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Tea Creek farm regenerates soil and soul

When Jacob Beaton quit his business consulting job and left Vancouver for a homestead in northern B.C., he didn't plan on the farm becoming a hub for reviving Indigenous food sovereignty.

Farming for the future

By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 14th 2023

The Foodlands construction crew setting up a silt screen prior to the bank stabilization work on the sc̓e:ɬxʷəy̓əm (Salmon River). Photo by Justine Nelson

Communities band together to save the river that sustains them

B.C.’s Fraser River or stɑl̓əw̓, as it is called by the Kwantlen and Katzie First Nations, is under siege. Climate change is warming its waters and aquatic species are suffocating from supercharged plant growth fed by fertilizer runoff from agriculture.

By Tori Fitzpatrick | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 14th 2023

Dress code for a happier planet

In a world facing widespread water shortages, rising emissions and escalating inequity, becoming mindful about our fashion choices is seen as a moral imperative by more and more of us each year, says Marley Alles, who started a clothing rental company.

Opinion

Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane & Marley Alles | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 12th 2023

Say these names as you huddle indoors coughing — Exxon, Shell, BP, Total, Chevron ... Canada

Finally, perhaps more people will start talking about climate change, worrying about it, fearing it (as we should) and thinking about what to do about it, writes Linda Solomon Wood.

Opinion

Canada burns

By Linda Solomon Wood | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 9th 2023

Smoke from Canadian wildfires clouded the New York City skyline on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Photos by Spencer Filek-Gibson

We're blindly accelerating into the oncoming climate train

Most of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions cuts have been focused on just one sector: electricity generation. That's left the rest of our economy hyper-emitting and exposed.

Race Against Climate Change

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 8th 2023

In Vancouver, residents who want to install air-conditioning systems in single-family or two-dwelling homes are now required to adopt a more climate-friendly form of cooling — and experts say other cities should follow suit. File photo

Canadian cities embrace a more climate-friendly form of cooling

Experts say Vancouver is showing excellent leadership with its new rules, and that to meet their commitments to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, all cities should make energy-efficient solutions like heat pumps mandatory.

By Abdul Matin Sarfraz | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 8th 2023

Rieky Stuart’s transport — no car, just an electric bike. Photo by Colin Stuart

Gathering a grey brigade for climate action

As a co-founder of Climate Legacy, Rieky Stuart supports seniors to use their time, money and voices to move Canada steadily towards sustainability.

Opinion

By Patricia Lane & Rieky Stuart | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 5th 2023

Federal weed researcher Jichul Bae thinks sandblasting weeds could help farmers reduce or eliminate their pesticide use. Photo by Jesse Winter/Canada’s National Observer

Forget herbicides. Sandblasting will whack those weeds

The weed war, which puts more than $528 million in crop losses on the line each year in Canada alone, has for the past 50 years been fought with an arsenal of toxic herbicides that harm human health and contribute to the biodiversity and climate crises.

Farming for the future

By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | May 31st 2023

Inspired by her faith to be friend to the earth

Iman Berry, a 22-year-old Western University business and political science student from Windsor, Ont., co-founded Green Ummah to create an ecological movement for Canadian Muslims.

Opinion

By Patricia Lane & Iman Berry | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | May 29th 2023

To achieve its net-zero emissions target, last month the Quebec government announced it is adding 1,229 electric buses to its transit network at a cost of more than $1.8 billion. Photo courtesy Nova Bus

Quebec launches North America’s largest electric bus project to lead the way for climate-friendly transit

Quebec is leading the country’s adoption of electric buses, a move that will improve air quality and lower greenhouse gas emissions that cause global heating.

By Abdul Matin Sarfraz | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | May 26th 2023

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