environment | The Walrus

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, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Liz Harmer

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

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

A photo of a deserted street in Madoi County against a grey sky.

November 2019 / Photography

China’s New Deserts

December 3, 2019December 4, 2019 - by Ian Teh

The lands around the Yellow River are turning to sand

A man in a baseball cap and fleece, sitting on a folding chair outside of a tent and drinking coffee

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

A series of construction workers building a high-rise as the building and a nearby car emit large clouds of black smoke

Environment / November 2019

The False Promise of Green Housing

November 6, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

One designer is challenging the conventional wisdom about environmentally friendly construction

Green party Leader Elizabeth May waves to her supporters

Democracy / Politics

The Green Party Is Poised for a Breakthrough

September 24, 2019December 19, 2019 - by Don LePan

But they’ll have to beat the NDP to do it

Cover Story / Environment / November 2018

People vs the Planet

October 15, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Edward Burtynsky

In the Anthropocene, the argument that deforestation’s economic benefits overrule its environmental impact no longer holds weight

Environment / October 2018

How I Learned to Love Bonsai

October 2, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Harley Rustad

When my amateur attempts at the art weren’t working, I went to YouTube star Nigel Saunders

Tidal art making the shape of a whirlpool

Environment

Tidal Power is the Next Big Green Wave

September 5, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

Why tides are set to take their place alongside solar and wind

Environment / July/August 2018

Environmental Disaster Is Canada’s New Normal. Are We Ready?

May 23, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Anne Casselman

As parts of the country flood—again—an unprecedented audit reveals serious flaws in our climate change policy