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Sustainable Fashion is Growing Next Door

Sep 26 2018 | IN Culture | BY Hai Lin Wang

Toronto's waterfront/Photo by Eugene Aikimov on Unsplash

Building housing on flood plains another sign of growing inequality

Aug 22 2018 | IN Water | BY Deborah de Lange

Major urban centres around the world are having honest conversations about the risks of building in flood plains. But not in Toronto.

Forest fires rage in northern Alberta in 2009/Cameron Strandberg CC BY-2.0

Fighting historic wildfires amid bad ideas and no funding

Aug 09 2018 | IN Forestry | BY Edward Struzik

Uncontrolled fires are burning across North America. To get ahead of them, fire fighters and need modern tools. And government cash.

Paint the town, Chippewar

Aug 01 2018 | IN Hillside | BY Jill Barclay

Guelph’s 2018 Hillside fest served as a canvass for artist Jay Soule to speak up about Indigenous visibility in art and community

Tourists take a selfie in Marin County, California/F. Delventhal

How social media can help sustainable nature tourism

Aug 01 2018 | IN Travel | BY Francesca Mancini

Can mining social media data help conservationists discover regions where wildlife may face added stress from tourists? Apparently.

Hiking in Prince Edward Island/Martin Cathrae

Why Canadians need “the right to roam”

Jul 30 2018 | IN Travel | BY Matthew Robert Anderson

Giving Canadians the ‘right to roam’ might be a small step toward answering the calls of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Volunteers with Hillside's state-of-the-art Trash Turnaround wagon. (M. Ruby)

A Hillside Family Weekend

Jul 12 2018 | IN Volunteers | BY Jessica Burman

A near-zero waste community of supportive people bonding over music is Jessica Burman’s kind of place.

Lane Burman with his kids at Hillside. (Photo by J. Burman)

Go to Hillside!

Jul 12 2018 | IN Volunteers | BY Lane Burman

After 10 years, Lane Burman’s love of Hillside remains strong.

Riverfront Ave during Calgary flood. 2013 (Ryan L.C. Quan) CC BY-SA 3.0

Building Canada's capacity for climate change resiliency

Jun 29 2018 | IN Traditional Knowledge | BY Andrew Reeves

Latest report on Canada's climate resiliency shows need to focus on protecting human health and learning from northern Indigenous methods of adaptation.

Students Supporting Solutions

Jun 13 2018 | IN Students | BY Paige Amos

The Eco Club of Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School supports the #fixCEPA movement

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