Ontario’s Bill 60: The hidden cost of “building faster”
How Ontario’s repeal of green-infrastructure standards undermines the climate-ready, adaptive, and biodiverse communities we actually need. ...
Climate crisis
The Tyranny of the Great White Page
Many writers face the tyranny of the blank page, but we write because we believe our words can matter. Beyond the Edge emerged from that belief as a response to the climate and biodiversity crises that shape our world today....
Ontario’s Attack on Biodiversity
Ford’s government is quietly advancing Bill 5, legislation that would repeal Ontario’s nearly 20-year-old Endangered Species Act. If passed, the bill would roll back decades of conservation progress, placing countless vulnerable species at greater risk and further undermining Canada’s already faltering biodiversity commitments. ...
The Muppets tried to warn us
In 1990, the Muppets delivered a haunting message about biodiversity loss and environmental collapse during The Earth Day Special. Thirty-five years later, their words feel more urgent than ever. ...
Where do Canada’s Federal Parties Stand on Nature and Climate?
16 environmental organizations invited the five main federal parties to complete a survey to present their positions on key environmental priorities....
Climate Change, Wildfires, and Wildlife
How increasing wildfire frequency and severity, highlight the growing need to address wildfire realities in Canada and beyond...
How much are we really losing?
The WWF 2024 Living Planet Report reveals a 73% average decline in global wildlife populations over the last 50 years. What does this alarming loss of wildlife mean for life on earth? ...
Canada’s GHG Emissions in 2024 & Considerations for 2025
With 2024 now at a close, how did Canada’s GHG emission levels and targets measure up, and what does this mean for the country’s climate goals as we head into 2025? ...
COP 16, Success or Failure?
A new fund that shifts some of the profits from nature’s DNA to global conservation efforts....
Leaders now meeting at COP16 Biodiversity Conference!
Global leaders meet at COP16 as biodiversity loss accelerates at an alarming rate...
Underground powerhouse: Canada’s vast soil carbon stores
Recent research shows there’s a vast amount of carbon buried in Canada's soil. It has implications for climate action and protected areas....
What’s the deal with COP15? The road to new biodiversity targets
With the conclusion of the first phase of COP15 in Kunming, China, there’s lots of chatter about the draft biodiversity targets....