Supportive Community: A Viable Solution of Climate Anxiety
By Baljot Singh Although the problem of climate anxiety can be tackled in multiple ways, having or building supportive communities is the most important strategy for addressing it. Recently, many studies and news articles are demonstrating young people’s eco-anxiety: sixty … Read More
Meet the teens taking on Canada’s banks and politicians, one demonstration at a time
By Julia Townsend When Lola Rabinovitch organized their first school strike at 16, they never imagined it growing into Metro Vancouver’s largest youth climate action group. The now 19-year-old sees a shift in climate activism, with the spotlight turning to … Read More
Probe #2 – Greenwashing
By: Ashley Pocrnich Widespread internet access like we enjoy today provides most of us the opportunity to share our voices freely, and while this ability can be used to spread knowledge of scientific breakthroughs and new discoveries, it can also … Read More
The Summer 2022 semester brings an expansive variety of Climate+ Challenge courses
Students that are planning on registering for Climate+ Challenge classes in this coming Summer 2022 semester will find an incredible list of options to choose from in departments ranging from History and Linguistics to Public Relations and Biology. Even those … Read More
Fighting climate change through an English class: with Dale Tracy
By Ashley Pocrnich Despite her concern about the planet, KPU English instructor Dale Tracy finds comfort teaching about climate change. “I have a lot of climate anxiety and it makes me feel better to think ‘look at all these people … Read More
Climate emergency: ‘We’re not necessarily doomed after all’
By Tracy Sherlock If we stop emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, temperatures will start coming down within three to five years, experts told a global press briefing preparing journalists to report on the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … Read More
Climate Solutions Minor Proposal
By Kirsten Crossett, Samantha Tachynski-Barbour and Deanna Haycock This proposal was developed in POST 3110, a Sustainability Seminar where students engage in real world sustainability challenges. In Fall 2021, the students focused on the Climate+ Challenge, advancing recommendations to further … Read More
Climate Course Proposal
By Lucy Liu and Zafreen Jaffer This proposal was developed in POST 3110, a Sustainability Seminar where students engage in real world sustainability challenges. In Fall 2021, the students focused on the Climate+ Challenge, advancing recommendations to further climate action … Read More
COVID-19 caused serious setbacks for climate action groups in B.C. during 2020
Surrey for Future founder Allison Richardson speaks on how the pandemic affected her capability to advocate for the environment By Ashley Pocrnich Climate action groups in B.C. like Surrey for Future found themselves in completely new waters in 2020 when … Read More
B.C. salmon are in crisis and it’s more complex than just climate change
By Emily Spavor After a summer of record heat and drought, climate change still isn’t the most immediate threat to the Fraser River, one of the greatest salmon bearing watersheds in the world. People are. Human caused habitat destruction from … Read More