Janet Kimantas

Janet Kimantas is associate editor at A\J with degrees in studio art and environmental studies. She is currently pursuing an MES at UWaterloo. She splits her spare time between walking in the forest and painting Renaissance-inspired portraits of birds.

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Julia Galbeau | Hillside Bike Infrastructure

G20's Dangerous Vision

Sep 2015 | IN Careers 41.4 | BY Janet Kimantas

(Photo: A gutted charter of Canadian rights and freedoms)

Everything You Need to Know About Bill C-51

Jun 2015 | IN Fashion 41.3 | BY Janet Kimantas

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Bill C-51 has passed. Will it be the death of freedom?

Plastic pop bottle on a beach in Costa Rica

Research Digest: Focus on Ocean Plastic

Apr 2015 | IN Health 41.2 | BY Janet Kimantas Andrew Reeves

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News from the gyre, polar polymers + more on ocean plastic pollution.

Virtuous Loop of Cow Poop

Apr 2015 | IN Health 41.2 | BY Janet Kimantas

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Here's what one farmer did when life handed him 500 tonnes of cow poop per day.

$Photo by Dalla Lana School of Public Health Toronto \ Flickr$

Indigenous Health Institute Aims to Address "Corrosive Effects of Poverty" and Colonization

Apr 2015 | IN Health 41.2 | BY Janet Kimantas

Online exclusive

The Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health launched in Toronto last month. A\J spoke to interim director Jeff Reading.

More Methane Surprises

Dec 2014 | IN Water 40.5 | BY Janet Kimantas

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High concentrations of methane plumes found rising from the floor of the East Siberian Arctic Ocean and along the US Atlantic Coast.

Meet 6 Environmental Grads

Oct 2014 | IN Education 40.4 | BY Janet Kimantas

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What alumni from a range of environmental programs across the country are doing with their degrees and diplomas.

A\J's 2014 Environmental Education Guide

Oct 2014 | IN Education 40.4 | BY Janet Kimantas

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112 Canadian colleges and universities have more than 700 interdisciplinary programs in the study of humans and nature.

Toxic Assets: The Carbon Bubble

Oct 2014 | IN Education 40.4 | BY Janet Kimantas

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Investment managers are waking up to the fact that holding vast reserves in fossil fuel companies, especially for vital purposes such as pension funds, is an unacceptable risk.

Crack Pipeline (Infographic)

Jul 2014 | IN Art & Media 40.3 | BY Janet Kimantas

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Line 9 facts and figures: the potential economic costs could greatly exceed any potential benefits.

Up Close, It’s Personal

Jul 2014 | IN Art & Media 40.3 | BY Janet Kimantas

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Jeff and Sue Turner take a sharper, deeper, wider look at Wild Canada.

$Joe Vipond from CAPE. Interview with A\J.$

Coal Remedy (Extended Interview)

Apr 2014 | IN Sharing 40.2 | BY Janet Kimantas

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Joe Vipond explains why Alberta doctors are working to end coal-fired power.

The Forest's Next Move

Apr 2014 | IN Sharing 40.2 | BY Janet Kimantas

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The rapid rate of climate change is making it harder to manage and conserve trees.

Four Pillars of Prosperity

Apr 2014 | IN Sharing 40.2 | BY Janet Kimantas

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Tim Jackson and Peter A. Victor identify four necessary elements for leading a green economy to lasting prosperity at the community level.

The Ice Wall Cometh

Apr 2014 | IN Sharing 40.2 | BY Janet Kimantas

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A 150-year-old remediation technology is being used to deal with the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

How neonicotinoids contaminate entire ecosystems

The Facts About Neonicotinoids

Nov 2013 | IN Heroes 39.6 | BY Janet Kimantas

Full article available online

Research shows that the controversial pesticides used by corn, soy and canola farmers are having widespread, lethal impacts on birds, bees and entire ecosystems.

Bay Watch

Sep 2011 | IN Energy & Education 37.5 | BY Janet Kimantas

Full article available online

What sets BARC apart is the diversity of people it has engaged in reclaiming Hamilton Harbour.

Blogs

Wipe Out

Apr 21 2014 | IN Water | BY Janet Kimantas

You'd be surprised what people flush down the toilet – and how much it's costing municipalities to clean up.

The Struggle to Protect the Mackenzie River Continues in "Back to the Mack"

Mar 17 2014 | IN Water | BY Janet Kimantas

Chris Wood reflects – again – on the clash between resource development and the ecological threshold of the Mackenzie River in an ebook released today by The Walrus.

Wild Canada Takes Nature Documentaries to a Whole New Level

Mar 12 2014 | IN Innovators | BY Janet Kimantas

Using cutting-edge technology, the breathtaking series shows you Canada like you’ve never seen it before – and “puts people back in the picture” of our natural world.

Illegal logging during Sochi Olympics road construction.

Sochi Olympics Going For Gold, But Not Green

Feb 17 2014 | IN Regulation | BY Janet Kimantas

Russia has not lived up to the environmental promises made for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and is cracking down on environmentalists for pointing this out.

Fracking's Return on Investment is a Myth

Feb 13 2014 | IN Non-Renewables | BY Janet Kimantas

Fracking’s ROI is actually negative: it costs more to extract fracked gas and oil than it's even worth.

$Crimes against ecology A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

More Reasons to Arrest Harper: Feds Shutter World-Class Libraries

Jan 30 2014 | IN Politicians | BY Janet Kimantas

The latest casualties of the government’s attacks on science, irreplaceable collections have been either destroyed or given away like the spoils of war.

$Bees on honeycomb. Alternatives Journal. A\J.$

International Bee Expert Speaks Out

Dec 12 2013 | IN Resilience | BY Janet Kimantas

A\J interviews award-winning bee ecologist Dave Goulson on the current neonicotinoid controversy and the decline of pollinators.

$Akron Family & Pokey Lafarge Marcia Ruby A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

A\J Does Hillside 2013

Aug 08 2013 | IN Recreation | BY Emily Slofstra, Janet Kimantas, Semini Pathberiya

A\J went to the 30th Hillside Festival in July – check out our reflection on drumming workshops, 30 years of staying young and an eco-friendly festival-going guide.

Reviews

$The Value Crisis \ Andrew Welch$

The Value Crisis: From Dollars to Democracy, Why Numbers are Ruining Our World

Jul 09 2015 | IN Economics | REVIEWED BY Janet Kimantas

Andrew Welch explores the incompatibility between our two value systems, the human one and our number based system. + WIN THIS BOOK!

Elemental

Nov 14 2013 | IN Innovators | REVIEWED BY Janet Kimantas

Elemental tells the stories of three environmental crusaders on three continents and their common goal to protect their communities from neglect, indifference and destruction.

$Louis Helbig Sunken Villages A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

Louis Helbig: Sunken Villages

Sep 08 2013 | IN Artists | REVIEWED BY Janet Kimantas

Helbig's images are subtly beautiful compositions that capture the troubling history of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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