Zack Metcalfe

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About Zack Metcalfe
Zack Metcalfe is a freelance journalist, columnist and author based in Salmon Arm, BC. He specializes in biodiversity, climate change and travel writing, and enjoys running, rock climbing and chess. He can be followed on his personal website: thewanderingrook.ca. And you can follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thewanderingrook/
The promise of Bras d’Or
Volunteers have protected and promoted the Cape Breton estuary for over a decade — which is good news for the planet.
How to roll with the tide
The Nova Scotia community of Mahone Bay devised a creative way to combat climate challenges.
In Sackville, N.B., students demanded climate change solutions, and they got what they asked for
Residents of Sackville, N.B., demanded a voice in their community's climate conversation — and the town listened. Now, a group of concerned citizens and experts is helping to steer the municipality toward a sustainable future.
Funding and red tape take the wind out of St. John's climate plans
Cities in Newfoundland and Labrador face big challenges in finding small-scale climate change solutions for their communities thanks to the province's offshore oil industry and "mega projects" like the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam.
The little Canadian city that became an inadvertent climate leader
Summerside, P.E.I., may be small, but it's made big moves in finding climate change solutions.
The wildlife trade and the next global pandemic
Global wildlife trade a health and moral crisis, even in Canada, experts say
Take two hikes and call me in the morning
Side-effects may include greater longevity, increased energy and improved pain management
How factory farming could cause the next pandemic
We must dismantle the bomb that is factory farming in all its forms, whether that means returning to small herds and flocks raised outdoors on family farms or moving away from animal products altogether, Zack Metcalfe writes.
This uniquely Canadian species needs protecting
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has compiled a list of 308 species and subspecies found within our borders — and absolutely nowhere else.
How Nova Scotia naturalists forced the province to uphold its Endangered Species Act
The Nova Scotia government just lost a 16-month lawsuit to a flower, moose, turtle, two birds and a tree, which, it goes without saying, has never happened before.