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Talking to Interesting People

December 2, 2019February 10, 2017

I just had an article published in Terrain.org: Journal of the Built + Natural Environments. It’s a Q&A with Margo Farnsworth, a fellow nature writer … Read more

Tags community, conversation, environment, interview, introvert, nature writers, place, Q&A, women in science, womeninSTEM

Environment Writer Interviews: Cynthia Barnett

December 2, 2019August 24, 2015

For background on this series, see my first post. So far we’ve talked with Rebecca Lawton, an environment writer based in California; Abby Palmer, a … Read more

Tags environment, environment writing, interview, nature writing, women, writers, writing

Environment writer interviews: Kimberly Moynahan

December 2, 2019July 25, 2015

For background on this series, see my first post. So far we’ve talked with Rebecca Lawton, an environment writer based in California; Abby Palmer, a … Read more

Tags environment, environment writing, interview, nature writing, women, writer, writing

Environment writer interviews: Korice Moir

December 2, 2019July 18, 2015

For background on this series, see my first post. So far we’ve talked with Rebecca Lawton, an environment writer based in California, and Abby Palmer, … Read more

Tags environment, interview, nature writing, women, writers, writing, writing tips

Bridging the communication gap: researchers vs. residents in environmental science

December 2, 2019January 18, 2015

In the far southwestern corner of Alberta, tucked up against the eastern flanks of the Rocky Mountains, is the Star Creek watershed. Seen from the … Read more

Tags Crowsnest Pass, environment, Environmental science, ethics, fish, forests, hydrology, logging, research, risk vs reward, scicomm, values

Mount Polley mine disaster: redux

December 2, 2019December 14, 2014

Science Borealis is holding a blog carnival to celebrate their first anniversary, with bloggers writing about the most important story in their field for 2014. … Read more

Tags BC, blog carnival, Canadian science, environment, Environmental science, fish, mining, Mount Polley, politics, Quesnel, science borealis, scipolicy, water

What's an environmental scientist to do?

December 2, 2019April 25, 2014

Regular blog followers may have noticed that I haven’t written much about environmental issues lately. It’s not that I’ve stopped paying attention to them, but … Read more

Tags cdnpoli, democracy, environment, Environmental science, nature, politics, public outreach, science policy, scipolicy

Science communication challenge – accepted

December 2, 2019February 22, 2014

This week I wrote up the last of my guest posts for Canadian Science Publishing’s blog. The first two – Scientific Societies in the Internet … Read more

Tags blogging, Canadian Science Publishing, cdnpoli, ecology, ELA, environment, fisheries, guest posts, NRC Press, scicomm, science communication

I want my Canada back

December 2, 2019February 6, 2014

*Note: this post was re-printed on rabble.ca, which “features some of the best new and emerging progressive voices in Canada”. *Edited 6 Feb 8pm to … Read more

Tags Canada, cdnenv, cdnpoli, cdnsci, Conservatives, democracy, elections, environment, First Nations, Harper, politics, science

The continuing saga of the environment in Canada

December 2, 2019November 10, 2013

My last post was about Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq, and her office’s rebuttal to an opinion piece in which I concluded she’s not the … Read more

Tags biodiversity, Canada, Council of Canadian Academies, DFO, environment, Environment Canada, greenhouse gases, ocean sciences, Pacific Salmon Foundation, run-of-river, salmonids, species at risk
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