Kitchener-Waterloo ranks high for environmental quality
File photo According to The Canadian Environmental Quality Index (Can-EQI), a new study that measures environmental quality within and between Canadian cities,...
Laurier’s Sustainability Office partners with community leaders in tree-planting initiative
Photo by Darien Funk The Sustainability Office, with support from Sustainable Waterloo Region and the Laurier Renewable Energy student club, has arranged to plant two micro...
Laurier students roll out e-waste bin on campus
Reena Sakran and Nathan Lam, third-year students at Wilfrid Laurier University, spearheaded the rollout of an e-waste bin on the school’s Waterloo campus The project,...
Laurier signs on to climate change charter to guide future investments
Wilfrid Laurier has signed onto a charter that places climate change as a central issue when determining financial investments the university may make The charter, called...
Laurier study shows decline in fire resilience of black spruce trees
Photo by Abigail Heckbert A new study led by Wilfrid Laurier University’s Associate professor of biology, Jennifer Balzer, has found that an increasing number of black...
Takeaways from the IPCC Report and the consequence of inaction
Climate change is unfolding rapidly before our eyes and a lack of inaction would lead to disastrous outcomes worldwide The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released...
Banning plastic straws: Just another trend?
I remember a couple of years ago when plastic straws started to get banned from restaurants and more reusable straws started to sell online, in the grocery stores, and...
Greta Thunberg must be protected
“This shows we’re winning,” responded young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg to an extremely graphic cartoon sticker earlier last week The appalling sticker...
Editorial: Don’t just share, act!
Climate change has been a growing cause of concern for people across the globe for years We see the effects of climate change everywhere: across the news, on the internet, through...
Global Climate Strike at Waterloo Town Square attracts local activists of all ages
An estimated 5,000 people attended the Global Climate Strike at Waterloo Town Square on Sept 27 to fight for climate change justice in Waterloo Region Attendees ranged in...
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