A global assessment found that just a third of the world’s rivers remain free flowing. Described as the lifeblood of the planet, rivers are teeming with life and are a vital source for clean drinking

Several of us (Hilary Leighton, Leslie King, Rob Newell and Ann Dale) recently participated in a Climate Consciousness Conference in Findhorn, Scotland. Prior to that, we spent a few days in Paris and

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) just released a landmark report revealing the unprecedented rate in which nature is in decline. Compiled by

This recent article in the New York Times highlights how important it is to seek out the best information about your choices for a more sustainable lifestyle. Putting aside the litter aspects of

Environmental impact studies of oil sands in Alberta are failing to inform on the health (or lack of it) of one of the most industrialized landscapes in Canada.

As part of the project application

Before Jane Goodall there was Anne Innis Dagg. Her research on giraffe’s was groundbreaking and so was her fight for women’s equality in science. In 1956, she made her first trip to South Africa to

Extinction Rebellion, a UK-based activist group, is taking London by storm this week with a series of coordinated protests that have brought the city to near gridlock. Their non-violent protests are f

Blog by Joanna Chin, Doctoral Student, York University-Environmental Studies

Robin Wall Kimmerer’s perspective in “Braiding Sweetgrass” on healing our broken relationship with the land, and using our

The ongoing situation in British Columbia has prompted the government to declare a provincial state of emergency. While 550 fires are burning throughout the province, many regions are under evacuation

After discovering that raw sewage was illegally flowing into the LeHave River right outside her Nova Scotia home, Stella Bowles was determined to put a stop to it. She was only 11 in 2015 but learned