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Written by: Mitchell Beer A group of 15 trainees will be heading out into the field to begin converting two Alberta oilfield sites into solar farms, after graduating from a rapid upskilling program for fossil industry and Indigenous workers hosted by Iron & Earth...

International Women’s Month Q&A series Please tell us a little about yourself and your work with TerraPro Solutions.  As one of the only female CEOs of a privately held utility-scale renewable energy consulting practice, I am considered a trailblazer. My expertise is risk management for the...

Written by: Maia Wikler It’s nearly 2 in the morning and the sun is just beginning to set as Ben Stevens navigates the braided channels of the Yukon River toward his fish camp. Stevens is a traditional fisherman — Dinyee Hutanne, the people of the...

This profile is published in collaboration with Level Magazine Coté Castañeda is an industrial and civil engineer, and she is a dreamer and visionary of the circular economy, sustainability, and green businesses focused on recycling processes. Currently, she has advised 120 public and private companies...

Interview with Daniel Perell, Representative to the United Nations for the Baha'i International Community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SNtzdBtQNU Interview TranscriptTranscribed by Otter AI Kimberly WhiteHello, and welcome back to Common Home Conversations. Today we're joined by Daniel Perell, Representative to the United Nations for the Baha'i International Community. Thank you...

Written by: Johnny Wood Think about how many products you buy each week. Now, how many of them come in containers made of single-use plastic, glass or other materials? What if this packaging could be reused? Not recycled, but collected, cleaned and reused.Globally, 141 million tonnes of...

Written by: YCC Team Members of the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota and the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North and South Dakota have long protested the construction of new oil pipelines in the region. And now they’re working together to create a pipeline of a different...

Written by: YCC Team Many everyday choices — like washing your clothes in cold instead of hot water — are an opportunity to help reduce carbon pollution. A new book called “The Climate Action Handbook” gives people 100 ways to improve their habits at home and...

Written by: Saidia Ali, Policy Options In a time of rapid urbanization, cities and nature are often seen as incompatible: either biodiversity suffers as cities grow or cities are contained to protect nature. There is no question that human activities impact biodiversity in multiple ways –...

Written by: Kimberly White Indigenous groups in Brazil are calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate President Jair Bolsonaro for genocide and ecocide.  The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples from Brazil (APIB) filed a statement with the ICC accusing the Bolsonaro administration of genocide and...