Bringing home the idea of north
It is hard to know the Arctic. The idea of north is difficult to verbalize even here in Canada where we have so…
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Summer harvest: pasta with basil margarita shrimp
I created this dish to take full advantage of two things our vegetable garden has produced in abundance this year: basil and zucchini….
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Petition to protect Jefferson salamander habitat in Kitchener
The Jefferson salamander, an endangered species in Canada and Ontario, has wriggled its way into another controversy over urban development. The dispute centres…
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Connecting to the planet: Chris Earley discusses the Galapagos
Chris Earley is interpretive biologist and education coordinator at University of Guelph Arboretum. He has written four field guides to birds of North…
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White-tailed deer: a brush with elegance
This has been a remarkable week. I received a writing assignment from a regional magazine. I spent most of the week working on…
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Vegetarian lasagna for baby Gilda
Obviously newborn babies do not eat lasagna, but this is a story about love and community, so bear with me. Earlier in the…
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Ending alienation from nature
Eighteen months ago, living in an apartment without direct access to personal green space, I felt woefully disconnected from nature. It hit me…
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Quebec couple wins right to keep kitchen garden
A Drummondville, Quebec, couple has succeeded in swaying their city’s stance against street side kitchen gardens. This year Josée Landry and Michel Beauchamp…
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Tips for summer foraging in the city
This is my favourite time of year for food: when summer fruit are ripening. It presents some great opportunities for foraging in the…
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Artists respond to Goderich tornado
“Nature giveth and taketh all,” says an inscription on The Tree of Life, a new sculpture in a Goderich, Ontario, park. On August…
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