Ontario Nature Blog

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 change, renewable energies such as solar, wind, and electric vehicles have become crucial. These technologies depend on critical minerals like lithium, a precious metal whose ...

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Nature-based solutions to address the climate crisis are important and gaining popularity but they alone cannot address it effectively while the burning of fossil fuels – the primary driver of global heating and pollution – continues unchecked. The connection between the burning of fossil fuels and worsening ecological and human health impacts is stark. And ...

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Growing public awareness about the impacts of tourism on the environment is spurring a movement towards sustainable travel. Travellers are looking to reconnect with nature through meaningful experiences that are immersive, low impact and give back to communities. In Ontario, sustainable travel is flourishing thanks to our unique flora and fauna, and varied outdoor opportunities. ...

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The housing crisis continues to be an issue of overwhelming concern for Canadians. While the people of Ontario fought hard to keep the Greenbelt protected from urban sprawl, a hot topic of debate has spun off about the impacts of immigration on the housing crisis and environmental strain. This conversation is complex and politicized, and ...

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Nature advocates have come a long way since the days of “fortress conservation” when nature was thought to be a place where humans aren’t. We now understand that humans have always been a part of nature, and conservation doesn’t work if it comes at the cost of Indigenous rights or local livelihoods. But it seems ...

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