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Friday, December 17, 2021

Repost: Doing our best to help Canada fight climate change by Lenore Fahrig

Climate Commons member and Chancellor’s Professor of Biology, Lenore Fahrig, recently published an article in the Globe and Mail discussing the feasibility of individual actions, such as home energy transitioning, that can start to address the climate crisis. You can read the article and find out more by clicking here.... More

Friday, February 21, 2020

No-Fly Sabbatical in Europe by Lenore Fahrig

The following blog is reposted, with permission, from the Fahrig Lab blog. Lenore Fahrig is Chancellor’s Professor of Biology and co-director of the Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory (GLEL) at Carleton University. Read the original post here. Five years ago I gave up flying. I had discovered that air travel was by far... More

Monday, December 10, 2018

Letter of Peltier, Smol, Schindler and Suzuki to Federal Government

3 December 2018 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Leaders of the Opposition and Provincial and Territorial Premiers: We, four of Canada’s most senior environmental scientists, believe it is our duty to urge you and other political leaders to take seriously the findings of the recent IPCC report on climate warming, and its implications for Canada.... More

Thursday, September 6, 2018

FASSinate Blog Features Carleton Climate Commons

Reposted from: FASSinate Blog. Originally posted on August 28, 2018 Confronting climate change through the humanities and social sciences By by Kim Sigouin, Ph.D. Candidate (English) In April 2017, I stood on the bank of the Rideau River as it raged past Carleton’s campus. I wasn’t the only one. Many people had come out to... More

Thursday, July 7, 2016

UWinnipeg creates green investment fund, faces criticism from students

Reposted from: The Academica Group. Originally posted on June 30, 2016 Representatives from the student group Divest UWinnipeg have criticized the school’s decision to pursue strategic alternatives to a full divestment from fossil fuels. The university has been consulting with the group for the past year. The group has asked the University of... More

Friday, June 24, 2016

PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES

Reposted from: Australian Environmental Humanities Hub. Originally posted on June 22, 2016. Bath Spa University is launching the UK’s first taught MA in Environmental Humanities. Building on Bath Spa’s long-standing strength in literature and environment, this innovative interdisciplinary programme, led by Kate Rigby, brings (post-)human... More

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD POLITICS

By: Irena Knezevic with contributions from Peter Andrée Photo credit: Maranda Grant For most of us who think about the food system, the link between food and climate change seems obvious. Figuring out exactly what that relationship is can be more blurry. Carleton Climate Commons hosted a roundtable on this topic on March 17th... More

Thursday, March 10, 2016

uWinnipeg Student, Faculty Associations call for fossil fuel divestment

Reposted from Academica Top Ten (http://academica.ca/topten) Originally published March 10th, 2016 The Student and Faculty Associations at the University of Winnipeg have asked the school to withdraw all of its investments in fossil fuels. The request applies specifically to fossil fuel stocks currently included in the portfolios of the... More

Sunday, February 7, 2016

UBC rejects divestment proposal, proposes $10 M sustainability fund

Reposted from Academia.edu. Originally published February 5, 2016 The University of British Columbia has reportedly proposed a $10 M sustainability fund instead of divesting from fossil fuel companies, despite last year’s majority vote by both UBC students and faculty in favour of fossil fuel divestment. The decision was frustrating, said... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Sustainability at the University of Ottawa

Sustainability at the University of Ottawa Reposted from Academica Top Ten (7 April 2015) uOttawa campus plan focuses on green spaces, multi-use buildings The University of Ottawa has offered a glimpse of its campus of the future. The university's recently released master plan identifies its development goals for the next 20 years, including... More

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Job Posting: Election Organizer, Ecology Ottawa

April 1, 2015 | robbbarnes | 0 Comments Job Posting: Election Organizer Ecology Ottawa is looking for an Election Organizer to join a dynamic team. The Election Organizer will organize in a local riding within the context of the upcoming federal election. The goal is to promote environmental leadership at the federal level while strengthening... More

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Sign Up for the Act on Climate March in Quebec!

Sign Up for the Act on Climate March in Quebec! Posted by Ben Powless 852cc on March 12, 2015 Join us and thousands of others who will make a historic trek to Quebec City on April 11 to demand that we Act on Climate! All of Canada’s premiers are heading to Quebec City at... More

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