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Category: Campaigns and advocacy

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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The Peoples’ Climate Vote

March 31, 2021–Rebecca Clarke

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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 ...

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Boots on the Ground in Stratford

February 9, 2021–Anne Bell

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Campaigns and advocacy•Climate Change•Land-use planning

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 ...

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Where Industrial Logging Protects Wildlife, Workers and Indigenous Rights

January 27, 2021–Julee Boan

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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 ...

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