King’s students grade Halifax on climate change
Two students from the University of King’s College are giving Halifax a C+ for the city’s work on climate change. First-year students Lilian Barraclough and Cameron Yetman started collecting data […]
Dal students get tattoos for climate change awareness
Student activists at Dalhousie University made a permanent statement about climate change on Monday. Fifteen students had three-digit numbers tattooed on their bodies — ink they are referring to as […]
Caroline Merner
Hometown: Victoria, British Columbia Major: Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability & Society and International Development Studies with a minor in Spanish For Caroline Merner, activism that surrounds sustainability and climate justice […]
Caitlin Grady and Jasveen Brar
Caitlin Grady Hometown: Gatineau, Quebec Major: Double major Biology and Environment, Sustainability & Society Jasveen Brar Hometown: Medicine Hat, Alberta Major: Biology with a minor in Environment, Sustainability & Society […]
PowerShift
Sophie Clark cranes her neck and looks back at a thousand people marching behind her. Dancing puppets and floating signs obscure her view, and she can’t see to the back. […]
When the levee breaks
Canada needs to reach greenhouse emission reduction targets When the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, if there is no international legally binding climate agreement to replace it, people projecting the […]
Dal students at UN negotiations
Climate change on the agenda Two Dal students, two King’s students and a recent Dal grad are traveling across the world at the end of November to attend the UN […]
Halifax is sinking
Canadian Youth Delegation holds a rally downtown to raise awareness on rising sea levels Anna Rzhevkina, News Contributor Dozens of members of Canadian Youth Delegation marched downtown dressed in scuba […]
Dal students “changed” by Powershift conference
By Maggie Lovett, Opinions Contributor In the early morning hours of Oct. 23, a group of 40 sleep-deprived Dalhousie students boarded a bus destined for Ottawa. We were there to attend […]
Climate catastrophe approaching
By Nicole Feriancek, Opinions Contributor Climate change is no longer about energy saving light bulbs and reusable grocery bags. It’s the single biggest problem humanity has ever faced. Ever. It’s being […]