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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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