Images of animals displaced by wildfires, of floods destroying homes, and of melting ice caps are frequent, notable signs of climate change’s global impact. Environmental experts, academics and business owners…
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What It Would Take for Ryerson to Become Carbon Neutral
Carbon neutrality has become synonymous with running a sustainable operation in the fight against climate change. So far, universities are finding it a hard practice to implement. Only a handful…
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Developers to rethink energy-saving methods as temperatures rise, study finds
Increasing global temperatures will require changes in energy use in order to maintain an optimal and comfortable office environment, according to a study by Ryerson researchers. The study, which was…
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Ryerson professor studies plastic pollutants that enter Arctic rivers
It wasn’t until sometime in the 2010s that Roxana Sühring learned about the contamination problem in Sweden’s Arctic Indigenous communities. A high concentration of specific plastic additives was found in…
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‘Seriously radical’ steps needed to confront climate change, says author
by Tess Stuberby Tess StuberIn order to save the planet, Lloyd Alter has a succinct message for us all to live by. “Don’t eat red meat, don’t drive, live in a small space, don’t…
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Climate change is affecting how students eat
Food is one of the factors that connects us all. But what if the way we eat is actually contributing to one of the greatest environmental crises of our time?…
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Naomi Klein says meaningful climate action must challenge capitalism
by Kayla Zhuby Kayla ZhuThe climate activist and author spoke to Ryerson audiences on intersectional climate justice in her Ryerson Alumni Week keynote
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Students march downtown to protest climate injustice
Hundreds of people demanding climate policy changes marched through downtown Toronto on Friday. The Queen’s Park global climate strike was organized by a youth-led climate justice group named Fridays for…