Students

System Change not Climate Change

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Mimi Shaftoe

What would an “ecological economy” mean for young people starting to enter the workforce?

Little Bugs with a Big Impact

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Nengi Dublin-Green

How benthic macroinvertebrates like leeches play an important role in ecosystem management

Mindfully Disposing of the Unrecyclable

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Nengi Dublin-Green

An elementary eco-school reinforces its commitment to all things green with a new zero waste initiative.

Introducing the 2019 Winners of the YRE Canada Eco-Journalism Competition!

Dec 1969 | IN | BY A\J Staff

Online exclusive

Thanks to Environmental Defence, youth from across the country investigated solutions to environmental challenges in their communities (and around the world), and shared their findings through video, photography, and writing.

This is your brain on shrubs

Apr 22 2019 | IN Students | BY Lori-Ann Livingston

How being outside and among trees improves children’s mental health

Elder Manitok Thompson and Nunavut Sivuniksavut college students, who study, Inu

Breaking Down Colonial Barriers Through Education

Mar 04 2019 | IN Welfare | BY A\J Staff

How culturally relevant education can empower Inuit youth

Events organized in solidarity with activist Greta Thunberg are popping up all o

School Strikes for Climate Gaining Canadian Support

Feb 23 2019 | IN Students | BY Matt Lie-Paehlke

How Canadians are showing solidarity with a Swedish activist who cuts class for climate.

MoCreebec Eeyoud Council in Moose Factory, ON/Joshua Russell

Powering the north

Nov 28 2018 | IN Traditional Knowledge | BY Braydon Black

Improving energy efficiencies are changing how northern Ontario’s MoCreebec people are taking control of their power consumption.

$\Photo by Les Anderson on Unsplash$

Generation Z in an age of minimalism

Oct 01 2018 | IN Students | BY Niara van Gaalen

LESS is more than a student film, but a reflection on generational materialism.

Thrift shopping with Anita Ballachanda/Yoshi Matsuzaki Photo

World of Thrift

Sep 20 2018 | IN Waste | BY Anita Ballachanda

Project: Trashion shows the value (and style) in rethinking fast fashion.

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