Reading Time: 3 minutesAI systems encode the values and metrics we give them. If the metrics are only economic or human-centred, we risk building powerful tools that continue extracting from ecosystems rather than regenerating them
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Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring frosh, there was a small protest in front of RBC’s booth at the Clubs and Wellness Fair. Protester Sarah Donnelly shares her story.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Electric buses are a lot less complicated, there are less moving parts when compared to a hybrid or an internal combustion engine,” explained de Jonge.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor four days, Trudeau’s team exposed zebrafish to Prozac as embryos. Shortly after hatching, the fish were showing lower cortisol levels compared to those not exposed to the drug. When exposed to stress or new environments, the male fish responded less.
Reading Time: 3 minutesMark Dion talks art, science, and the environment in latest lecture at the U of O.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Club du droit de la Terre (Environmental Law Club) has been making active changes on campus as of late. They recently started a faculty campaign to ban the use of throwaway cutlery and plates, and instead opt for reusable, biodegradable replacements.
Reading Time: 2 minutesYears of talk about fossil fuel divestment finally came to a head at the most recent U of O Board of Governors meeting.
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe divestment movement is rapidly taking over university campuses across the country, but is it really the best way to bring about positive environmental change?
Reading Time: 8 minutesWhy does the buying, storing, moving, and eventual disposal of stuff occupy such an important place in our lives? Better yet, is this obsession an economic issue or a psychological issue, or both?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen she isn’t inspiring tomorrow’s generation of young environmental lawyers to work in one of the most challenging fields of Canadian law, Professor Lynda Collins playing her music all across the continent.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAre plastic bags that big of an environmental issue? Photo courtesy of Tina Wallace Point: We should focus on more important issues Jasmine van Schouwen | Fulcrum Staff Companies who claim they are curbing pollution by reducing plastic bag production are misleading and short-sighted. Plastic bags are a problem, there’s no doubt about that. According …
Reading Time: 9 minutes“The people that think they cannot make a difference frustrate me the most,” said Mueller. “To me, it’s simple math. 1+1+1+1+1=the population of our campus, the population of Ottawa, etc. The difference is made by each individual working separately but together [to lessen] our impact on the environment.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy experience growing up in a rural community provided me with unique opportunities to not only take from the environment, but also to give back to it.
