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MoCreebec Eeyoud Council in Moose Factory, ON/Joshua Russell

Braydon Black | Nov 28, 2018 | in Green Living

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

Queen's Park in Toronto/Photo by Benson Kua

Scrapping environmental watchdog is like shooting the messenger

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| Nov 27, 2018 | in Made in Canada

The Ontario government's decision to weaken the office of Environmental Commissioner is bad news for the province's environment and the health of its people.

Land meets sea at Uruma City, Japan/Ryo Yoshitake ©

Living the best of both worlds

Hai Lin Wang | Nov 21, 2018 | in EcoLogic

Can conservation and human prosperity really co-exist?

Segura (third from left) at the Canadian Ice Core Archive in Edmonton, AB.

Collaborative Vision - An A\J Q & A with French Ocean Ambassador Serge Segura

A\J Staff | Nov 20, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery

French ocean ambassador Serge Segura on why humanity needs a more 'collaborative vision' of the oceans.

Cloud forest of Cusuco National Park/Julia Galbenu

Selling the forest to save it

Julia Galbenu | Nov 15, 2018 | in Shades of Green

Is carbon trading the future of our forests?

Environmental watchdog warns Ontario to wake up to source water pollution

Andrew Reeves | Nov 14, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery

"If we pollute our water," asks ECO Dianne Saxe, "what are we going to drink?"

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Is that shark on my fork?

Julie Andersen | Oct 17, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery

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.

The missing link

Julie Andersen | Oct 14, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery

Our oceans' super-predators are disappearing - here's why

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.

$\Photo by Les Anderson on Unsplash$

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.

Sustainable Fashion is Growing Next Door

Hai Lin Wang | Sep 26, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery

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