Jennifer Cole
September 11, 2024 7 min read
The story of peat is the tale of a significant carbon sink under threat from human exploitation and climate change.
September 11, 2024 - 7 min read
My family has deep Jasper roots. What we’ve lost to wildfire makes me determined to fight the climate crisis.
Roberta Laurie
August 28, 2024 - 8 min read
Meant to indicate freshness, these labels can lead to wasted food and money.
Ferrukh Faruqui
August 14, 2024 - 6 min read
Grief threatens to tear us apart. I went searching for its power to bring us together.
Matthew Gindin
July 10, 2024 - 10 min read
As a cobbler, I see how a new approach could help my old trade contribute to a circular economy.
Ariss Grutter
July 04, 2024 - 4 min read
The founders of the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre found local support when they supported local needs.
Carol Patterson
June 27, 2024 - 6 min read
Our four-human, two-dog household has air-dried our laundry for years, and you can too.
Brianna Sharpe
June 19, 2024 - 7 min read
I spent a spring teaching kids about gardening and passive solar greenhouses—and I learned just as much as they did.
January 10, 2023 - 7 min read
The pandemic made outdoor classes an educational hack, but it has benefits far beyond lowering viral transmission.
Caitlin Stall-Paquet
October 05, 2022 - 9 min read
From heat domes to polar vortexes, the last year made the climate crisis heartbreakingly real in BC.
Christina Myers
July 19, 2022 - 9 min read
For my family, buying wool clothing is a tiny rebellion against fast fashion.
March 30, 2022 - 9 min read
These five books inspire kids to be kind and use their voices for justice.
Janel Nail
November 12, 2021 - 6 min read
Joining the Southern Gulf Islands Whale Sighting Network eased my feelings of helplessness about environmental threats.
Sofia Osborne
May 22, 2024 - 9 min read
Is one way of playing recorded music greener than the rest?
Rebecca Gao
May 15, 2024 - 6 min read
The Behr’s hairstreak could go extinct in Canada if we don’t protect the rare desert ecosystem it depends on.
Amir Aziz
August 11, 2022 - 6 min read
Most people have a preferred format for book reading. But is one better for the planet?
Helen A. Lee
April 27, 2022 - 7 min read
Guitars are traditionally made from “tonewoods.” Their growing scarcity has experts looking at other options.
Imari Scarbrough
February 10, 2022 - 13 min read
The lack of diversity in science and tech isn’t new, but fresh thinking might finally make these fields more inclusive.
Odette Auger
January 18, 2022 - 9 min read
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But with the help of healers and my family’s Indigenous and Jewish traditions, I found strength in recovering from my son’s death.
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June 05, 2024 - 4 min read
The documentary Tea Creek spotlights the successes and challenges of a small farm with big ambitions.
Sun Woo Baik
May 03, 2024 - 5 min read
Forget the memes: Canadian police hurt Black and Indigenous people just as much as their colleagues to the south.
Molly Cross-Blanchard
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Art markets in the US Southwest can be spaces of pain for the Indigenous people whose cultural artifacts they sell.
Larissa Nez
July 07, 2022 - 7 min read
This BC First Nation is using green technology to live out its ancestral values.
Leona Humchitt
June 21, 2022 - 5 min read
Indigenous communities on Vancouver Island are healing forests for the future.
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