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Category: Campaigns and advocacy

Ontario’s Threatened Peatlands: An Interview with Dr. Lorna Harris

April 1, 2022–Jenna Cardoso

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Campaigns and advocacy•Climate Change•Wetlands

Peat isn’t just something you put in your garden. In fact, it may be time to re-think using peat moss altogether. Recent research suggests that Ontario’s peatlands may be our ...

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Vote for Nature

February 24, 2022–Anne Bell

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Campaigns and advocacy•Protected Places•Species at Risk•Stewardship and restoration

Adult and juvenile bald eagles © Doug Greenberg CC BY SA 2.0

On June 2, 2022, Ontarians will head to the polls to elect our next provincial government. As citizens, we have a responsibility to ensure that nature conservation is a major ...

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WANTED: “Non-Activists” to Take Action for Nature

January 27, 2022–Susan Sheard

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Campaigns and advocacy

Global Climate Strike - Toronto, 9-27-2019 © Noah Cole

Even though I’ve been advocating for nature in various ways for more than 40 years, I sometimes sit back and fantasize that full-time activists will “fix” things. Well, I’m back ...

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Community Vs. Mega-landfill

September 10, 2021–Guest blogger

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy

Ingersoll anti-landfill rally © OPAL Alliance

What were the odds that small rural towns and villages could successfully unite to save their communities and environment from a mega-landfill? Dismal at best! When Walker Industries came to ...

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Ten Years at Ontario Nature

September 2, 2021–Noah Cole

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Campaigns and advocacy

Annual Gathering 2019 field trip © Noah Cole

Over the course of a decade that I have worked at Ontario Nature, there have been too many significant accomplishments to list. However, I am delighted to present some of ...

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