Canada's Environmental Voice
Medicine Hat, Alberta, is branching out. The city has approved a proposal to install the country’s first concentrated solar power (CSP) project. CSP typically employs an array of mirrors to reflect sunlight onto a single point, often at the top of a central tower. The concentrated light quickly becomes heat, […]
We’ve collected a few videos that explain life cycle analysis and how it’s applied – from product design generally to specific examples of paper, hand dryers and cars. We found a mix of animated and lecture-style videos, and even one for the kids! Learn how LCA reveals more ways to […]
We’ve collected a few tutorials to guide you through building your own solar can heater. In the video above, Jim Meaney, owner of CanSolAir Inc. displays how he converts pop cans into a powerful solar heating panel.
In our latest issue, we ran a feature on Canada’s king of upcycling, Junk Raiders star Gordie Wornoff. With some examples of smaller upcycling pieces to inspire your holiday shopping – or some DIY projects of your own – author and herbalist Irith McConnachie sent us profiles of nine artists she met […]
The 13th annual Planet in Focus film film festival in mid-October provided an unbeatable spot to sit and absorb some of the planet’s most pressing ecological stories. And because its 35 screenings and other programming (ranging from industry events to a fabulous Q&A with Ed Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas […]
MANY GRADUATE STUDENTS have helped conduct research at Ontario’s Experimental Lakes Area. The dozen scientists profiled below are broadly representative of at least 47 PhD recipients who completed their degrees using research they participated in at the ELA. In addition, more than 80 master’s theses have been produced from ELA […]
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO STUDENT Heather Andrachuk won the Environmental Studies Association of Canada’s annual poster competition. Her poster, Evaluating the Quality of Citizen Science Bee Observations, explores how volunteer observers can be organized to provide reliable data for ecologists.
On the surface, athletics and sustainability might seem to be irreconcilable. The mention of professional sports conjures up images of driving in a traffic jam to a concrete dome powered by fossil fuels to sit under incandescent lighting and quaff Aqua Springs water or mass-produced beer from red, plastic cups. […]
JAN AZIER has always been interested in nature photography, and has been drawn to shooting underwater since he began diving in 1993. Azier considers himself privileged because of the travel and scenery he has been able to enjoy. “A beautifully shot photograph gives a great satisfaction, but preserving the reef […]
