Keep updated with, and share the latest news from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Canada.
A new way of tackling homelessness is showing promise. Will it catch on?, positive.news (Dec 09, 2024) - Vancouver City Council votes to reinstate gas ban for new developments, theenergymix.com (Nov 28, 2024)
- Quebec to ban gas in all buildings by 2040, theenergymix.com (Nov 22, 2024)
- Democratizing Satellite Imagery: the Sentinel-2 Land Cover Explorer Map, north-arrow.org (Aug 23, 2024)
- Clam gardening building resilience among Indigenous youth on Canada’s West Coast, news.mongabay.com (Aug 06, 2024)
- A ‘green new deal’ is Canada’s best hope of achieving a just carbon-zero transition, theconversation.com (Jul 21, 2024)
- Top Human Rights Court Urged to Tackle Corporate Climate Crimes, desmog.com (Apr 30, 2024)
- From ashes to action: how global mapping illuminates forest conservation's path, north-arrow.org (Apr 02, 2024)
2023[edit | edit source]
- Doughnut Economics Takes Hold in Nanaimo, B.C., theenergymix.com (Jul 30, 2023)
- Court decision in youth climate lawsuit against Ontario government ignites hope, The Conversation (Jun 20, 2023)
- Fighting climate change by reconnecting to ecosystems in our own backyards, nationalobserver.com (Jun 20, 2023)
- Canada’s fires are getting fiercer – and rebuilding is becoming a challenge, The Guardian (Jun 19, 2023)
- Agents of change, cbc.ca (Jan 16, 2023) — A small neighbourhood in Toronto has built a program to help residents reduce their household emissions. Could their grassroots approach become a template for the rest of the country?
2020-2022[edit | edit source]
- Linking protected areas from Yellowstone to the Yukon shows the value of conserving large landscapes, not just isolated parks and preserves, The Conversation (Apr 26, 2022)
- Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak out, The Guardian (Oct 17, 2021) — Features activists from Philippines, Australia, India, US, Uganda, Pakistan, Peru, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Kenya and Canada
Land-use planning in Canada: whose land is it anyway? Richard Shearmur, Jun 30, 2021...[1]
- Canada weather: Heatwave hits record 46.6C as US north-west also frazzles, Jun 28, 2021...[2]
- Property Rights / Property Wrongs: Micro-Treaties with the Earth by @DarkMatter_Labs, Sep 14, 2020...[3]
- Tomorrow Today Streets, Creating essential micro-infrastructure for post Covid 19 neighbourhoods, TessyBritton[4] The article includes news of projects in Canada (Halifax, Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton). May 30, 2020
- Canada's libraries step up to help vulnerable people during pandemic[5] Apr 22, 2020
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2017-2018[edit | edit source]
- Climate change talks lead to heightened pledge to cut emissions.[1] EU, Canada, New Zealand and developing countries to keep global warming below 1.5C. Dec 12, 2018.
- Empowering Canada's Indigenous communities through coworking, Nov 12, 2018...[2]
- A Toolkit for Establishing a Great Lakes Commons, Sep 18, 2017...[3]
- The Creation of Nunavut W, Aug 11, 2017...[4]
- 7 Inspiring Ways Canadians Are Sharing to Tackle Food Insecurity, Jun 28, 2017...[5]
- This beer kills pipelines, Jun 7, 2017...[6]
- Meet the First Nation Above the Arctic Circle That Just Went Solar, Mar 28, 2017...[7]
- A How-To Manual For Growing A Community, Mar 20, 2017...[8]
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2014-2016[edit | edit source]
Health Canada proposes ban on pesticide linked to bee deaths, Nov 24, 2016...[1]
- Plastic microbeads will be banned in Canada, effective mid-2018, Nov 4, 2016...[2]
- Canada's National Parks will be free to all visitors in 2017, January 11, 2016...[3]
- Canada shocks COP21 with big new climate goal, December 7, 2015...[4]
- The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Caring for the Earth and One Another, September 15, 2015...[5]
- High-volume fracking to be banned in Nova Scotia, September 3, 2014...[6]
- Canada should be doing more to fight income inequality, March 17, 2014...[7]
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