On the occasion of Earth Day, review our reports on challenges and possible solutions for the environment.
Open up to urban agriculture
Duration: 4 min 20
More than 55 urban farms and 200 hectares of vegetable gardens feed tens of thousands of Montrealers. But the nurturing city does not stop there: it is transformed, greener and, above all, mobilizes and brings people together around a common project. Éric Duchemin, a lover of the outdoors and the vegetable garden, saw the potential of local food. In collaboration with UQAM, he even created a summer school whose goal is to teach the art of urban agriculture.
The environmental impact of festivals
Duration: 6 min 55
Festivals attract millions of spectators and, even if some promoters have begun to take action for the environment, there are still several problems in the field that could easily be corrected. The organizers are not the only ones who need to be sensitized and made aware, festival-goers too.
Explore transportation electrification policies
Duration: 4 min 21
There is no miracle solution to respond to the climate emergency. Different means are explored by political parties, and the electrification of transport was at the center of the CAQ’s electoral campaign during the last elections. Is this a viable solution? Here is the answer in our unraveling.
Run to clean up the planet
Duration: 3 min 10
“When you bend down to pick up other people’s trash, you won’t throw your own. »While in New Delhi, India, The duty met Ripu Daman Bevli, a citizen who popularized plogging across the country. The concept: combine jogging and picking up litter.
Saving endangered species, like the chorus frog
Duration: 4 min 35
Can we still save the chorus frog? Environmentalist Tommy Montpetit has made it the fight of his life. With him, The duty visited the nursery of this species in Quebec, an area threatened by a residential development.