The word “sustainability” is overused and misused over and over again. Kaya Dorey, winner of the Young Champion of the Earth prize, explains the pitfalls of the fast fashion model in the textile industry and her mission to make sustainability cool.

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We all lead busy lives, full of work and family commitments, errands and to-do lists that, over the course of a day, seem to magically grow longer.

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In early 2017, my mom presented an idea to our St. Albert, Alberta, scout troop. An idea that I didn’t realize would result in our small group doing something really big. My mom is a leader with Scouts Canada and she planted a seed that would grow into a journey that affected so many people.

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Buy local. Burn local. Don’t move firewood. This is not just another green slogan put out by conservationists in the new year. Allow us to explain…

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Blue Mountain outside Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was late afternoon after a fresh snowfall. Like many people, I tend to keep my camera tucked away more often during winter. But the hike to the top of this granite ridge is rewarded with a panoramic view of the surrounding hills and the city of Halifax on the southern horizon. Might be a good one for the next set of my homemade Christmas cards! Here are a…

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If you haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions yet, if you’ve given up on the ones you made or if you want to add more to your list, make it a goal this year to devote yourself to nature.

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When a tiny maple seed becomes a Sapling, she discovers there’s much about life that she doesn’t know or understand. This fear stunts her growth, becoming too afraid to continue her life-cycle – until she meets Big Tree.

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It is here! It is here in the mountain ash tree at the crack of dawn. It is a brief appearance it turns out, but one long enough to perhaps sense it is sending a Christmas greeting.

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In November 2017, I had the pleasure of travelling to the Cree community of Chisasibi with my colleague Chantal Otter-Tetreault, a protected areas coordinator from the Cree Nation Government.

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Deep in the heart of the Minesing Wetlands, southern Ontario’s third-largest wetland system, located just 15 minutes west of Barrie, Ontario, lives a mysterious creature. It is thought to inhabit only 50 distinct locations in the entire world, most of which are concentrated around the Great Lakes. In Canada, this enigma is found in the Minesing Wetlands and nowhere else.

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