Climate change is not fair. Climate change is being caused by very few corporations and countries and yet the impacts are being felt most strongly by populations that contribute very little to it. Let me explain this a little further.…
Earlier this year a report titled Canada’s Changing Climate was released and was quickly shared across the country for its alarming statement which read: “Northern Canada has warmed and will continue to warm at more than double the global rate”…
Forests are one of the key ways we can offset global greenhouse gas emissions, as identified in international climate change mitigation planning (1). This is due to their ability to effectively sequester (soak up) carbon from the atmosphere (2). Trees…
Globalization, meaning “the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale,” exploded after the second world war and left no industry untouched (1). In our food system, this global network…
Today, more food is grown on less land than ever before, but the number of people who are undernourished is increasing (1). Although research on this subject suggests that food insecurity has little to do with food production and is…
For the majority of Canadians, it is hard to imagine going a day without the use of plastic. Whether it be single-use, compostable, or reusable, we all have become extremely dependent on plastic in a very short amount of time.…
We have long understood the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on our climate, and yet the amount we emit into our atmosphere continues to increase (1). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations body dedicated to…
As Canadians, the amount of time we spend preparing and eating food has drastically declined (1). From 1934-2010, the average time a person spends cooking has dropped from roughly 2.5 hours to close to 8 minutes (2). This trend…
Our food system today is up against many increasing challenges such as water scarcity, soil degradation, and a growing inability to properly distribute food to everyone. And while this is incredibly important to talk about and address, the stories…
