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At the Convergence of Climate Change and Art

How one artist and climate scientist is communicating environmental data through watercolour art pieces.

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Humans are competing with moose for the least sensible path to social recognition.

Endangered Perspective: The Elusive Wildcat

There is still hope that Atlantic Canada is home to eastern cougars.

$Waiting on the Bus | Photo © gemenacom \ Fotolia$

What's Worth More: Your Time or the Planet?

A “time-as-money” mindset discourages environmental behaviour, UBC research finds.

Are Cellphones Safe?

How wireless devices compare to other sources of radiation.

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Plastic Food

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Shanella Ramkissoon

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Once again humans have managed to allow their pollution to come back to bite them in the food that they bite.

Solar Energy - 42 Years Later

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Alexander Goddard

42 Years later has much changed in the solar energy sector?

Too Hot To Handle

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Alexander Goddard

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What happens in the Arctic tends not to stay there.

The WTF: The Week This Friday Vol.8

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Alexandra Scaman Teo Guzu Shanella Ramkissoon Alexander Goddard

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This is the Week This Friday! 6 quick-and-smart briefs about happenings in the environmental space!

ACHIEVING COMPLETE RURAL COMMUNITIES

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Shanella Ramkissoon

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The Greenbelt Foundation published a report "Growing Close to Home: Creating Complete Rural Communities" which highlights the opportunities and challenges that rural communities across the Greenbelt face when attempting to create complete communities.

Two Million Too Many

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Shanella Ramkissoon

Millions of pieces of microplastics are settling on the seafloor and unsettling ocean life.

Free Virtual Reality Tours in Downtown Kitchener!

Dec 1969 | IN | BY A\J Staff

The Plastic to Oil Machine

Mar 2013 | IN Greenbelts 39.2 | BY Julie Bélanger

Full article available online

Whitehorse did it. Your community can too.

$parkways and driveways A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

Why Do We Park on a Driveway and Drive on a Parkway?

Feb 13 2014 | IN Resilience | BY Cameron Roberts

The origin of suburbs and the evolution of transportation provide lessons for reimagining our cities.

Pieter Adongo, 17, at the Agbogbloshie e-waste dumping grounds.

Control-Act-Delete

Jul 2014 | IN Art & Media 40.3 | BY Christian Beaudrie

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Our electronics don’t have to land in an African slum.

$Bitumen Cliff: Standing on the edge of the oil sands A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

Is Bitumen Good for Canada?

May 2013 | IN Art & Media 39.3 | BY Andrew Wong

A new CCPA report examines the economic, environmental and societal impacts.

Ours is Better Than Yours

Apr 2014 | IN Sharing 40.2 | BY Ray Tomalty

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Consumers are escaping the stresses of ownership and rediscovering the value of communal stuff – and cars are driving the movement.

Are Rooftop Greenhouses the Food Solution We’ve Been Waiting For?

Sep 18 2014 | IN Responsible Business | BY Genevieve Fullan

Lufa Farms is tackling the dual problem of increasing demand and a lighter footprint.

$bees neonicotinoids A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

37 Million Dead Bees Bring Strong Warnings

Jul 19 2013 | IN Responsible Business | BY Lindsay Mason

Which path will we take to protect pollinators from our current agricultural practices?

45.2 Getting There: The Ecosystem of Human Movement

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