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Environment

Our latest stories on the environment, climate change, the health of our ecosystems, the people fighting to protect our natural world, and the industries working to change

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Environment / Society

Hate Social Media but Love Nature? There’s an App for That

August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 - by Emily Urquhart

Facebook and Twitter can be sinkholes of rage and despair. But virtual communities like iNaturalist might usher in the digital utopia we were promised

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A group of monarch butterflies resting on a tree branch in their winter nesting area.
Environment

The Butterfly Effect

July 29, 2020April 6, 2021 - by Sherina Harris

Climate change can feel impossible to solve. But, as monarchs show, small actions can have world-altering results

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Photograph of a man kneeling on a woven mat in front of an orange wall.
Environment / June 2020

Stranded by the Climate Crisis

May 20, 2020June 10, 2020 - by Carolyn Thompson

Global environmental disasters are forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, their countries, and everything they know

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A stick-figure illustration of three figures beneath raining clouds. To their right are large pink flowers being consumed by flame. The background is midnight blue and the figures are outlined in green.
Environment / First Person

Parenting through an Apocalypse

March 17, 2020July 29, 2020 - by Liz Harmer

What stories can we tell our children to help them face the world they will inherit?

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A congregation sits on the roof of a building while the water rises up to the roof level. In front of the seated group is a preacher in a robe, with his arms raised toward the sky.
April 2020 / Environment

Do Christian Churches Care About the Climate Crisis?

March 9, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Josiah Neufeld

Movements like The Wild Church hope to heal the relationship between humans, their god, and the planet

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A photo of a field, with several wind turbines in the distance, against a blue sky with white clouds.
Business / Environment

How to Enlist Corporate Leaders in the Climate Fight

March 4, 2020 - by Tom Rand

Energy companies helped cause the climate crisis. Now, they need to become part of the solution

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A brown bear swims across a lake. In the background are the trees and mountains of the Great Bear Rainforest.
Environment

The World’s Last Rainforests Are Under Threat

February 5, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Jimmy Thomson

A $25 million carbon-offset project is struggling to find buyers, and the Great Bear Rainforest is on the line

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Four researchers equipped with nets and buckets stand in shallow water, surrounded by seaweed.
Environment

The Shark Research That Upended Marine Conservation

January 28, 2020 - by Brian Payton

Efforts to preserve ocean life are meaningless if governments don’t enforce standards of protection

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Environment

The Decade in Environment

December 19, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From natural disasters and extreme weather to the last tree left standing in a forest, these are the environment conversations that helped define Canada

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Environment

Rethinking the Colonial Mentality of Our National Parks

November 20, 2019November 26, 2019 - by Jimmy Thomson

The parks were created by removing Indigenous people from the land. Thaidene Nëné begins to repair the damage

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