring projects are currently being developed in order to track and hold accountable parties that purposely violate environmental regulations. Among descriptions […]
A forest is more than just an abundance of trees in a specific site. A forest holds life beyond what our eyes can see, it holds a story, and history behind every tree, every stump, and every root. Ever wondered how the decisions for sustainable forest management comes forth? Darren […]
