By: Margaret Xun ***TRAVEL BLOG! February 15th – 6:00 am I can’t wait to get started on this journey! I landed in Arusha, Tanzania last night. It’s my first morning in the beautiful Serengeti National Park. The first stop is definitely to see the famous African “big five”. That’s the lion, rhino, leopard, elephant and…
The Ozone Layer
By: Alisha Wang The Ozone layer The topic of climate change is typically associated with resentment and lack of change. However, despite the fact that we still have a long way to go, small meaningful steps have been made toward progress. The ozone is the second layer of the earth’s atmosphere. It absorbs bits of…
Five Takeaways from COP27
By: Sophie Choong, Jan 14th, 2023 COP27 was the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference, held in November 2022 in Egypt. At the summit (held annually save for cancellation in 2020), world leaders met to discuss proposed policies tackling climate change and its impacts. The main issues that recent summits have focused on are limiting…
Greenwashing
By: Alisha Wang, Jan 7th, 2023 With the creation of social media boosting the already increasing awareness of climate change, the demand for sustainability has also pressured businesses to undergo major changes and for consumers to reevaluate their buying habits. However, this has also caused many companies to spread misleading information in order to attract…
Santa Hank Interview
In the spirit of giving this Christmas, we would like to spotlight how Vancouver’s very own Santa Hank is helping our community – through recycling. A retired resident in North Vancouver, Hank Brennon started his own recycling charity – called Hank’s Christmas Glitter – to donate to the homeless. He recalls delivering stockings to the…
Is FIFA 2022 Really Carbon Neutral?
By: Margaret Xun, Nov 29th, 2022 Qatar announced an ambitious plan to completely counterbalance all carbon emissions in the current 2022 FIFA World Cup. After the declaration of net zero emissions, the small gulf country was immediately met with skepticism and concern. The emissions caused by construction, transport and accommodation and long-term tourism lead many…
Travel Blog: Singapore
*Editors note: this is a new idea that we are introducing to our blog. We would love to hear any feedback from you about any ideas or topics we should include in the travel blogs (or any other articles) for the future! Enjoy the travel blog! By: Alisha Wang, Nov 22nd, 2022 Known for its…
The Effects of Tourism on the Environment
By: Margaret Xun, Nov 15th, 2022 As we tour more and more of the world, we also observe tremendous damage done to the environment. By its very nature, the effects of tourism are synonymous across the entire globe. We can boil the effects of tourism on the environment to three main points: depletion of natural…
Pollutants and Toxins in Swimming Pools
By: Sophie Choong, Nov 8th, 2022 We love swimming pools. Many people know just how much water they use en masse, and the energy required to filter them regularly—but far fewer know about the chemical contaminants in them. The chemicals regularly used to disinfect pools, chlorine and bromine, are environmentally harmful at low levels, especially…
The Rapid Decline of Sea Turtles
By: Iona Kim, Nov 1st, 2022 Millions of baby sea turtles venture out of their shells into the deep blue ocean from the months of March to October. Although they are faced with the already constant dangers of predatory creatures, there is now another threat in their near future that could result in the rapid…