Tag: Environment

• An Update on Ontario’s Highway 413

  

  In August 2021, we published a 2-part article on the legal, ethical and ecological irresponsibilities associated with the proposed Highway 413. Access Part 1 here and Part 2 here. This article will include an update on the project and its approval. Building Ontario On November 4, 2021, Ontario’s Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy released the…

  Saige Friedman

  November 29, 2021

  Climate Change

  Canada, congestion, Doug Ford, Environment, Ontario, Ontario Government, traffic, transportation

• The Ethics of Ecosystem Restoration

  

  This year’s Canadian Environment Week theme is ecosystem restoration, as such, we wrote a brief article discussing the ethical questions involved with ecosystem restoration. Ecosystem restoration refers to the process of intentional human interference with an ecosystem’s current state to assist in the recovery and management of the ecosystem to its previous state – before…

  Saige Friedman

  June 3, 2021

  Climate Change, Environment

  Biodiversity, ecosystems, Environment, ethics, human population, restoration

• Natural Heritage Systems: The Economic Benefits of Protecting Ontario’s Natural Resources

  

  This article focuses on Natural Heritage Systems, what they are, their importance, and their benefit to our economy and livelihoods. Background A Natural Heritage System is a network of interconnected natural features and areas, such as wetlands, woodlands, valley lands, watercourses, significant wildlife habitats, and areas of natural and scientific interest (ANSIs). Such systems are…

  Saige Friedman

  January 25, 2021

  Environment, Politics & Policy

  ANSI, buffers, business, Canada, Climate Change, connected, corridors, costs, design, economic impact, economic value, economy, ecosystem, ecosystem services, effects, endangered, endangered species, enhancement, Environment, GDP, greenbelt, greenbelt plan, greenbelt system, greenways, healthy, industry, land use change, natural, natural areas, natural heritage systems, natural resources, NHS design, NHS planning, Ontario, planning, protected countryside, restoration, safety, Society, species at risk, stewardship, sustainability, threatened species, watercourses, wetlands, wildlife habitat, worth