Environment

Comic panel of a couple sitting on a couch pleasantly watching the fireplace roar. In the second slide they sip wine, oblivious to the fire raging outside their window.

Environment / June 2022

Ask an Environmental Expert: What’s the Carbon Footprint of the Internet?

May 16, 2022June 9, 2022 - by Laura Marks

Our digital habits are worse for the environment than flying. That toll is expected to grow

Giant mine building in silhouette against purple clouds at sunset.

Environment / May 2022

Arsenic and Gold: My Family’s Role in the Poisonous Legacy of Giant Mine

April 20, 2022May 2, 2022 - by Eva Holland

Could my grandfather have done more to stop the dangerous dust that spewed from the mine for decades?

Two origami birds made out of paper with poetry on it against a blue background.

Environment

Early Warning Signals: How Poetry Helps Us Understand Our Impact on Ecology

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 - by Madhur Anand

The environmental crisis is, in part, a crisis of the imagination. Poems can create a new form of knowing

A woman stands between two tall trees in a snowy forest

Environment / May 2022

Burning Up: The Controversial Biofuel Threatening BC’s Last Inland Rainforests

March 28, 2022June 30, 2022 - by Brian J. Barth

The wood-pellet industry is booming. Will it push old-growth ecosystems to the brink?

Cartoon panel of a bear waking up to an alarm clock and ending hibernation, but confused that it looks like autumn and not spring outside.

Environment / March/April 2022

How Is the Climate Crisis Changing Our Seasons?

March 21, 2022September 19, 2023 - by Madhur Anand

Early springs and long, hot summers are disrupting migration and mating patterns

Aerial view of Cootes Paradise in spring 2021

Environment / March/April 2022

Sewergate: There’s Something Rotten in the State of Our Waterways

March 4, 2022September 1, 2022 - by Nathan Whitlock

A sewage leak in southern Ontario highlights the toxic relationship between cities and water

A close-up photo of mackerel fish on ice

Environment

Fish on the Brink: Where Did All the Mackerel Go?

January 28, 2022 - by Moira Donovan

A fish famous for its abundance has become harder to find in many Atlantic communities

Text saying "2021 Environment" over a green pattern of globes, plants, and animals

Environment / Science

Reckoning with the Natural World

December 29, 2021December 30, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

The climate crisis kept the environment firmly planted in the headlines

Illustration of a man in a suit planting gold coins in a field filled with plants and windmills.

Environment / January/February 2022

Green Investing Is Having Its Moment in the Sun. Can It Help Save the Planet?

December 16, 2021October 20, 2023 - by Ainslie Cruickshank

As interest grows in sustainable stocks, observers worry there’s more hype than substance to the trend

Illustration of a fire growing atop a mountain that overlooks a valley and houses.

Environment / November 2021

For the Love of Peat: Our Best Defence Against a Changing Climate

October 18, 2021March 28, 2022 - by Edward Struzik

Canada holds between a quarter and a third of the world’s peatlands. It’s time we took better care of them

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Ask an Environmental Expert: What’s the Carbon Footprint of the Internet?

Early Warning Signals: How Poetry Helps Us Understand Our Impact on Ecology

Sewergate: There’s Something Rotten in the State of Our Waterways

Fish on the Brink: Where Did All the Mackerel Go?

Green Investing Is Having Its Moment in the Sun. Can It Help Save the Planet?

For the Love of Peat: Our Best Defence Against a Changing Climate

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