What Makes a Family: Childbearing in the Climate Crisis

I first read that not having children is the best thing you can do for climate change in David Collings’ Stolen Future, Broken Present: The Human Significance of Climate Change:  “The implications are unmistakable: a person who wishes to forestall severe climate change should not bear children…I freely concede that simply thinking this thought is …

Netflix and Chill (The Earth):Your Go-To List for Sustainability Media

In the days of the pandemic, it feels like we're all desperately searching for our next piece of media to fixate on for a few months before moving on to something new (just me?). In any case, as long as you're spending more time consuming books, TV and podcasts, you may as well integrate some …

Revolutionizing Grocery Shopping: Dynamic Food Labels that Adjust Prices as Expiration date nears

Written by Shonchari Shefrin Subha Image from https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/2020/project/barcodiscount/ In the dynamic landscape of supermarket shopping, the challenge of managing expiring products efficiently has long plagued both consumers and retailers alike. The traditional approach of relabelling items with discount stickers as their expiration date approaches often proves to be a cumbersome and error-prone process for supermarket …

The Sustain SU: Reusable Dish Program (RDP)

Written By Leemah Sana and Callista Kruger Photo source: https://su.ualberta.ca/services/sustainsu/projects/reusabledish/ We all have a role to play in creating a more sustainable future. Choosing reusable dishes over disposable ones is a simple yet impactful way for students and staff at the University of Alberta to contribute to sustainability. By participating in the Reusable Dish Program …

The Sustainable Choice of Purchasing Local In-Season Produce (and an Edmonton and Area Farmers’ Market List!)

Written By Leemah Sana and Luis Aguilar Photo source: https://linda-hoang.com/10-must-visit-vendors-at-the-2021-callingwood-farmers-market-west-edmonton/ With the weather getting chillier and sleigh bells starting to ring, knowing what foods are in season for the frigid holidays and cold months is important. A sustainable and eco-friendly choice you can make is to purchase local, in-season produce.  Get cozy, and let's dive …

Sleighing the Eco-Way: Making Holidays Tree-mendously Sustainable!

~ by Shonchari Subha & Muna Nwanisobi (Check out the holiday puzzles down below)! Finally, it's that time of the month! The prospect of shopping for different seasons in the second half of the year like Halloween, Thanksgiving, and especially Christmas incites the joy in those celebrating these holidays. So much so that we see …

The Growing Climate Movement on Campus

Credit: Mitchell Pawluck, The Gateway If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you care deeply about social issues like climate change, sustainable living, and Indigenous reconciliation. If you do, it’s also easy to feel isolated from people around you who do not share your views, or who may consider them too radical. However, comrades …

The Importance of Urban Design: An Interview with Robert Lipka

For the most recent podcast episode in our "The Three Pillars of Sustainability" podcast series, we had the privilege of interviewing urban designer Robert Lipka to chat. Robert Lipka is currently a principal urban designer at the City of Edmonton; in this role, he provides reviews in urban design, universal design & CPTED, and he …

Sustainability is Women’s Work: Why?

Completed as part of the requirements for the Certificate of Sustainability Introduction The relationship between gender as a social construct and sustainability behaviour is complex and worth exploring. Numerous studies have demonstrated that this link is affected by various psychological concepts, including ideas such as the socialization process of certain traits for certain genders, the …

University of Alberta Farmer’s Market Year-End Vendor Overview

After two and half years, the University of Alberta Students' Union Farmer’s Market (UAFM) has returned to campus! The UAFM is a monthly market operating out of the Student’s Union Building (SUB) at the University of Alberta that provides the campus community with local, sustainable, and ethical goods and services. This year, we had the …

Being Sustainable In Your Local Community (Edmonton & Area Edition)

Written By Leemah Sana and Mirelle Djajasaputra Image was taken by Opi Rai Instagram: @opiraiphotography (check it out!) Visiting local places and participating in environmentally friendly activities, using active local transportation, and shopping from local businesses are all amazing ways to be sustainable. Focusing on spending time improving your community, having a small carbon footprint, …

Car-Free Future? City of Edmonton approves $100m bid on bike lanes

Recently, the city of Edmonton has approved a $100m bid on bike lanes. Starting in 2023, the city will begin construction and implementation of its bid with completion estimated near 2026 (Boothby, 2022). Part of its implementation is to increase the amount of bike lanes, shared-use paths, enhanced crossing at intersections, and an emphasis on …