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Bill C-226 Is a Step in the Right Direction

July 25, 2024–Alessi Remigio

Conservation News

Environmental justice advocates are celebrating Bill C-226’s reception of royal assent on June 20, 2024. First introduced by former MP Lenore Zann as, Bill C-226 – now known as the ...

Pollinator Roadsides – Creating Habitat in the Waterloo Region

July 17, 2024–Jennifer Leat

Gardening•Habitat•How To•Nature Network•Pollinators

Monarch on common milkweed © Jennifer Leat

Imagine the roadsides of expressways being a meadow of native flowering plants instead of mown turf grass. Imagine the beauty and habitat for pollinators that this would create. The dream ...

Life in Plastic, Not So Fantastic: Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Ottawa

July 10, 2024–Abbey Struyk

Conservation News•Reduce Your Footprint

Plastic litter and debris © Todd Wade CC BY 2.0

In 2022, the worldwide production of plastics reached over 400 million metric tonnes, marking an increase of about 1.6 percent from the previous year. With mounting pressure to find a ...

From the Ground Up: The Hidden Cost of our Modern Lifestyle

July 4, 2024–Illian Brasselet-Darracq

Campaigns and advocacy•Reduce Your Footprint

If it wasn’t farmed or harvested, every piece of material that people interact with daily was mined or quarried. As the global community pivots from fossil fuels to mitigate climate ...

Make a Difference for Bird Conservation: Explore the Enchanting Boreal Forest This Summer

June 26, 2024–Roxane Filion

Birds•Boreal Forest•Community Science

Setting up a digital unit to record a 5-min point count. This is an easy and fun way for birders of all levels of experience to contribute to the Atlas © Gary Dowe

Northern Ontario’s boreal forest is known as the songbird nursery. Anyone who has heard its incredible dawn chorus would agree that it is a captivating place to be on a ...

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Bill C-226 Is a Step in the Right Direction

Pollinator Roadsides – Creating Habitat in the Waterloo Region

Life in Plastic, Not So Fantastic: Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Ottawa

From the Ground Up: The Hidden Cost of our Modern Lifestyle

Make a Difference for Bird Conservation: Explore the Enchanting Boreal Forest This Summer

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