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Climate media highlights
Here are some useful links to help you stay informed on the important issues of climate change and over-consumption. From the creators of The Story of Stuff, a short and powerful video of the how and...
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The good that comes from saying “no”: Jonathan Glencross and the...
Every now and then, you have the opportunity to meet incredibly inspiring individuals who you know will make great change in the world. One of these individuals is visionary Jonathan Glencross, a 3rd...
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Haiti and the Environment
The earthquake in Haiti on January 12th of this new year was another devastating blow for the country, and the environmental problems before the quake pose further threats to the country now. We can...
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Before the well runs dry; Experts meet over Canada’s water situation
We are living complacently in a multi-crisis era; of food, energy, climate, and water. Several times a year, groups of practitioners and academics meet and discuss the most important issues pertaining...
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The MSE welcomes new professor in environment, Nicolas Kosoy
Born in Venezuela, Nicolas Kosoy got a degree in biology before studying conservation biology in the UK. Realizing he needed more economical knowledge after working with WWF in Vietnam, he enrolled in...
View ArticleDeconstructing Dinner
Next Monday there will be an awesome event happening at 6pm, Leacock room 26. Jon Steinman will make a presentation on the problems of Canada’s food system. In addition, students and staff involved...
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Professor’s new book fills research design niche
“To do research on the environment is overwhelming,” says Ismael Vaccaro, professor for the School of Environment and Anthropology, “there are so many variables, so many ways of dealing with...
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Juan Carlos Serio-Silva develops links with the MSE
Juan Carlos Serio-Silva, who has been studying primate patterns in Mexico for the past 20 years, thinks of his research as a piece in the puzzle. “All of us have things to contribute,” he says, “the...
View ArticleThe importance of applied research
“Of the 29 courses that I have taken, 27 required essays,” said Jonathan Glencross, an MSE student, at last semester’s TedXMcGill conference, “and only 1 of the 29 required me to directly talk to...
View ArticleSilent Spring at Fifty: Talking to Rachel Carson biographer Linda Lear
What brought you to Rachel Carson and sustained your interest in her over several decades? Originally it was because I was teaching environmental history to undergraduates and none of them knew who...
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