Ontario Nature Blog

On September 28th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada’s commitment to protect 25 percent of our lands and waters by 2025, and 30 percent by 2030. Here’s why these new targets matter and a look at progress to date:  Marked on the map above are natural areas in Ontario that call out for protection. Click each point on the map to learn more about these ...

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Although we are uncertain as to the origin of COVID-19, it is conceivable that transmission of a virus from a single bat may have resulted in a series of events that has brought human activity on Earth to a grinding halt. As the world is gripped with the COVID-19 pandemic, attention is drawn to the ...

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February 6th, 2020 Dear Member of Parliament, Last year, Canada brought in a national carbon price, to make sure polluters have to pay for harming our climate. This includes a special system for big industrial polluters, who create a massive amount of Canada’s emissions. But now Premier Ford wants to give Ontario’s big polluters a ...

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On December 4th, Ontario’s Auditor General, reported that the provincial government’s climate plan was not supported by sound evidence and would fail to meet greenhouse gas emission targets. Given the implications – increases in flooding, drought, fire, extreme heat, insect infestations, disease outbreaks and more – all Ontarians should be demanding a new and viable ...

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This blog is the fourth in a series that will help you go #GreenStepByStep. Read the first three blogs in the series here: Go #GreenStepByStep #GreenStepByStep: reduce, reuse, recycle… refuse? #GreenStepByStep: bugging out When I first got involved in the environmental movement, I thought it was all about helping the things I love, like turtles, ...

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