/channels/taxonomy/term/733/all en /channels/channels/event/anthropocene-and-learning-be-guests-339663 <p><a href="https://continuingstudies.mcgill.ca/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?courseId=1081091&method=load" target="_blank"><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/025-04-22-iri_nationalindigenoushistorymonth_fb6</body></html>" /></a></p> Mon, 23 May 2022 01:04:05 +0000 webfull 180260 at /channels /channels/channels/news/covid-19-qa-how-has-pandemic-impacted-environment-324069 <p>While the world has been locked down for much of the spring and summer, airplanes have been grounded, fishing fleets have sat mostly idle and cars have stayed parked in their driveway as people worked from home. What kind of impact has this had on the environment? And what lessons have we learned from the relatively quick pivot governments and citizens have made to combat the spread of COVID-19? Can we apply the same commitment and speed of mobilization to pressing issues like climate change?  </p> Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:18:59 +0000 webfull 162875 at /channels /channels/channels/news/how-canada-became-environmental-outlier-323610 <p>OpEd by Tom Mulcair, former the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (2012-2017). </p> <p><em>Fifty years ago, Canada became a major, credible player in the world of environmental protection with the creation of our first department of the environment by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau. That move was  accompanied by a progressive vision that was critical of the unbridled growth which showed no regard to the consequences for life on our planet. </em></p> Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:12:06 +0000 webfull 162377 at /channels /channels/channels/news/future-ready-advocate-better-anthropocene-323314 <p>ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s <strong>Elena Bennett</strong> wants you to imagine a radical, inspiring, and realistic future for our planet</p> <p>When you think of the Earth 50 years from now, what do you see? Do you imagine desolate cities, scorched forests, dead oceans, lost biodiversity? Elena Bennett wants you to know the future doesn’t have to be bleak.</p> Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:33:07 +0000 webfull 162033 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-prof-wins-prestigious-award-and-says-economic-system-major-factor-decline-earths-ability-268984 <p>Professor Peter G. Brown (Natural Resource Sciences) has been selected as the recipient of the US Society for Ecological Economics 2017 Herman Daly Award for outstanding contributions to the field of ecological economics. </p> Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:42:55 +0000 webfull 129289 at /channels /channels/news/new-geological-epoch-anthropocene-257695 <p> </p> <p>Scientists say it's time to declare a new geological epoch, one defined by human activity and the permanent mark it has left on the earth.</p> <p>ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Professor Peter Brown, director of <a href="http://www.e4a-net.org" target="_blank">Economics for the Anthropocene</a>, is featured on CBC Radio News.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cicada.world/videos/1715630305339033/" target="_blank">LISTEN</a></h3> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/anthropocene-paper-1.3393823" target="_blank">Related article</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:28:15 +0000 webfull 115038 at /channels