While the world has been locked down for much of the spring and summer, airplanes have been grounded, fishing fleets have sat mostly idle and cars have stayed parked in their driveway as people worked from home. What kind of impact has this had on the environment? And what lessons have we learned from the relatively quick pivot governments and citizens have made to combat the spread of COVID-19? Can we apply the same commitment and speed of mobilization to pressing issues like climate change? Ìý
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Published on: 28 Aug 2020
OpEd by Tom Mulcair, former the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (2012-2017).Ìý
Fifty years ago, Canada became a major, credible player in the world of environmental protection with the creation of our first department of the environment by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.ÌýThat move wasÌý accompanied by a progressive vision that was critical of the unbridled growth which showed no regard to the consequences for life on our planet.Ìý
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Published on: 11 Aug 2020
²Ñ³¦³Ò¾±±ô±ô’s Elena Bennett wants you to imagine a radical, inspiring, and realistic future for our planet
When you think of the Earth 50 years from now, what do you see? Do you imagine desolate cities, scorched forests, dead oceans, lost biodiversity? Elena Bennett wants you to know the future doesn’t have to be bleak.
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Published on: 20 Jul 2020
Professor Peter G. Brown (Natural Resource Sciences) has been selected as the recipient of the US Society for Ecological Economics 2017 Herman Daly Award for outstanding contributions to the field of ecological economics.Ìý
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Published on: 18 Jul 2017
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Scientists say it's time to declare a new geological epoch, one defined by human activity and the permanent mark it has left on the earth.
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Professor Peter Brown, director of , is featured on CBC Radio News.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2016
