Food waste is a serious emergency in Canada and around the world. Here are four practical steps we can take this Earth Day to eat more healthily, reduce food waste and save the planet.
Refilling a reusable water bottle has become routine for many, and education can inspire similar large-scale behaviour shifts. A water bottle filling station in Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana.
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Sparking global momentum and energy in young people through climate education can go a long way to addressing climate change now and in the near future.
Climate rallies, like this one in New York City in 2022, draw activists of all ages.
AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe
A new image has been taken of the whole Earth 50 years after the first - revealing noticeable changes to its surface.
Buddhist monks march through Saigon streets in 1963, during the early stages of a protest demonstration that ended in the self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức.
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The self-immolation of Wynn Bruce on Earth Day in Washington, D.C., not only raises questions about climate grief but also about intercultural understanding.
The Earth viewed from the Apollo 8 lunar mission on Dec. 24, 1968.
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For the first time, political will and global public opinion seem focused on profound climate action. This decade will be a decisive one.
Canada’s latest federal budget did little to tackle climate action or income inequality, two problems with strong ties. Alberta’s Bow Lake is seen in this photo.
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The snail’s pace of action in this year’s federal budget on climate is out of step with the urgency of the climate and income inequality crises.
Clayoquot Sound, part of the Tla-o-qui-aht territory, has been the site of numerous protests against logging the forest. Meares Island was declared a Tribal Park in 1984.
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Seedkeeping can create a sense of home, reconnect communities with ancestral crops and preserve biodiversity and culturally significant crops for future generations.
Plus how to interpret the outcome of the pre-COP26 summit.
Greta Thunberg talks with Professor Johan Rockström about the coronavirus and the environment at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, April 21 2020.
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As we debate the proposals for what the world after the virus should look like, it is crucial that we understand the roots of what got us here.
A child in The Willows land-based program in the Humber Valley, Toronto, walks with his group alongside GabeKanang Ziibi (Humber River).
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