Ecological Imperative

An Unlikely Friendship

While it’s not unusual for interspecies friendships to form in captivity, it’s not typical in the wild. Finnish photographer, Lassi Rautiainen, captured the remarkable bond between a young male bear and female wolf in a remote northern region of Finland. For 10 days straight, he witnessed their nightly encounters for dinner and hangouts into the early hours of the morning.

Sunny Days are Here Again

The Liberal government tabled their first budget today, and the numbers are very promising for sunnier days. While they delivered on most of their election promises to boost development of the green economy, it was the fact that one third of the 5 billion dollars allocated to infrastructure will be earmarked for green projects that stood out. The budget states that 2.9 billion will go to climate change initiatives, including policies to reduce emissions in the transportation and energy sectors and a price on carbon.