This ongoing archive of Georgia Straight articles includes issues such as climate, sustainability, environment and ecosystems, pollution and waste, ocean health and sealife, wildlife, endangered species and extinction, wildfires, and more.

Outside

The Vancouver park board declares war on goose poop

Mar 5

The public is asked to help locate Canada goose nests for population control.

Commentary

David Suzuki: Lessons in the pandemic’s shadow—moving past hope to action

Mar 2

It would be a tragedy if, in the rush to return to normal, we cast aside what we’ve learned.

Commentary

Linda Nowlan: “Just Is” ≠ Justice, especially when it comes to climate

Mar 1

Close to one quarter of cumulative fossil fuel CO2 emissions over the past 250 years came from the USA, compared to just 2.8 percent from the whole continent of Africa.

Books

Earth Day discussion of Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate on April 22

Mar 1

The discussion runs from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Pacific time.

Commentary

Charlotte Dawe: Biodiversity crisis—a tragedy of the commons or merely a symptom of capitalism?

Feb 25

An environmental campaigner calls for collective action to protect nature.

Commentary

David Suzuki: Faulty economic thinking makes destroying nature profitable

Feb 24

The economic systems we developed a relatively short time ago have wreaked havoc with the natural systems on which our health and lives depend.

Movie Notes

Lights, camera, climate action: Metro Vancouver seeks green option to diesel generators used by film industry

Feb 24

Metro Vancouver film sets used an estimated 6.3 million liters of diesel in 2018.

Health Notes

Metro Vancouver to test for first time microplastic contamination of regional drinking water sources

Feb 23

Two-year study planned for 2022-2023 to check presence of microplastics.

Commentary

Gurpreet Singh: A toolkit is not a terror manual, which is why Indian authorities must free Disha Ravi

Feb 21

The young climate activist will find out on Tuesday if she'll be freed on bail.

Movie Features

Vancouver director Carter Kirilenko finds his last place on Earth in the Leuser Ecosystem

Feb 18

The University of Waterloo grad says that there are so many opportunities to search for solutions to environmental problems through documentaries

Commentary

David Suzuki: Clearing the air on fossil fuel pollution

Feb 17

A study found that more than eight million people died from fossil-fuel pollution in 2018, accounting for about 18 percent of global deaths.

News Features

Canada’s Keystone pipeline wake-up call

Feb 12

Climate action shouldn’t be seen as an attack on the oil sector.