The twinkling starry night was obscured by numerous grey cotton balls from above. Crystal water droplets gently separated themselves from the crying clouds as it tapped the ocean water lightly. Each droplet cascaded from the dark sky as thousands of crystal liquids reflected the majestic ocean. The sun rose from the horizon once again, pouring…
Do you think that human development would’ve made it this far if we didn’t damage the ecosystem? Or did humans do the wrong thing and shouldn’t have harmed the ecosystem in the first place? As many may have known, the earliest life evolved from the oceans billions of years ago. The ocean is responsible for…
It’s easy to picture how someone’s personal interests can go against the social good. Just consider a noisy conversation in a library that makes it difficult for everyone to concentrate. Think about how secondhand smoke negatively impacts others—it doesn’t just affect the smoker. Even driving in congested areas isn’t particularly helpful to society since it…
When one thinks of pollution, water, air, and soil are typically the only categories that come to mind. However, one often overlooked type of pollution is the contamination of space. Though we do not feel it, we utterly depend on space in today’s modern-day and age, and the neglected buildup of space garbage may quickly…
The environmental consequences of carbon dioxide emissions are clear; it contributes to over three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions,1 exacerbating climate change and its innumerable consequences. Action needs to take place now, but truly taking action in an ever-expanding economy has proven and will continue to be a substantial hurdle. For this reason, moving forward,…
In the new millennium one of the biggest issues we face is the rising sea levels and melting of the ice caps. Island nations are predicted to be fully submerged if sea levels continue to rise at their present rate. Global Warming a phenomenon with the average global temperature rising since the 1880; has progressively worsened…
These snazzy “living buildings” are a sight for sore eyes, bringing much-needed greenery to urban centers.
Have you heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? The Pacific Garbage Patch, AKA the ‘trash vortex’ is a large accumulation of marine debris found in the North Pacific ocean. It is actually a combination of the Western Garbage Patch and the Eastern Garbage Patch, where it spans from Japanese to North America’s coasts. Most…
An image used on Fort McMoney – Remember to Breath campaign (From Indiegogo) No, this is not an actual Travel Alberta Campaign. It’s a parody all about the Alberta Oil sands. You probably know, as Albertans, oil is the biggest thing in our economy. Travel Alberta’s real slogan is “Remember to breathe,” but with our tar sands and the pollution…
I found this quite a powerful image – instead of being provided facts about pollution, we get to look under the ocean for ourselves and see what is actually masked under the waves.
Recent news: on July 4, Canada Safeway has announced that by 2015, it plans to only sell sustainably-farmed seafood. I must confess that the news, when I first heard it, made me feel something like this: Safeway’s promise puts it in the company of many other major supermarket chains that have committed to selling nothing…
[youtube xH_84-8BsEA&feature] We often think about the air and water pollution outside, so when trying to stay away from contaminated air, we stay at home. However, indoor air pollution is more serious than we think. Because most of our life is occuring inside, it is even more dangerous than outside pollution. To avoid pollution, we often…