Earth Overshoot Day: Humanity using more than Earth can renew

The Earth’s account is once again overdrawn, but rather than money it is natural resources that humanity has used up. Tomorrow is the day that becomes official – Earth Overshoot Day – when the Earth is no longer able to renew what humans have used this year.

National pollinator strategy needed to save Canada's wild bees, say York University researchers

Canada’s wild pollinators are in decline and without a national pollinator plan, many species could be heading for extinction, like the endangered rusty-patched bumblebee or the American bumblebee, say researchers at York University.

Canadian financial institutions are fuelling the climate change crisis

Once again, Canada will almost certainly fail to meet its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent by 2030 in accordance with the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommendations. This is despite the government’s optimistic spin on the release of its latest emissions inventory report. Jerry DeMarco, the environment commissioner in the Auditor General’s office, has […]

Bee-worthy tips and a garden party for World Bee Day

With pollinators, like bees, pollinating 87 of 115 leading food crops around the globe, protecting them from further decline is important for humans and ecosystems alike. On World Bee Day, May 20, people’s bee-haviour can go a long way towards providing food and creating and preserving bee habitats. 

What on Earth are you doing? Become a sustainable living ambassador, urge York U experts

What better time than Earth Month to learn about the environment and make a commitment to lead a more sustainable life?

Pollinator health, spring planting tips and why bee conservation is important

Canada’s ecological footprint declined during COVID-19, but is it back to pre-pandemic levels?

What is the size of Canada’s ecological footprint, and that of the rest of the world, and how did that change during the global pandemic? Researchers at York University will release the Ecological Footprint of Canada, and 200 other countries, from 1961 to 2022, at an online launch on Thursday, April 20, from 1 to 2 p.m.

York U drives positive change, empowers individuals to act

The new free microlecture series aims for a more sustainable future.