Author Archives: Aleksandar Janicijevic

Resources: Global Problem – Local Solutions

As I promised few day ago I am including here temporary and in our resources page permanently links to the topics noted speakers talked about on the “Climate Resiliency: Global Problem – Local Solutions” symposium. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 30, 2019

Climate Resiliency: Global Problem, Local Solutions

October 22nd to 24th, 2019 Seneca’s Green Citizen 2019 Symposium Third day was concluded with very inspirational talk by David Miller, ex mayor of largest city in Canada, Toronto, President and CEO of World Wild Life Canada and chair of the very influential C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 25, 2019

Climate Resiliency: Global Problem, Local Solutions

October 22nd to 24th, 2019 Seneca’s Green Citizen 2019 Symposium This first day noted Speakers Elizabeth Hendriks from National Freshwater Programme at WWF–Canada and Caitriona O’Sullivan and Amy Buitenhuis from the City of Toronto’s Office of Emergency Management, made very exciting and informative presentations. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 22, 2019

Why Big Banks Are Accused Of Funding The Climate Crisis

To save the world, we must follow the money, climate campaigners say. Rachel Heaton understands better than most the power banks have to shape our world. Heaton, a member of the Muckleshoot tribe, started to make the connection between money and climate change as an activist against the oil pipeline at Standing Rock, North Dakota. […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 12, 2019

Be a good ancestor

Thousands of people are on the streets of Toronto in support of the Global Climate Strike movement. I just came back with some exciting photos! Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on September 27, 2019

Ozone Layer Preservation Day – 16 September

CAMS monitors a very unusual 2019 ozone hole Less than one month into the 2019 Antarctic ozone hole season, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has observed that this year’s hole is currently decreasing in size and will rapidly continue to do so over the next three days to reach an unprecedentedly small area for […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on September 17, 2019

Environment and intelligence

Environment and intelligence research investigates the impact of environment on intelligence. This is one of the most important factors in understanding human group differences in IQ test scores and other measures of cognitive ability. It is estimated that genes contribute about 20–40% of the variance in intelligence in childhood and about 80% in old age. […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on September 14, 2019

My Zero-Waste Challenge: One Day With One Kid

Using tote bags at the grocery store. Refusing straws. Taking my reusable coffee mug to a local cafe. But after another Plastic-Free July, I realized that my plastic-free efforts weren’t anything new. And actually, my efforts no longer felt good enough compared to being a zero-waster—that is, fitting a year’s amount of trash in a […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on August 22, 2019