BY: CAROLINE ROLF Next month, a new warning system will be introduced in the island of Tuvalu to help communities better prepare for natural disasters. Made by Chatty Beetle technology, the device is able to send and receive short data…
These islands might just disappear forever – but you can help save them.
BY: Victoria Heath You’ve seen the notorious click-bait title: “Travel to these islands (and/or places) before they disappear forever.” One quick Google search and hundreds of hits appear. I’m irked by these “lists” and confused by their purpose. Am I…
“Airbnb” for butterflies – the native tribes dedicated to saving the monarch
By: Kassandra Dzikewicz The population of the monarch butterfly is plummeting quickly. In recent years, the butterflies have decreased by 80 to 95 percent. Deforestation, global warming and the use of pesticides are the main contributors to the decline.…
Three simple things you can do to help the planet that will make a big difference
BY: CHRIS SMITH Whether you believe it or not, the climate of our planet is changing. In 1896, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius hypothesised that the burning of fossil fuels by humans could theoretically cause the earth’s average temperature to rise.…
To reclaim green space, India will spend $6 billion on reforestation efforts
BY: JESSICA BEUKER India is in the midst of a growing industrialization period, and subsequently is suffering from extensive deforestation. The country is also one of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. To combat this, and to bring back…
50 simple ways to save the planet from the comfort of your home
BY: CAROLINE ROLF With a constant stream of advertisements, products and advice centred on environmental sustainability, it can be difficult to know where to start. Surprisingly, there are many ways you can reduce the negative impact you have on the…
Science explains why climate change inaction may be part of our psychology
BY: CAROLINE ROLF It has baffled climate specialists why despite the solid evidence about the dangers of global warming, much of the public remains unconvinced and the government unwilling to translate these warnings into major action. In order to understand…
Japan has created this tsunami simulation to raise awareness
By: Mariya Guzova In the wake of the devastating earthquakes suffered in Ecuador, coastal cities around the world are again reminded of the dangers they face with rising sea levels and earthquakes. A 9.0 magnitude Earthquake is due from the…
A treacherous change in climate could happen in decades, not centuries
BY: CAROLINE ROLF New research shows that previous studies aimed to combat global warming have massively underestimated the risk that unrelenting carbon dioxide emissions pose to our planet. Climate scientists warned on Tuesday that if warming continues at the…
Climate change warning labels on gas pumps will change the way you think about fossil fuels
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS In January, I dropped by Patagonia in Toronto to see a charismatic, fervent little man named Rob Shirkey speak about his organization called Our Horizon. Our Horizon is a non-profit organization based out of Toronto that aims…
Earth’s continents are turning into giant sponges to keep sea levels down
BY: MARIYA GUZOVA It seems every headline concerning climate change has something to do with the melting of polar ice caps. Images of receding glaciers, emaciated polar bears, and sinking cities are the ones we find shown over and over.…
These eco rooftops are an insanely easy way to save the environment for the price of paint
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Due to environmental pressures, an ecological mandate has been established that rooftops in densely-populated cities go green, which significantly improves air quality by absorbing pollutants while producing oxygen. A green roof is a sure way to…
This company invented a system that converts food waste into energy
BY: KATE SLOAN In this age of climate change, pollution and food crises, there’s a growing desperation to find working solutions. But a Seattle-based company thinks their new invention “changes everything.” Impact Bioenergy is a team of designers, engineers and…
Dirty little secret of one of the world’s largest oil companies has been exposed
By. JACK M. ExxonMobil is one of the world’s largest oil companies – perhaps the largest – with annual sales in the hundreds of billions of dollars. The energy behemoth has been accused of misleading its shareholders and the…
Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t give a f*ck if you believe in climate change
BY: JONATHAN MOSS “I don’t give a **** if we agree about climate change,” writes Arnold Schwarzenegger. He hears your indignant grumbles about his drive for a clean renewable future, but believe me, your assertion that climate change is just…
I didn’t become a vegetarian for the animals— I did it to save my children
BY: TYLER FYFE Though 9.1 billion land animals are killed yearly in the United States after being segregated from their families and incarcerated in warehouses like mass graves, this is not the reason that I chose to become a vegetarian.…
Iceland is throwing a massive party inside a glacier before it melts forever
BY: TYLER FYFE The Langjökull glacier in Iceland is the second largest glacier in Europe. It’s also melting at an accelerated rate according to a 2015 peer-reviewed scientific journal by the American Geophysical Union. So in June 2016, ravers, a…
Here are 10 things you need to know about the UN climate change summit to be environmentally-literate
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Talk of the 2015 United Nations climate change summit has been dominating the headlines recently. Maybe you haven’t been reading up on everything you should be, and now it seems like you’re too far behind to catch…
Arctic zombie plants are coming back from cryogenically frozen death to haunt the living
BY: DAVID LAO The northern reaches of the Canadian Arctic, a barren, beautiful land freezing with life and surprising diversity. There exists a multitude of species up in the North – seals, polar bears, narwhals, House Stark. There is, however,…
Why eating bugs instead of meat could help save the planet
BY: ERIK HUSTON I recently watched a TED Talk by Marcel Dicke, in which he explains how locusts – basically large grasshoppers – are the “shrimp of the land.” At first I thought this talk was another far-fetched solution to…