Posts tagged with ‘conservation’ (59)
We all stick our blue boxes out to the curb on collection day, but what actually happens to all of the plastic we pile in there? Some of it is made into plastic bottles, carpets or drainage pipes, but some of is transformed in consumer products, or upcycled. Giving worn old products new value isn’t exactly a new phenomenon — my grandmother used to call it making do.
Quilting, making mosaics or welding together makeshift auto repairs are all basically versions of upcycling, and thanks to online ...
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Posted by Elle Barka
in Nature
on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Barn owls are listed as endangered in Ontario. Photo: Vladimir_Naumov/Canadian Geographic Photo Club
Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources has proposed revisions to its Endangered Species Act that would allow exemptions for certain industries — a move environmentalists say would be a step back in the protection of species at risk.
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Yukon Conservation Society Executive Director Karen Baltgailis canoeing down the Wind River with Mike Dehn, the former CPAWS Yukon executive director. Photo: J. Pangman
The Government of Yukon is holding public consultations on its land-use plans for the Peel watershed as the debate continues over how much of the pristine land should be available for industrial development.
The Yukon government manages more than 97 per cent of the Peel watershed, but four First Nations from the Yukon and the Northwest Territories also control regions of the Peel, an area encompassing 67,000 square kilometres.
The Peel Watershed Planning Commission released its final recommended ...
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Posted by Andrew Lovesey
on Tuesday, October 09, 2012
How do you get up close and personal with a threatened, delicate species that travels thousands of kilometres every year? The answer is Flight of the Butterflies, a new IMAX release by Toronto-based SK Films Inc., which strikes a balance between documentary and conservation.
The film follows the 4,400-kilometre journey of a family of monarchs from Texas to Toronto and then along their southbound migratory path to the majestic pine-oak forests high atop the peaks of Michoácan, Mexico. For one year, ...
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As a kid I loved Simon and Garfunkel’s classic song, “The Sound of Silence.”
Somewhere in the decades between the 1970s and today we’ve forgotten what silence sounds like. Although we might think we “tune out” the jarring din and chaotic noises that assault our senses on all sides today, scientists tell us a different story. They attribute much of our stress levels to mindless haste and noise. They warn that some birds and other wild urban creatures avoid downtown areas of mega cities. And some ...
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