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Ceremony for AquaHacking 2018
‘Hacking’ the global water crisis
Braydon Black | Nov 13, 2018 | in EcoLogic
Water scarcity is threatening populations around the world – bold solutions may lie in cross-sector collaboration.
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UniverCity atop Burnaby Mountain
Incremental Livable - An A\J Q & A with Gordon Harris
A\J Staff | Nov 12, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
There's an urban revolution happening atop Burnaby Mountain showing sustainability and profitability do mix.
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Photo by Rémi Jacquaint on Unsplash
Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. Where do we go from here?
Braydon Black | Nov 8, 2018 | in The Wild Side
WWF reports that, on average, animal populations have dropped by more than half since 1970.
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A World Apart – How Global Collaborations Benefit Research
Braydon Black | Nov 5, 2018 | in Think Global
Swedish professor Karin Björkland tells A\J how a partnership with the University of British Columbia helped make her a better researcher.
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Cracked earth/Photo by Victor Benard on Unsplash
Can your portfolio weather climate risk?
Lauryn Drainie | Oct 29, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
What comes to mind when you think about the impacts of climate change? Forest fires? Floods? How about your finances?
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Smoke rising over German factories. (Foto-Rabe/Pixabay)
Fewer air pollution deaths? Thank a regulation.
Braydon Black | Oct 27, 2018 | in Think Global
Recent research from UNC-Chapel Hill suggests air quality improvements since the 1990s have cut the number of deaths related to air pollution in half.
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Rob Stewart swims with the sharks.
There’s a shark in my lipstick?!
Julie Andersen | Oct 23, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
The animal we fear the most is being driven to extinction in the name of human beauty.
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Land and sea/Photo by Mario Azzi on Unsplash
A composite sketch of rising seas
Braydon Black | Oct 19, 2018 | in Shades of Green
Parallel studies show the dangers of our warming world and its rising seas.
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Is that shark on my fork?
Julie Andersen | Oct 17, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
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BEF-China's experimental site/Photo by UZH
Quality, not quantity of trees dictates how well forests store carbon
Hai Lin Wang | Oct 16, 2018 | in EcoLogic
Does species richness impact how effectively a forest can absorb excess carbon? A three-country, eight-year study (finally) has answers.
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The missing link
Julie Andersen | Oct 14, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
Our oceans' super-predators are disappearing - here's why
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Algae pollution at a Berkeley, CA marina/Andy Wang on Unsplash
Our land as a sponge that can hold no more
Braydon Black | Oct 14, 2018 | in Sustainable A\J
Researchers from the Université de Montréal have identified a tipping point at which land can no longer retain phosphorous. Odds are good we've passed that point.
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Generation Z in an age of minimalism
Niara van Gaalen | Oct 1, 2018 | in Food and Culture
LESS is more than a student film, but a reflection on generational materialism.
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Sustainable Fashion is Growing Next Door
Hai Lin Wang | Sep 26, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
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Thrift shopping with Anita Ballachanda/Yoshi Matsuzaki Photo
World of Thrift
Anita Ballachanda | Sep 20, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
Project: Trashion shows the value (and style) in rethinking fast fashion.
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Waste paper recycling in Holland/Bas Emmen on Unsplash
Trump should wage a war on waste instead of battling the world over trade
Clyde Eiríkur Hull | Sep 18, 2018 | in Green Living
The broad push towards creating a circular waste economy isn't unique to the United States; it's happening in Canada, too.
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Citizens protesting pipeline expansion in Burnaby, BC/Mark Klotz
No quick or easy resolution to the Trans Mountain pipeline question
Mark Winfield | Sep 14, 2018 | in Renewable Energy
The Trans Mountain pipeline court decision will test just how long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can maintain his energy-environment balancing act.
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Paper Princess/Yoshi Matsuzaki Photo; Michelle Sin Design
Wear the Change
Michelle Sin | Sep 13, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
Project: Trashion aims to rethink waste in the fashion industry, one work of art (and dumpster dive) at a time.
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Narwhals surfacing in Nunavut/Paul Nicklen — Provided by WWF-Canada
On the Hunt for Narwhals
Hai Lin Wang | Sep 5, 2018 | in The Wild Side
Government researchers and World Wildlife Fund experts seek to uncover elusive narwhal activities at Tallurutiup Tariunga.
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Growing coffee in Colombia/Eddy Milfort
Coffee farmers struggle to adapt to Colombia’s changing climate
Jessica Eise
Natalie White
| Aug 24, 2018 | in Think Global
Deep in the Andes Mountains, where growing coffee is a multi-billion business, the creeping impacts of global warming are threatening a way of life.
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