Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
Journalist | Vancouver |
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About Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson is a reporter and writer covering food systems, climate, disinformation, and plastics and the environment for Canada’s National Observer.
His ongoing investigations of the plastic industry in Canada won him a Webster Award's nomination in environmental reporting in 2021. He was also a nominee for a Canadian Association of Journalists's award for his reporting on disinformation.
Marc has previously written for High Country News, the Literary Review of Canada, and other publications on topics exploring relationships between people and their social and physical environments.
He holds an M.A. in journalism from the University of British Columbia and a B.A. in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic.
Food giants are turning to regenerative farming. Is it just fancy greenwashing?
International food giants are reinventing how they grow — and market — food in a bid to convince eco-conscious consumers their products are environmentally friendly.
Your reusable mugs and cups are COVID-safe
Canadians can safely use their own coffee mugs, canvas bags and other reusable containers despite the pandemic, a new study has found.
How to make your bubble tea sustainable
When Vancouver — and then Canada — announced plans to ban plastic straws, purveyors of takeout drinks feared business would suffer. After all, how do you sip bubble tea, a milkshake or a fruit smoothie without a straw?
What a tiny island province can teach Canada about food security
Prince Edward Island could soon become the first province where no one goes to bed hungry.
You cut meat and fish to save the planet. Should everyone?
We need to change what we eat. Will bashing beef and slamming seafood help?
These environmentalists think Quebec can ban oil and gas
Quebec environmentalists are calling for a permanent ban on oil and gas extraction to prevent fossil fuel companies in the province from eroding laws protecting rivers, lakes, and other waterways.
Nature conservation key to food security, climate sustainability
The world must restore at least two billion hectares of land and ocean — an area roughly double the size of Canada — to prevent the planet from falling deeper into an ecological crisis fuelled by unchecked economic growth, warns a UN report released Thursday.
A Japanese delicacy grows near an old B.C. internment camp
Deep in a remote B.C. valley, a prized Japanese vegetable grows wild, its carpet of tea plate-sized leaves a living testament to the internment of thousands of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War.
Bees are dying from toxic chemicals and the feds won't save them
Despite acknowledging the dangers neonics, a common class of pesticides, pose, Canada is failing to protect bees and other pollinators, environmentalists say.
Indigenous knowledge to help identify sustainable Arctic fish
When Justin Milton moved to Ottawa five years ago from the Arctic community of Pond Inlet on Baffin Island, it was difficult to find his favourite fish, Arctic char. Plentiful in Arctic waters, the salmon-like fish is less common on southern supermarket shelves. Knowing if it was caught by an Inuk fish harvester — not an industrial fishing boat — was even trickier.