Canada's Environmental Voice
Fifty years ago, our first issue was released. It was the 1970s, everything was different but the A/J spirit ran strong, and started magnificently as the first solely environmental-focused publication in Canada. The issue was called “Perspectives of Society and Environment”. It contained five articles (listed below) and was very much […]
Too Darned Hot Source: News18 A new report from a team of researchers from NASA and the NOAA has concluded that the “EARTH’S ENERGY IMBALANCE HAS DOUBLED SINCE 2005”. This is a simple headline that holds a lot of depth of meaning. As background: Earth’s climate is determined by a […]
Hooray for the ‘Humpback Comeback’ Source: CTV News In the species conservation community, the ‘bad news’ tends to outweigh the ‘good news, and seemingly by a large margin. But, as team A\J works on an issue dedicated to exploring the work of species conservation, we keep bumping into ‘good news […]
Swiss Shock on Climate Change Rejection Source: Euronews In a surprise to many global observers, voters in Switzerland rejected key climate change policies and measures put forward by the government and voted upon by the citizens in a special referendum. The measures and policies were carefully crafted by the Swiss […]
Logging Stops at Fairy Creek, Conceding to the Request from Indigenous Groups and Protesters Source: BC Local News The provincial government in British Columbia has chosen to suspend the logging of an old-growth forest at the Fairy Creek watershed, in response to months of civil protesting and outcries from local […]
Have you heard of the North Atlantic right whale? A gigantic mammal, with lengths up to 17 meters long and a life span of up to 70 years. Long-lived, massive, and, just by image alone, beautiful. Yet they are currently critically endangered, with approximately only 400 wild whales left in […]
The Threat of A Massive Oil Spill, As A Sri Lankan Ship Sinks Source: The Independent A ship currently sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka, containing a couple of hundred tonnes of oil, is expected to cause massive amounts of environmental damage. The vessel, named MV X-Press Pearl, had […]
There is a war being waged in Canada for the environment, but it is the people defending our forests that are in the frontline covered in battle scars. As you read this article, there are protesters in Port Renfrew, Vancouver British Columbia vehemently defending the destruction of an old-growth rainforest […]
17% of all Food Produced Globally is Wasted Source: Science News The United Nations Environment Programme released a report this week titled 2021 Food Waste Index Report that revealed a shocking statistic. Globally around 931 million tons of food was wasted in 2019. To put that into perspective, the amount […]
As I took a walk on a trail, in the process of creating a video for Alternatives Journal, I realized that I missed the sound of birds. I understand the absurdity of that sentence, it is not as if all birds have suddenly disappeared; the noisy robins outside of my […]
