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A photo of different disposable food containers and utensils made out of paper and cardboard.

Environment

When It Comes to Packaging, What’s Actually Sustainable?

August 24, 2023August 28, 2023 - by Nicole Schmidt

An expert unpacks the paper versus plastic debate, concerns about forever chemicals, and Tim Hortons’ pulp fibre lids

A woman stands beside a smoke stack and gazes at windmills on the horizon

Environment / September/October 2022

How the UK Is Winning the Race against Climate Change

August 17, 2022August 18, 2022 - by Anne Shibata Casselman

While Canada has fumbled every climate promise, the UK has been hitting its emissions targets. What would it take to catch up?

A comic of a small green hill with a Hollywood-style sign that says Garbage Hill

Arts & Culture / July/August 2022

The Surprising Appeal of Winnipeg’s Garbage Hill

June 21, 2022June 30, 2022 - by Jonathan Dyck

How I developed an appreciation for a green space with a past life as a municipal dump

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

Jason Kenney speaks at a conference in November 2019.

Politics

What Jason Kenney’s War Room Is Costing Alberta

January 14, 2020March 6, 2020 - by Max Fawcett

The province’s failure to consider climate risk may lose it billions in global investment

Arts & Culture

The Decade in Food

December 25, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Canada’s farming crisis to our love of Kraft Dinner, here are the ideas, people, and conversations that helped define Canada

Business

Cruise Ships Often Represent the Worst of Capitalism

September 13, 2019September 16, 2019 - by Brian Payton

When cruise ships dock, a town’s population can more than double. Who decides when the cost of tourism is too high?

A huge pile of garbage at a garbage dump.

Environment

We Are Garbage

August 26, 2019April 20, 2021 - by Ziya Tong

Humans generate million of tonnes of garbage every day. Where does it all go?

Environment / September 2018

Why Recycling Doesn’t Work

August 14, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Matthew Halliday

You may use the blue bin, but it doesn’t mean you’re helping the environment

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, 2018May 23, 2024 - by Tina Knezevic

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

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When It Comes to Packaging, What’s Actually Sustainable?

How the UK Is Winning the Race against Climate Change

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

What Jason Kenney’s War Room Is Costing Alberta

The Decade in Food

Cruise Ships Often Represent the Worst of Capitalism

We Are Garbage

Why Recycling Doesn’t Work

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