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Several years ago, I was out for a run and I found someone pushing their bike with a flat tire. I didn’t have any equipment with me, but I was close to home and offered to help them fix their tire. I still remember this, and it makes me smile. In a world that feels … Continue reading
Picture a gym filled with people moving in all different ways: treadmills, stationary bikes, rowing ergs, strength machines, and maybe an aerobics class. Now imagine that all of that movement was helping to power the building. I have seen very small-scale applications. At one point, a job I used to work had a bike that … Continue reading
I woke up this morning to an air quality warning with levels at 10+ on the air quality health index. Sadly, with climate change, these warnings are becoming more frequent during the summer months where I live. You can’t plan for specific ones, but you do have to plan that they will happen. As an … Continue reading
I am currently taking a course through Coursera from Western University in Canada. The course is Connecting for Climate Change. It uses a two-eyed seeing approach to view climate change through Western and Indigenous science lenses. I think if you are new to this idea and want to learn more about both climate change and … Continue reading
I know that climate change, particularly the lack of action on climate change, affects my mental health. Therefore, an article about the impact of climate change on the mental health of vulnerable populations caught my eye. The research, done by Fahrudin and colleagues (2024), conducted a review of published research between 2000 and 2023. I’m … Continue reading
My city has an amazing river valley. It offers many recreation trails, treed areas, and open spaces. Even outside of the river valley, many neighbourhoods have access to smaller green spaces. Green space is not evenly distributed with lower socioeconomic status communities often having less access than higher ones, known as the luxury effect. Sadly, … Continue reading
I’m always curious about how travel impacts the environment. I know many people, including myself, who travel to natural places in order to connect to nature and break from “the real world.” Clearly, there are other issues to unpack in this, not the least of which is that so many see nature as an escape … Continue reading
At the start of the semester, I opened it up for students to ask me questions. One of the questions was what is the hardest thing about teaching sustainability. Without missing a beat, I responded, “the despair.” I kind of joked about it afterwards, but the despair people feel is really serious and, as Bird … Continue reading
I was reviewing student work on climate change a few weeks ago and realized that it was taking a toll on my mental health. The activity in question, asks students to create, take, or find an image that conveys something about climate change. I’ve had this activity in my course for a number of semesters … Continue reading
I notice a significant difference in my mental health when I bike to work compared to driving or taking transit. I’m more relaxed and more focused. Getting up for a workout when I work from home helps but it is not the same. When I bike, I get exercise, but it is different because I … Continue reading
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