Thanks. This is what I did last year. Will keep supporting when I can: nataliebennett.org/2025/09/15/p...

Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee Stage Day 7 - Natalie Bennett Green Party Peer #NatalieGreenPeer

Swifts travel 5,500 kilometres each way for their migrations, they are making that journey, and then finding nowhere to raise their young

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Great piece here by @brendonstuff.bsky.social on the need for widespread use of bird-safe glass to prevent window collisions theconversation.com/bird-safe-gl...

Bird-safe glass must become the norm to prevent collisions with buildings

In Canada, tens of millions of birds are killed annually by crashing into glass on buildings.

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www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic... #ldnont

Escaped garden plants choking London’s Environmentally Significant Areas, should invasive species require warning labels?

Invasive plants are threatening London’s most sensitive ecosystems, and the source of the problem might be your own backyard.

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We want to invite you all to the opening night of the Annual Fall Lecture Series at Museum London! More details about this event, and the event series can be found on our website: www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/connec...

Glad this keeps getting news coverage. More native plants, less lawn, happy planet! Good info included from @brendonstuff.bsky.social! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In a sea of brown lawns, why some natural gardeners are bringing messy back | CBC News

To water or not to water? Turns out, that may not be the question. As abnormally dry weather sweeps across much of the country this summer, is it still responsible to maintain a grass lawn?

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COSEWIC has labelled the Snowy owl as Threatened in Canada. Next we wait for the government to respond. This article identifies the need for greater public education about anthropogenic factors in the Snowy owl’ decline and ways for our society to collectively reduce harms www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Snowy owl labelled threatened by expert group — and humans are primarily to blame | CBC News

The snowy owl, Quebec's majestic avian emblem and Harry Potter's iconic companion, is at risk of becoming endangered if action isn't taken to reverse the threats to its survival, an independent adviso...

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repeat after me kids There Is No Such Thing As “AI Art”

if we ever decided collectively to hold a day for recognizing and respecting women who don’t have kids, I would totally support that

⛳🧠 Proximity to golf courses linked to Parkinson’s disease A new study found living within 1–3 miles of a golf course was associated with higher Parkinson’s disease risk, likely linked to pesticide use and groundwater contamination. 🔗 doi.org/10.1001/jama... #SciComm #NeuroScience 🧪

Proximity to Golf Courses and Risk of Parkinson Disease

This case-control of older US adults examines risk of Parkinson Disease by proximity of residence to a golf course.

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next time someone wishes me “happy Friday” in a virtual meeting I’m going to ask them why

One of the biggest citizen science studies ever conducted — if you logged an eBird sighting in N. America in the last 14 years, this paper represents your work and this alarm is all of our responsibility to sound: Avian life is slipping away. 🌎🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

North American bird declines are greatest where species are most abundant

Efforts to address declines of North American birds have been constrained by limited availability of fine-scale information about population change. By using participatory science data from eBird, we ...

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Check out this new video featuring my PhD research! @westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social

Cornell Lab of Ornithology@cornellbirds.bsky.social · last yr.

Over 1 billion birds die each year in the U.S. after hitting glass they can't see. But we can change that. Go inside the flight tunnel at Western University where researchers are testing bird-safe glass. Learn more + how to help: bit.ly/stopbirdcoll... #StopBirdCollisions #LightsOutForBirds

Here’s my #electionday hot take: the “I voted” stickers no longer being circulated are an undervalued asset for bolstering voter turnout. They are a small, inexpensive yet highly visible positive incentive for voters to participate and demonstrate their values. We should make voting cool and normal!

I’m about done with “elbows up”. Can we do “eyes open” next?

Ontarians need to realize that our rights are being taken away, and we are being scammed for short-term profit. Developing the economy versus protecting the environment through evidence-based regulation IS A FALSE DICHOTOMY. “Red tape reduction” is marketing, not policy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

London environmentalists say Ontario's mining push puts endangered species at risk | CBC News

Environmentalists in London and across the province say the Ontario government's push to cut so-called red tape to speed up the development of mining operations in the north could have dire consequenc...

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so the pope directly criticized the Trump administration’s policies on immigration, then met with the vice president and told him (a catholic) to his face that he is wrong, and then immediately died? kind of badass tbh. RIP

This TVO piece is from 2021; the faces and issues of the day have changed, but the legal basis for federal and provincial jurisdictions remain the same. A great read for folks trying to make sense of federal campaign promises that encroach on provincial responsibilities amp.tvo.org/article/whos...

Whose file is it anyway? The feds, the provinces, and who controls what | TVO Today

ANALYSIS: Can the federal government do that? Isn’t that a provincial thing? TVO.org breaks down how responsibilities get divided up — and what happens when there’s a conflict.

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🌍🧪 Plastics will linger past 2060 – even with bold policy action A new study finds that even under the most ambitious global plans, microplastics will keep rising due to legacy waste. 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia... #Plastics 🧪 #SciComm

Global environmental plastic dispersal under OECD policy scenarios toward 2060

Global plastic pollution budget finds most historical plastic waste on land, indicating need for remediation policy instruments.

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The Liberal Party under Trudeau introduced the Nature Accountability Act (Bill C-73) in 2024. The bill never made it past the first reading. www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en... Will @mark-carney.bsky.social bring back this critical legislation to uphold Canada's commitment to protect biodiversity?

all the time and energy spent talking about celebrities on a joyride in space (subsidized by taxpayers) could have been used to make people aware of massive defunding of NASA that will set American space exploration and science back by at least a generation www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science

Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed

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Relevant to your interests, @brendonstuff.bsky.social: www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Traffic Noise Provokes ‘Road Rage’ In Male Galápagos Warblers

Yellow warblers near busy roads become increasingly aggressive when traffic drowns out their territorial songs, and noise pollution could trigger fights.

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That time of year when you blink and accidentally drop $100 on native plants

Love to see folks out in community cleaning up trash. Let’s remember the ‘war against litter’ cannot be won by only targeting people throwing items on the ground; litter mostly originates from structural and systemic gaps that must be remedied through policy reforms and proactive bylaw enforcement.

ngl I have really struggled with Passover the last couple of years

theyre ‘flooding the zone’! these rapid changes and overlapping crises are too much to handle! me growing my little native plant garden:

Within the past 30 days, as the stock market was deliberately tanked by American politicians, nearly $4 million worth of stock was traded by 15 American politicians 🧐 www.capitoltrades.com/trades

CBC/Radio-Canada is a pillar of our Canadian identity.    We’re going to strengthen our public broadcaster with more long-term funding, and a modernized mandate — to deliver more local news and keep Canadians better informed during emergencies.

To tell stories about Indigenous nations, we need to build capacity for Indigenous journalists in Canadian media — including Indigenous editors. That’s why this year, The Narwhal is hiring an Indigenous editorial fellow. Learn more and apply. #cdnmedia #journalismjobs thenarwhal.ca/2025-indigen...

Apply for The Narwhal’s 2025 Indigenous editorial fellowship

The Narwhal has a job opening for an Indigenous editorial fellow — part of an effort to build capacity for Indigenous journalists in Canadian media

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