Featured Stories

A group of young students learn about the land at the Kortright Centre.

Kortright Centre incorporates Aboriginal perspectives into its programming

Sarah B. Hood Wednesday, December 09, 2015

Located within an Aboriginal archaeological site, the education and demonstration centre factors Indigenous knowledge into its programming.

Conservation, Sustainability

Despite its beautiful colouring, the emerald ash borer has been devastating to the region's ash canopy.

Saving the GTA's beetle-ravaged ash wood (creatively!)

Kaitlyn Kochany Wednesday, December 02, 2015

How the TRCA is teaming up with local partners to make the most of an environmental invasion.

Conservation, Renewables, Sustainability

Richmond Hill

Looking west from Don Roadway over Commissioners Street.

Designing a wildlife refuge at the mouth of the Don

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, July 29, 2015

How a new flood protection plan makes room for the city's non-human residents.

Biodiversity, City Building, Conservation, Greater Lakes

Central Waterfront

Lake Ontario swims again: How once-fragile species are back in action

Kaitlyn Kochany Wednesday, June 10, 2015

With careful management under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, several previously fragile species are returning to the GTA.

Biodiversity, Conservation, Greater Lakes, Infrastructure, Sustainability

Central Waterfront, Leslieville - The Beach

Rethinking ravines: A plan for Toronto's hidden backyard

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, May 13, 2015

City Building, Conservation

Central Waterfront, Long Branch - New Toronto - Mimico, Don Mills

Fractured Water: Can urban Ontario reconnect its watersheds?

Nina Ignaczak Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Conservation, Greater Lakes

Rick Portiss of Toronto & Region Conservation Authority.

A beginner's guide to wildlife in Toronto

Andrew Seale Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Toronto is one of the most diverse cities in the world, so why would its wildlife species be any different? We take a tour through Toronto's ecosystem to learn more about the fish, birds, and mammals that share the city with us.

Biodiversity, Conservation

Central Waterfront, Roncesvalles-High Park, Leslieville - The Beach

Look up: Toronto is abuzz with rooftop beehives that boost the city's ecosystem

Andrew Seale Wednesday, June 04, 2014

The MaRS Discovery District's bee initiative adds its hives to the growing list of urban beekeepers using rooftops to enhance the biodiversity of Toronto's concrete jungle--and source delicious, organic, homegrown honey while they're at it.

Biodiversity, City Building, Conservation, Local Food, Research and Innovation, Small Businesses

Kensington Market - Little Italy - Little Portugal, Financial District, Roncesvalles-High Park

Birds have a new friend, immigrant has a new future

Bert Archer Wednesday, May 28, 2014

After emigrating from Hungary to Toronto with nothing at the age of 19 in 2000, Christian Szabo is now the founder of two companies that help builders and developers protect birds from their buildings, and buildings from the birds.

Biodiversity, City Building, Conservation, Diversity, Employment, Infrastructure, New Canadians, Small Businesses

Arlen Leeming, MES Project Manager, Don & Highland Watersheds Toronto & Region Conservation Auth.

Exploring the vitality of Toronto's rivers and history

Andrew Seale Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Reporter Andrew Seale paddles down the Don River in a canoe to better understand how Toronto's various rivers and channels have impacted our city's infrastructure over the years.

Biodiversity, City Building, Conservation, Infrastructure, Sustainability

Long Branch - New Toronto - Mimico, Don Mills

Street art preserves Islington Village's history with remarkable attention to detail

Igor Bonifacic Wednesday, April 16, 2014

A series of 25 murals celebrate Islington Village's past, while looking to its future. Igor Bonifacic reflects on how the street art represents his own experiences growing up in the area as a new Canadian, and what it means to the neighbourhood now.

Arts and Culture, City Building, Conservation, Design, Diversity, New Canadians, Small Businesses, Tourism

Long Branch - New Toronto - Mimico, The Kingsway - Islington

Alex Dumesle, Project Coordinator for Partners of Project Green.

The greenest industrial wasteland around

Andrew Seale Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Nearly a thousand businesses in the Pearson Eco-Business Zone encompassing the airport and surrounding area have teamed up under the banner of Partners in Project Green to lessen their carbon footprint. Here's how they plan to do it.

City Building, Conservation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Infrastructure, Renewables, Sustainability, Transportation

Brampton, Mississauga, Long Branch - New Toronto - Mimico, The Kingsway - Islington

Regent Park's forward-thinking food movement

Charlotte Bondy Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Local food means something different in Regent Park, a neighbourhood that is striving to make locally grown food a standard for its residents in an effort to support farmers and community wellness.

City Building, Conservation, Employment, Local Food, Small Businesses, Sustainability

Yonge Interviews: 10-Year-Old Activist Hannah Alper

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Yonge Street chats with 10-year-old environmental and social justice activist and future leader Hannah Alper, who will be speaking in front of 20,000 people at We Day on September 20.

City Building, Conservation, Digital, Sustainability

Nothing but blue skies for Clear Blue Technologies

Andrew Seale Wednesday, August 28, 2013

For Toronto startup Clear Blue Technologies, the future is the past. The company has turned to smart off-grid technology to wirelessly control solar and wind power via cloud computing.

City Building, Conservation, Research and Innovation, Small Businesses, Sustainability

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