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. ...
Urban Nature
Vancouver’s Crow Roost: A spectacle of urban ecology
Every evening in Vancouver, thousands of crows fill sky in a hauntingly beautiful ritual. From every corner of the city they converge into restless black clouds, flying eastward toward a communal roost. What at first feels apocalyptic, reveals itself as one of the city’s most remarkable natural spectacles and serves as a reminder that even in dense urban cities, nature continues to adapt, thrive, and surprise us....
Urban Wild: Rethinking urban biodiversity and nature in cities with Prof. Nina-Marie Lister
Biodiversity isn’t just out in the wild - it’s all around us, even in the heart of our cities. In this episode of our podcast, Ann talks with urban ecologist Nina-Marie Lister about why urban nature matters and how we can help urban biodiversity thrive....
Ontario’s Mining Bill Threatens Biodiversity
Ontario’s proposed mining bill threatens to undo decades of conservation work. The Toronto Zoo warns that species like the Blanding’s turtle could face extinction if vital habitat protections are removed. With biodiversity at risk, scientists and conservationists are urging stronger safeguards before it’s too late....
Nature-Based Solutions in Action
How Vancouver’s St. George Rainway uses a bioswale to manage stormwater, support biodiversity, and reconnect critical ecological corridors through innovative green infrastructure design....
How to Garden for Biodiversity this Spring
Easy and impactful ways to create a habitat garden this spring with simple tips like leaving plant litter, letting logs lie, and embracing native plants, to boost biodiversity. ...
Building Bird-Safe Cities
How Toronto Metropolitan University's Ecological Design Lab's Bird-Safe City project is at the forefront of creating impactful, place-based design solutions for the wildlife in our cities, tackling the biodiversity crisis....
Why Naturalize?
At a time where habitat destruction is cited as the primary cause of global biodiversity decline, it’s worth asking: why settle for a landscape that contributes so little to the environment?...
Trees in the city: 3 innovative tree planting initiatives
Cities across the globe are using innovative tree planting initiatives and community engagement techniques to support biodiversity....
Living peacefully with coyotes means respecting their boundaries
Co-existence with coyotes is possible. Misconceptions about coyotes are based on misunderstanding their behaviour....
More than aesthetics: Green roofs for biodiversity and climate action
Green roofs have an important role in climate action and sustainable, energy-efficient and biodiversity-integrated design and development....
What are bioblitzes and how do they support science?
What are bioblitzes and how do they support science? Wildlife observations by citizen scientists can help conservation efforts....