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“Move over murder hornets. A new insect has people bugging out,” begins a segment for evening news viewers across the country. The story continues, but most can’t help but pause and question what just came out of their television speakers. Murder hornets? Murder hornet has become the popularized name for […]
The Nexus of Technology and the Environment Book review of Technology and the Environment in HistorySara B. Pritchard and Carl A. Zimring. John Hopkins University Press, 2020. 264 pages. Written by Jane Pangilinan Technology and the Environment in History dives intellect first into the nexus of envirotech to spark what […]
Rocking Forward for Progress Hello – and welcome to the first (planned) issue of 2021, our 50th anniversary year! Written by David McConnachie Way back in 1971, when we were founded by Dr. Robert Paehlke at Trent University as an academic transfer journal, we were at the leading edge of […]
A Nod to Magnificent Creatures Secrets of the Whales Dir. by Brian Armstrong & Andy Mitchell. National Geographic, 2021. 191 mins. Reviewed by: Teo Guzu Have you ever wondered what whales get up to on their day-to-day schedules? Well, now you can find out. Marking Earth Day 2021, “Secrets of […]
Publisher’s Note By David McConnachie A few years ago, I was having a humorous conversation with a friend who teased me that environmentalists (‘tree-huggers’ was the exact phrase) were so detached from their own humanity because they were obsessed with other things, like trees, whales and the like. I corrected […]
2021 EcoFair Toronto The green new decade is underway! The EcoFair’s 4-day online event showcases environmental non-profits and environmentally-friendly businesses, film screenings and discussions, webinars, games night, mix ‘n mingles and more. All for free! Don’t miss the EcoFair Launch Event Webinar. Enjoy a fun Eco-Games Night! Join exhibitor Facebook […]
I got my start in publishing in the early 1990s, although I did have some tangential exposure to the back-end of the industry during my brief stint as a child model. When I was doing that modeling work, for the wide-eyed younger version of me, everything seemed so big, so […]
Rhiannon Kirton is an MSc candidate at Western University in the department of Geography studying spatial interactions between white-tail deer and hunters. She has a BSc in Zoology from the University of Manchester, UK and has worked on wildlife projects internationally and in Canada.
COVID-19 was first identified on December 30, 2019 and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Stringent measures were put in place by world governments to isolate the cases and slow transmission of the virus. These measures and changes to government policy have […]
