EcoFriendly West

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) Protecting polar bear habitat 2) Strengthening municipal bylaws 3) Providing tax exemptions to increase energy efficiency, and 4) Substituting fungus for plastic

Artificial light is blotting out the stars, harming both wildlife and humans. We've compiled a short list of things we can do to reduce light pollution.

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) Geothermal energy systems on Manitoba First Nations; 2) Turning farmland back into grassland through a reverse auction; 3) A cougar coexistence project in Alberta; and 4) Finding a solution for disposing of 20 billion pairs of shoes annually

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) making progress in recycling wind turbine blades; 2) developing car tires from sustainable materials; 3) protecting Manitoba’s groundwater; and 4) protecting urban parks.

Peat is a shapeshifter coming in many different forms from bogs to fens to swamps to muskeg and is home to cranberries and orchids, rare moths and butterflies, woodland caribou, and tree-climbing turtles. Explore this unfamiliar environment in Swamplands by Edward Struzik.

This week’s top stories in EcoWest News: 1) The outsized importance of isolated wetlands 2) Reusing and recycling EV batteries 3) Colourful slime molds live part of their lives like animals

Water - there's either too much or not enough so wetlands are drained and large-scale irrigation systems are implemented. But what is the impact on the natural environment? Éco dans les Prairies - Radio-Canada en Saskatchewan

We’re highlighting four of Western Canada’s wetlands in honour of World Wetlands Day: Whitewater Lake, Manitoba; Chaplin Lake, Saskatchewan; Beaver Hills/Cooking Lake Moraine, Alberta; and Tofino Mudflats, British Columbia.

This week's top stories in EcoWest News: 1) From cake sales to microrewilding - protecting urban nature 2) food conservation to prevent food waste 3) celestial nights out in 2023

CO2 emissions from buildings and construction reached an all-time high in 2021. We need to put more of an effort into conservation, retrofits, deconstruction, and circular approaches to building construction and maintenance.