Cet article est disponible en français ci-dessous. As 2020 ends, marking a difficult and extraordinary year by any measure, we’d like to take the time to wish all our partners and followers a safe and healthy holiday season. Though it has been a difficult year, our work to conserve, protect…

Food waste isn’t waste until it’s wasted. — Kristian Krugman is one of the innovators behind SOULMUCH, a California-based cookie company that saves rice and quinoa from landfill and uses it to make cookies instead. Krissy and her team won the CEC Youth Innovation Challenge in 2017 and have continued to lead the charge against food waste in…

NoPlastic es un innovador bioplástico completamente biodegradable que resulta de un enfoque de economía circular y evita la generación de desechos alimentarios — Karime Guillén, una de las ganadoras del Desafío Juvenil para la Innovación de la CCA de este año, es una joven emprendedora con enorme interés en la ciencia, la biotecnología y el planeta. Junto con una profesora de la universidad donde estudia y tres compañeros más, fundó Biovatec, empresa de…

There are stories in the food we eat and share—let’s listen to them. — While working in a Toronto restaurant a few years ago, Monique Chan, the winner of this year’s CEC Youth Innovation Challenge, realized that thousands of dollars were being wasted in her restaurant alone as a result of food waste. Since then, she’s created Bruized, a women-led company centered on combating…

In the wake of World Environment Day, we call on North American decision-makers to help deliver solutions that put nature at the forefront to protect our shared future. — By Barbara Hendrie (United Nations Environment Programme) and Richard Morgan (Commission for Environmental Cooperation) The current global pandemic has laid bare the close link between human health and nature. …

Let’s talk PRTRs: where to find them and why they matter to you. By Danielle Vallée, Project Lead, Environmental Quality, Commission for Environmental Cooperation About six months ago, a woman from a small Quebec municipality contacted us to ask if we could help her find information about the activities of…

Some things you can do to protect the environment while we all practice social distancing — Written by Bhan Gatkuoth, CEC Communications Intern Access the French and Spanish versions of this post on Facebook. To accommodate the challenges posed by the COVID-19 virus, we’re all being asked to restructure our lifestyle with the safety of ourselves and others in mind. For most of us, this means…

A three-step recipe for saving the Monarch butterfly — Written by Greg Mitchell, Ph.D., Research Scientist with the Wildlife Research Division of Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Canadian Co-chair of the Monarch Conservation Science Partnership Last year, while attending the Trinational Monarch Science Meeting in Mexico City, I got the chance to represent Canada when the overwintering population…

Written by Thean Acres In In addition to causing immense infrastructure and environmental damage, floods place major economic burdens on communities. From Quebec to Texas, Chihuahua and beyond, North Americans grapple with this reality every year. Understanding the economic cost of these extreme events is central to addressing their impact…