Environment

piles of garbage on Ward's Island in Toronto April 18, 2019 Earth Day: Six things you can do right now to help the environment
Photo of Enviromental Science and Chemistry building April 16, 2019 U of T named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2019
Photo of a peat plateau in the Yukon April 9, 2019 Secrets of the permafrost: New U of T research reveals evidence of climate change in the Yukon
Photo of Steve Easterbrook April 2, 2019 Building a post-carbon world: U of T conference considers a world where climate change has been solved
photo of people tending to a rooftop garden December 4, 2018 Agent of change: U of T moves forward with plan to be a sustainability leader
Photo of the U of T Trash Team July 26, 2018 The last straw: U of T ecology expert, students create inventory of plastic litter that collects in the Don River
don river May 3, 2018 Paddle the Don offers U of T ecologists the perfect opportunity to lead a trash cleanup
April 27, 2018 Beyond our oceans: Microplastics pollute rivers and lakes too
Photo of Jane Goodall April 23, 2018 Jane Goodall at U of T: 'The forest needs people to defend it desperately. The chimpanzees need people to defend them'
Photo of washing machines January 11, 2018 Airing dirty laundry: Students develop new way to measure plastics released in environment while washing clothes
greenhouse gas emissions December 15, 2017 University of Toronto Asset Management Corp. among global group seeking change from the world's largest greenhouse gas producers
Photo of professors involved in projet December 11, 2017 Green infrastructure: New tool by U of T researchers to help construction industry reduce carbon footprint
December 8, 2017 How American cities and states are fighting climate change globally
Picture of rats in New York subway November 2, 2017 Increases in rats, bedbugs and mosquitoes are unintended consequence of urbanization: U of T expert
photo John Robinson October 6, 2017 Meeting the challenge: Climate change and sustainability at U of T
kerry bowman September 15, 2017 From the Amazon's uncontacted people to physician-assisted deaths in Canada: U of T's Kerry Bowman probes thorny issues
September 15, 2017 U of T's Kerry Bowman: Should we contact the uncontacted?
florida flooding September 14, 2017 Designing for hurricanes and floods: U of T students draft urban planning solutions for a Florida county
photo of Robert Wright September 11, 2017 Meet Robert Wright, new dean of Forestry at U of T
August 22, 2017 How green roofs can help cities sponge away excess stormwater