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Biomimicry: keys to designing a sustainable future
Currently, all living beings are suffering the impacts of global warming and the resulting climate change, which are already evident and threaten the planet’s ecological balance and the survival of life on it. Faced with this scenario, humanity faces a challenge as unavoidable as it is urgent: to learn to live within planetary boundaries while maintaining and regenerating the conditions that allow all life forms to meet their needs and thrive on Earth.
Living in a Passive House: The Week Ottawa Tried to Freeze Us (and Lost)
Several times this week, I looked around my house and thought, Wait… how is this even possible? Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) has been in a proper deep freeze – six straight days of -20°C to -30°C. The kind of cold where your face hurts in under a minute and the dog doesn’t want to go for a walk. Outside there’s a sharp breeze and everything is crunchy.
Earth Day 2025 – Our Power, Our Planet
In 2025, the theme for Earth Day is 'Our Power, Our Planet'. Some of the areas the organisers cite as being important to this theme include: A push to switch to renewable energy sources to power or homes, businesses and vehicles. Investing in innovative solutions to provide more sustainable materials to fossil fuels. To honour this day, we at Common Earth have created an Earth Week
Methane: An Immediate Threat to Climate Security
This past November we delivered the inaugural Critical Climate Change Week, hosted by Ontario Tech University, in collaboration with Common Earth. The theme this year: Methane Awareness. It is surprising …
This IS Happening! but we STILL have Choices
Absolute Heat Limits Exist for all Organisms and Machines Have you ever parked and left your cell phone on the car seat on a hot sunny…
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