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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.

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Endangered Perspective: The Elusive Wildcat

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

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

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

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Milking cows for data — not just dairy products

Jul 06 2018 | IN Research | BY Gary Kazmer, Matthew Stuber, Shalabh Gupta, Steven Zinn

If dairy cows could spend less time each day being milked, what would they do with their new-found free time? And how could this improve bovine health? Enter big data.

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Where are all the dead pigeons?

Jul 03 2018 | IN Wildlife | BY Steve Portugal

Fewer animals are as at-home in cities as the rock pigeon. Yet while they live among humans worldwide by the tens of millions, where do they go when they die?

Loch Ness expert Adrian Shine helping sample eDNA. Kieran Hennigan. CC BY-SA.

Monster hunt: using environmental DNA to survey life in Loch Ness

Jun 27 2018 | IN Technology | BY Neil Gemmell

Environmental DNA gained prominence helping researchers trace invasive species. Today, it's finding new life helping scientists detect legendary monsters.

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Why your summer might be full of mosquitoes, according to a scientist

Jun 25 2018 | IN Wildlife | BY Heath MacMillan

Bad mosquito season? Weather and climate play a major role.

New research suggests bees are susceptible to stress at work. (Photo from USGS).

Bees get stressed at work too (and it might be causing colony collapse)

Jun 21 2018 | IN Health | BY Amélie Cabirol, Andrew Barron

Maintaining sound mental health isn't just crucial for humans to operate at their best — turns out bees need a break, too.

Solar project powers cloudy northern Ontario

May 24 2018 | IN Solar | BY Gideon Forman

Poo to Power – An Effective Solution in the Developing World

May 14 2018 | IN Waste | BY Fahad Tariq

The Plastic to Oil Machine

Mar 2013 | IN Greenbelts 39.2 | BY Julie Bélanger

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Whitehorse did it. Your community can too.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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