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The Myths of New Urbanism: Why Density Alone Cannot Reduce the World’s Urban Ecological Footprint
Image Source: Image courtesy of Bon Bahar from Unsplash As urbanization rates continue to skyrocket around the globe, density has been...

Connor Walsh
5 min read


Entomophagy and You: Why Insect Agriculture May be Key to Solving our Environmental Woes
Canned crickets that are served as a snack in Myanmar. Photographer: Harish Shivaraman | Source: Unsplash It’s hard to ignore the...

Ashton Gray
4 min read


Reducing Combined Sewer Overflows in Canada: It's Time to Think Green
Credit: Kieran Smith It is common to see large culverts that discharge rainwater into rivers and lakes as they are installed to keep...

Kieran Smith
4 min read


Rights of Nature and Indigenous Sovereignty: Friends or Foes?
To the Maori people, the Whanganui River is a living being and a relative. The River was recognized as a legal person by New Zealand in...

Mimi Shaftoe
5 min read


Trudeau’s Performative Environmental Activism
Over the last two elections, the Liberal government has bolstered on an all-inclusive, progressive, youth-oriented, gender-equitable, and...

Oumalker Jaamac
5 min read


Looking at Climate Action Through the Paris Agreement
Xie Zhenhua, the Special Representative for Climate Change for China (left), Prakash Javadekar, the Minister for Environment, Forest and...

Om'Ojo Joe-Atodo
4 min read


Global Climate Change and the Geopolitical Era of the Cryosphere
Photograph: Davide Monteleone Global warming is leading to the rapid melting of the cryosphere, and this has triggered a struggle for...

Zhezhao Lin
4 min read


How Unsustainable Agriculture Caused COVID-19
After following quarantine policies for months, we finally have hope for a vaccine that promises to end global lockdowns, and health...

Josef Mendoza
3 min read


30-by-30: Biden’s Bold Plan for Ocean Conservation
From the removal of crucial fisheries management policies, to the United States’ exit from the Paris Agreement this November, President...

Elisabeth Hadjis
4 min read


The BIPOC Struggle: Victims of Climate Change and White Environmentalism
Credit: Vlad Tchompalov Environmentalism is unsurprisingly, undeniably, and profoundly white. Beyond its racist origin, the movement...

April Cho
5 min read
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