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Continue reading →: How I deal with climate anxiety and eco grief.
Anyone tapped into the current and projected ecological, social, and geopolitical consequences of climate change is likely faced with a constant, if not crippling, sense of dread. Not only is climate anxiety very real (and worsening as the world gradually turns into a Black Mirror episode), but eco-grief is as…
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Continue reading →: Happy Pollinator Week! What you can do to help local pollinators.
June 16th to 22nd is Pollinator Week in Canada! In honour of this week this post will explain the very convenient ways you can support our amazing pollinators. Initiated by Pollinator Partnership, this week aims to raise awareness about pollinators’ importance, threats, and the ways we can all give back…
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Continue reading →: The environment is suffering under Doug Ford
Ford has issued attack after attack on our environment and it’s infuriating. At this point, Doug Ford’s indifference toward the environment seems a lot more like an outright vendetta against the ecosystems which uphold our economy, health, and culture. As a lifelong Ontarian and an environmental studies student, the premier’s…
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Continue reading →: Climate change and biodiversity not mentioned in the 2025 Priorities for Parliament Survey.
Last night, this sponsored post showed up on my Instagram feed. Excited at a chance to have my opinions heard by our government, I filled it in. I was significantly disappointed to see that neither the climate change nor biodiversity crises were mentioned in the answer choices. Although I am…
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Continue reading →: Toronto’s new recycling program: A step towards the circular economy?
Toronto has a new blue bin program coming in 2026. Beginning January 1st, the City will no longer be collecting recycling from single-family homes, multi-residential buildings, long-term care homes, or schools. These will instead be collected and managed by Circular Materials, a third-party recycling company. Precedent for the change, according…
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Continue reading →: Carney’s Cabinet: New Minister of Environment and Climate Change, new Minister of Natural Resources and Energy.
Announced yesterday morning, Mark Carney’s new Ministry will include new Minster of Environment and Climate Change, Julie Dabrusin, and new Minister of Natural Resources and Energy, Tim Hodgson. Let me preface this by saying there are many changes to the Cabinet that will impact environment and climate related policy. This…
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Continue reading →: Everyone needs to read Saving Us by Dr. Katharine Hayhoe.
It is a climate scientist’s case for hope and healing in a divided world. This was a mandatory reading for a class I took about the ecological consequences of climate change. I loved it so much that I re-read it as soon as I moved home for the summer. If…
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Continue reading →: The 2025 election and biodiversity protection.
Similar to my previous post, this one will discuss possible election implications for biodiversity conservation in Canada. While climate change often monopolizes environmental conversations (and with good reason), the world is simultaneously experiencing a massive biodiversity crisis – oftentimes referred to as the sixth mass extinction. The World Wildlife Fund’s…
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Continue reading →: The 2025 election and Canada’s energy transition.
It has been confirmed that Mark Carney will remain Prime Minister leading a Liberal minority government. In his acceptance speech, climate change was mentioned once: “And it’s time to build an industrial strategy that makes Canada more competitive while fighting climate change. We will build an economy with a government…
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Continue reading →: Happy Earth Day, and welcome!
My name is Abby, and welcome to my blog! I thought April 22nd would be an appropriate day to launch this site and publish my first-ever post. As I discuss in the About section, I am currently a fourth-year Bachelors of Environmental Studies (BES) student residing in Ontario, Canada. Throughout…
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