Big data retrofits
A New Brunswick-based company looks to streamline building retrofits in Nova Scotia with the help of AI.
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Young climate champ walks the walk
Aryan Gautam estimates he has dedicated 14,000 hours of volunteer work to protecting the planet and the environment. His organization, "Save the Planet-Open Doors," has 2,000 volunteers and reaches 15 million people worldwide.
Sharing hope
Charlotte Taylor tells hopeful stories about the real impacts of climate change. The University of British Columbia student has been selected for a Climate Storytelling Fellowship as part of UBC’s 2024 Communicating Climate Hope conference.
Indonesia’s grand ambition to become an EV leader rests on nickel mining boom
Some village residents of Indonesia’s Obi Islands say their land and water have been destroyed in the years since Harita Nickel, the $5-billion arm of Indonesian conglomerate Harita Group, started mining, refining and processing nickel in their backyard.
Small but mighty efficient
Sprout Dwellings manufactures only a few designs. But they chosen very carefully to do several things — hasten construction, maintain affordability, stay accessible to all demographics, emphasize locally sourced materials and perhaps most importantly, to use less power.
Restoring an unsung hero
Researchers, biologists, and Indigenous communities work together to bring eelgrass — with its role in creating healthy shorelines and its capacity for carbon storage — back to Nova Scotia coastlines.
Researchers shed light on sulfolane pollution in the Prairies
Sulfolane was long thought to be harmless but now there is growing evidence of its toxicity — and emerging calls to clean it up.
‘You have to centre love and hope and joy.’ Young climate activists fight burnout
Climate activism can be a valid, even vital, coping strategy. But young people also say when they rush into action and find climate movements are not all structured for healing, they experience burnout and dejection.
The power of positive feedback
Glooscap First Nation has let its community members guide their move toward a net-zero future.
Honouring invasive plants by turning them into art
Joshua Ralph honours the lives of invasive plants. The Vancouver-based artist, 25, hosts workshops teaching participants to make art supplies from plants removed in the work of restoring and rewilding.
Germany and the U.K. have cut their climate pollution in half. Here’s how Canada stacks up
They’ve been cutting emissions for decades. When are we going to do our fair share?
How your province rates in the global electric car race
These charts show where Canada and our provinces are in the global EV race compared to the U.S., China and European nations … and critically, how that compares to our growing fossil-fuelled fleet.
Climate activists have this shoulder to lean on
As the head of communications for Sierra Club Canada, 30-year-old Conor Curtis supports environmental activists. He reminds us that a bad day never stopped oil and gas industry lobbyists, and we shouldn’t let one stop us either.
Second time lucky? Premier pitches another carbon tax plan
This week, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau where he presented his “Still Better Than a Carbon Tax” plan, which he insisted would “do far more to address climate change.” It follows his first attempt to skirt the tax in August 2022. That plan was similarly titled “Better Than a Carbon Tax.”
A more sustainable farming model
Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture’s Living Labs project aims to help farmers better tackle climate change.