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It’s no secret that scientists struggle to communicate their imperative research to the public.

By: Jaime Clifton, Research Curator

The Liberals are currently considering priorities for the new infrastructure funding they recently announced. Since buildings account for one-quarter of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, this is a no-brainer for an infrastructure priority.

The High Seas are home to the largest habitat for life on earth, covering over half our planet. From floating rainforests to giant undersea volcanoes, these vital ecosystems are extraordinary sites for biodiversity. Since they lie in international waters, outside of any national jurisdiction, they lack the environmental protection afforded to land-based sites. As a result, they are threatened by overfishing, pollution, climate change, and habitat destruction.

Elon Musk, in his latest clean energy innovation, has purchased SolarCity to make solar ‘shingles’. Read more here.

By: Jaime Clifton, Research Curator

While all eyes are on Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Conservation International is focused on the country for another reason: The Amazon. As our world’s greatest rainforest and a vital life support system, its survival is imperative as it holds 30% of the solution to climate change. Sadly, it is facing the threat of deforestation.

Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the earliest known inventors that looked to nature for design inspiration. He studied the flight of birds and the wings of bats to draft plans for his infamous flying machine. This design approach is biomimicry, which finds solutions for human challenges from the sustainable systems and patterns of nature.

Daniel Barenboim, the Israeli-Argentinian maestro leads his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra this evening in an open-air concert in Berlin. He founded it in 1999 with the late Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, as an experiment in co-existence. An orchestra alone cannot bring peace, as Mr Barenboim and the more than 100 musicians from Israel and Arab countries concede. But it can further mutual understanding and exemplify the necessary co-operation, patience and courage; the United Nations made Mr Barenboim “messenger of peace”.

By: Jaime Clifton, Research Curator