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It’s Time to Stop Logging Old-Growth Forests
Anyone who’s read the book I wrote with Wayne Grady, Tree: A Life Story, or Peter…
Bright Green Lies Film Premiere, April 22, 2021
Bright Green Lies will be making its live streaming premiere on April 22, 2021. The…
EarthXStudios Presents: Earth Day 2021
Watch as EarthXSudios honours the individuals, campaigns, organizations, companies, and governments who make global environmental…
Protecting The Planet Can Prevent Pandemics
With COVID-19 vaccines becoming more available, we can breathe a small sigh of relief —…
Rebuilding The Reefs of Bali
The local dive community are one big family here in Amed, in East Bali. Amed…
Looking Back: Rogue Poaching Vessel “Thunder” Scuttled, April 6, 2015
The outlaw fishing vessel FV Thunder was scuttled by its crew in 2015 after a…
Supreme Court Decision Puts Canada on Right Track for Carbon Pricing
It should be evident that a national government has the authority to set policy regarding…
A Win for Ecojustice: Carbon Pricing
We won. Canada’s highest court has sided with us. Thursday March 25, 2021, in a…
Canadian Budget 2021 Must Help Create a Sustainable, Resilient, Equitable Future
Photo by Jules Marvin Eguilos on Unsplash We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine our…
Healthy Food Systems for a Healthy Planet
We all have to eat. But the ways in which we grow, harvest, process, transport,…
Ecojustice Has Won An Important Victory for Ontario’s Lower Duffins Creek Wetlands
Last week, Ecojustice let us know that we would be in court on Monday, March…
Carbon Pricing Fight Heads to the Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada will hand down one of the most significant climate-related rulings…
Florida Aquarium Rallies For Endangered Sea Turtles
It was a record-setting event for The Florida Aquarium when the team of animal care…
Earth Hour 2021: The Year That Counts
Every year, we countdown to Earth Hour, the biggest environmental movement in the world. Started in 2007…
Video: Secrets of the Whales
The new National Geographic Disney+ original series, executive produced by James Cameron, takes audiences deep…
Join An Earth Day Inspired Virtual Open Day with GVI This April
We’re hosting an Earth Day inspired Virtual Open Day on Saturday 24 April 2021! In honour of Earth Day…
Connecting to Nature is Medicine for us and Earth
The late urban visionary Jane Jacobs wrote, “Perhaps it will be the city that reawakens our…
Learn more about the Endangered Sturgeon
When the Endangered Species (ESA) Act took effect in 2008, Lake Sturgeon was listed as…
Seaspiracy, a Netflix Film About Widespread Environmental Destruction
“Can you turn off the cameras” Seaspiracy by Netflix investigates the global fishing industry, debating…
Easy Way out for Wildlife Conservation isn’t What it Appears
H.L. Mencken once wrote that “there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat,…
Banning Harmful Single Use Plastics Petition
Plastic pollution is harming our rivers, lakes, oceans, and wildlife, and generating microplastics in the…
Lessons in the Pandemic’s Shadow: Moving past hope to Action
As vaccines become available and we emerge from COVID-19’s shadow, we must hang onto insights…
Show Your Passion for Conservation And Join a GVI Virtual Open Day
Join us for another Virtual Open Day on Saturday the 20th of March 2021! This time…
Introducing Reimagine – Plastic Free Shopping
Plastic is everywhere you see in grocery shops across the country. In the produce section…
Faulty Economic Thinking Makes Destroying Nature Profitable
Everything we need to survive — food, water, air, shelter — comes from nature, of…
World’s Largest Dive Community Joins Forces to Protect the Great Barrier Reef
PADI®, the world’s leading scuba diver organization, is teaming up with Citizens of the Great Barrier…
Clearing the Air on Fossil Fuel Pollution
Rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions is critical to avoiding increasing climate change impacts. Doing so…
Fresh Water Mussels in the Ottawa River
Who’d have thought it? Freshwater mussels, do exist in Canada, in the Ottawa River. The…
Tribes on the Edge, a Film by Celine Cousteau
After a fateful email from Beto of the Marúbo tribe calls her back to help…
Finding Wisdom in Science and Indigenous Knowledge
I was once at the cutting edge of genetics research. The textbook I co-authored was the most…
Narwhal Whale aka the Monodon Monoceros
Narwhals are an Arctic whale species, commonly identified by their unique tusk which protrudes from…
Local Acts Can Build Global Impacts
There’s truth to the saying, “Think globally, act locally.” To resolve a planetary crisis like…
Ice Shelves Return to Sarnia
The ice shelves have made their way back into Lake Huron specificity at the Sarnia…
Dive In With Liz and Sylvia with guest Carl Safina
Dive in with Liz and Sylvia on February 11, 2021 with guest Carl Safina. Presented…
Save the Oceans with Your Diet – Go Fish Free this February
There are no longer plenty more fish in the sea! Fish Free February challenges you…
Remembering Rob Stewart
Rob in Florida in 2016 filming shark tagging. Photo credit: Frank Gibson @fgibsonphoto We honour…
Alberta Inquiry Steps into a Past Era’s Dark Denial
That anyone today could deny the overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence for human-caused climate disruption is…
Tell Amazon to fix their Serious Plastic Problem
Photo Credit: Twitter The online-retail giant must invest in plastic reduction and reusable packaging solutions.…
Steve Allan Paid For Reports by Climate Deniers and Skeptics
Last week, the news emerged that Alberta public inquiry commissioner Steve Allan paid for reports…
New Roundup Filters The Best Sustainability and Conservation News So You Don’t Have To
Free newsletter Baleen is focused on sharing the stories that matter A new free newsletter…
Net Zero offers Affordable Path to Climate Stability
Another year, another record. Even with a global seven per cent drop in fossil fuel…
Dive Guides Called To Apply for the Green Fins Dive Guide Scholarship
Reef-World’s campaign is helping dive guides in need receive Green Fins environmental certification The Reef-World…
Friends of the Ocean and Climate Presents, Ocean-Climate Ambition Summit
Marking the momentum on ocean climate action and setting the agenda for progress at COP26.…
U.S. crisis shows need to speak truth to power
As was demonstrated in the U.S. last week, many who are motivated by fear and…
Greenpeace Wants Your Voice
The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the plastic waste and pollution crisis, by causing corporate pauses and…