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

Wood Buffalo National Park was established in 1922 to protect the last remaining herds of Bison in Northern Canada. As the country's largest national park, it also has UNESCO World Heritage status.

The Cornish town of Penzance officially became Britain’s first plastic-free community in December 2017. This coastal community was awarded “plastic-free coastlines approved” status by the Surfers

The City of Victoria has officially banned plastic bags as of today. This means that businesses can no longer provide single-use plastic checkout bags. As part of the Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw (No

The Guardians, a breathtaking documentary film by Ben Crosbie and Tessa Moran, illuminates the delicate balance between humans and nature in Donaciano Ojeda, Mexico. This mountainous region is home to

Can you imagine a supermarket with no plastic packaging? Well, Ekoplaza in the Netherlands has taken a step in the right direction after opening the world’s first plastic-free aisle in February of