© Lora Denis
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 the ways Ontario Nature has been stewarding, advocating for and protecting the wild spaces and wild species that you love in Ontario. 2011 We launched ...
March 31, 2021–Rebecca Clarke
Campaigns and advocacy•Climate Change•Reduce Your Footprint•Youth
Global Climate Strike - Toronto, 9-27-2019 © Noah Cole
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has recommended that warming be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to prevent the irreversible effects of climate change. The science suggests that warming above this level will have negative impacts on food security, human health, water supply, the spread of diseases, ecosystem health and much more. ...
Rally opposing Stratford glass factory MZO © Mark McCauley
Stratford is one of the many communities across Ontario struggling with the unwelcome imposition of a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) to fast-track development. In Stratford’s case, the MZO is to make way for a glass factory on 175 acres of prime farmland at the edge of the city. Issued by the Minister of Municipal Affairs ...
January 27, 2021–Julee Boan
Boreal Forest•Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Indigenous Relations•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration•Wild Species
Canoes in Wolf Lake © Ryan Mariotti
It’s October 2017. I’m in Vancouver, British Colombia for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International’s General Assembly (GA). One forester colleague had warned me to get lots of sleep, drink water and do yoga in the weeks preceding the assembly. He warned it would be like running a marathon. That was an understatement. FSC holds a ...
© Quinte Conservation Authority
How does the destruction of precious habitat and the decimation of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities assist in our recovery from COVID-19? They don’t. Yet, in the omnibus budget measures bill (Bill 229, the Protect, Support and Recover From COVID-19 Act), the Government of Ontario seems to be proposing exactly that. As explained by the Canadian Environmental ...
Paswe Protected Area © Carter Dorscht