Sciences de la Terre, environnement, géographie et urbanisme

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Le pêcheur à l'aimant

Par (auteur) Émilie Demers
Illustré par Catherine Petit
Catégories: Lacs et cours d’eau

Raphaël observe Paris en revenant de l’école. La Seine engloutit ce que le vent et la pluie lui apportent : bouteilles, masques, pailles… Raphaël aimerait tellement que les Parisiens prennent soin ...

Earth for All

The economic operating system keeps crashing. It’s time to upgrade to a new one.

Five decades ago, The Limits to Growth shocked the world by showing that population and industrial growth were pushing ...

Dark Days at Noon

Par (auteur) Edward Struzik
Catégories: Catastrophes naturelles

The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts of the world are not unprecedented. Fires loomed large once human activity began to warm the climate in the 1820s, leading ...

Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

Par (auteur) Leslie Kern
Catégories: Classes sociales

From the author of the best-selling Feminist City, this urbanite’s guide to gentrification knocks down the myths and exposes the forces behind the most urgent housing crisis of our time.

Gentrification ...

Planktonia

Par (auteur) Erich Hoyt
Catégories: La Terre

When people hear the word "migration," they think of animals that move from a feeding area to a breeding area and back each year. But the greatest migration on Earth happens twice every night. The movement ...

Picking Up the Slack

Par (auteur) Andrew Green
Catégories: Géographie
Séries: UTP Insights

Canada has over-promised and under-delivered on climate change, setting weak goals and allowing carve-outs, exceptions, and exemptions to undermine its climate policies. Why, in an era when climate change ...

In Our Backyard

Beginning with the Grand Rapids Dam in the 1960s, hydroelectric development has dramatically altered the social, political, and physical landscape of northern Manitoba. The Nelson River has been cut up ...

Change for Good

Par (auteur) Paul Klein
Catégories: Économies en développement

Based on the author’s 35 years at the forefront of business and social change, Change for Good explores businesses’ new bottom line: helping to solve social problems. Featuring personal experiences ...

Still Hopeful

From her days in second-wave feminist activism to her battle against the precursor to NAFTA to her indefatigable fight for social justice and water rights for all, Maude shares her stories and her expertise ...

Quietly Shrinking Cities

Par (auteur) Maxwell Hartt
Catégories: Urbanisme

At 5 percent, Canada’s population growth was the highest of all G7 countries when the most recent census was taken. But only a handful of large cities drove that growth, attracting human and monetary ...