environment | The Walrus

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

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

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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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, 2019December 11, 2019 - by Viviane Fairbank

One designer is challenging the conventional wisdom about environmentally friendly construction

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Green party Leader Elizabeth May waves to her supporters

Democracy / Politics

The Green Party Is Poised for a Breakthrough

September 24, 2019October 17, 2019 - by Don LePan

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

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Cover Story / Environment / November 2018

People vs the Planet

October 15, 2018October 15, 2019 - by Edward Burtynsky

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

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Photograph by Jackie Dives

Environment / October 2018

How I Learned to Love Bonsai

October 2, 2018July 8, 2019 - by Harley Rustad

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

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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

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Illustration by Mike Feehan

Environment / July/August 2018

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

May 23, 2018November 17, 2019 - by Anne Casselman

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

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Illustration by Lauren Crazybull

April 2018 / Justice

Inside the Legal Battle to Preserve Land As Sacred Space

April 2, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Arno Kopecky

How one First Nation tried to use freedom of religion to stop a ski resort

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Illustration Juxtaposing an Image of a Thread of Cloth in the Laundry Room Against the Same Thread Polluting the Ocean

April 2018 / Environment

How Our Clothing Poisons the Environment

March 20, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Tina Knezevic

Microfibres are the scourge of our waterways. One man in Nova Scotia says he has a solution

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