Four important ways individuals can take action for our planet November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Alice Eckert While corporations are a major cause of the climate crisis, individual citizens are not helpless. There are a range of ways people can change their actions or join the collective
Personal Protective Equipment remains crucial for the fight against COVID-19, but comes with environmental impacts July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Dorothy Poon Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) has risen sharply around the world.
EDITORIAL | What if we treated climate change like a pandemic? March 18, 2020April 1, 2020 Martlet Staff COVID-19 is indisputably a global crisis that demands an immediate, effective, and informed response. It deserves the effort, money, and attention being devoted to it. However, the coronavirus is just
UVic Board of Governors reveals funding fossil fuel companies actually a cure for climate change February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Emily Fagan After seven long years of hearing the cries for divestment from fossil fuels from students and faculty and many hours of crunching numbers over lunch in the University Club, the
UVic Free Speech Club to host Mayor Lisa Helps on campus January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 Kate Korte Victoria’s Mayor Lisa Helps will be speaking at an event hosted by UVic’s Free Speech Club tomorrow on campus. Although Bekesza claims they don’t allow speech that incites violence, it’s
The New Twenties Magazine sets a new pace for climate change discourse January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Truly Hunter A newly-launched online magazine produced by UVic alums, The New Twenties, publishes climate-focused art and literature with a laser-focused aim to restructure the way people see climate change.
Scott Morrison’s leadership is a death sentence for Australia January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Natasha Simpson "For the past couple of decades, Australia’s fires have been getting bigger and more destructive, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison says that, while he recognizes the connection between global climate
A misleading solution: “Compostable” plastics are horrible for the environment January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Cedric St. Pierre Borchert Thanks to the demands from eco-conscious consumers in Victoria, compostable plastics are popping up everywhere. But there’s a catch: all compostable plastics are ending up in landfills, where they cannot
Waste Land: A climate anxiety haunted house November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Kiley Verbowski 2556 Fifth Street is slated for demolition in December, and the remains will be more colourful than most. For the first time in Victoria, local artists have transformed a
Assistant adjunct UVic professor allegedly let go for “politically incorrect” views on polar bears October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Kate Korte Susan Crockford is speaking out after she was allegedly wrongfully let go from her post at the university because of her views on climate change. Crockford’s research falsely claims polar