Reconciliation & Sustainability

Last week we learned woody vegetation in New South Wales is being cleared at more than double the rate of the previous decade—and agriculture was responsible for more than half the destruction.

Meet the ficus Audrey.

A new bird song is spreading like wildfire among Canadian white-throated sparrows, at a scale not seen before by scientists. Birds rarely change their

The province's COVID-related suspension of environmental rules is undercutting protection against oil and gas and mining projects, including in overwhelmed First Nations communities

"I think it's important we continue dancing not only for mental health, but for the healing prayers."

The finances of the oil and gas industry are so dismal that the major banks that have funded the money-losing fracking boom are now exploring taking the unusual step of taking over the oil companies that cannot afford to pay back the banks’ loans. Reuters reported that banks are exploring the option of seizing oil company assets […]

Addressing climate change is a big enough idea to revive the economy.

A federal court on Wednesday delivered a setback to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project, vacating a permit the government had issued for its construction.  Federal Judge Brian Morris determined that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrongly issued the permit, saying the Corps did not comply with environmental requirements.  His decision came in response to…

In January we launched Microsoft’s carbon initiative, setting new goals for our company to become carbon negative by the end of this decade. While COVID-19 has upended daily life for almost all of us since then, sustainability issues have become no less urgent or important. That’s why today we’re announcing the second step in our...

“At this point I will give the benefit of the doubt to the government… but we will be watching very closely,” said Ontario NDP environment critic Ian Arthur.

Humans have grown crops in areas of the Amazon since the end of the last ice age, a study says.

The first will produce enough energy to power thousands of households

The effort is seen as a way to revitalize Shoshone culture and create a more cohesive community.

Former Waterbeach resident living in Devon still loves 'dreamlike and gritty' Cambridge

Global oil demand fell by one-third in March, as worldwide air travel all but stopped, manufacturing plants went on hiatus and workers around the globe heeded requests -- and often orders -- to stay at home over coronavirus.

Major review reports recovery of marine life but a redoubling of efforts is still needed

Deforestation, loss of biodiversity and expansion of large-scale industrial development are related to pandemics, Indigenous leaders say.

Scientists and conservationists are proposing that up to half of Earth’s land and oceans be protected for nature. Is it a necessary step or a pipe dream?

A developing model of infectious disease shows that most epidemics — AIDS, Ebola, West Nile, SARS, Lyme disease — are a result of things people do to nature.

Last October, an international celebration occurred in the verdant coastal community of Bella Bella, BC. Members of the Heiltsuk Nation finally opened their Gvakva’aus Hailzaqv, their Big House, a red and yellow cedar structure that is the centre of their governance and ceremonial life. Christian missionaries destroyed the last Big House 120 years ago, the […]

From the sixteenth to the twentieth century, urban farmers grew Mediterranean fruits and vegetables as far north as England and the Netherlands, using only renewable energy.

A new report sees a major disruption in where we get our food.

Thinking like Australia's first nations people would change our view of some of our most intractable problems, says author and Deakin University academic Tyson Yunkaporta.

For the first time in history, activists have cleaned up some of the trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—and they will quickly collect much more.

Is the idea of progress only an illusion?

Tree cover has fallen from 35% in the early 20th century to 13% leaving the country with barren rural landscapes so now they plan to plant 4 billion trees!