Earlier this month, two European governments announced preventative and proactive measures to tackle environmental degradation and the climate crisis. In Venice, 700 cruise ships brought 1.6 million
With the next G7 meeting scheduled for June, science academies from each nation have collectively released three priority areas requiring urgent action: climate change, biodiversity loss, and data
There is no doubt that COVID-19 has had devastating impacts, but there is another pandemic that is flying under the radar. According to a recent study, air pollution results in the death of 8.7
It’s a common misperception that it’s better to store household items that might be useful in the future, rather than discarding them. As it turns out, it’s quite the opposite. It’s estimated that
A French couple has put a new spin on affordable housing by giving buildings a second life and working with nature. Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal have spent 30 years reimagining and
Lessons Canada should use from WW2 to fight the climate emergency
This article in The Conversation describes an action plan for mobilizing against the climate emergency. It proposes 7 critical steps
You may wonder after the year we have just experienced why I would pick that title? The pandemic has given the world a pause, and ideally, a pause in which we have learned what is truly important to
COVID-19 cases and deaths have been concentrated in nursing homes, homeless shelters and other overcrowded housing situations. Just as we crowd and encroach on wildlife habitats, a major cause of the
Dr. Rob Newell and I will be presenting at a conference in the United Kingdom, November 30 to December 3, 2020. Rob is a former graduate of MEM, my former post-doc and Banting Fellow and is now the
Community planning is a complicated process that requires understanding the relationships between, and implications for, human and ecological systems. Systems models can support community planning