Hearing spring peeper frogs after a cold winter has been one of the co-op work term highlights for Renee, a … Continue reading Stewardship Assistant

Thanks to York’s Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES), new life is springing up in a once-threatened area of Costa Rica … Continue reading FES students seed fertile ground in Costa Rica

Add another 15 University of Waterloo faculty members to the list of the best and brightest young researchers in Ontario. Continue reading Ontario honours 15 young researchers with excellence awards

OTTAWA, April 20, 2003 – It’s fine to make fuel-efficient vehicles and energy-efficient appliances, but if consumers don’t buy them … Continue reading BES student Annemarie Baynton chosen as Canadian “Energy Ambassador”

Bone-healthy breath strips and biodegradable planters were the top winners in this year’s Project SOY (Soybean Opportunities for Youth), an … Continue reading Bone-healthy breath strips win Project SOY

TORONTO, March 31, 2003 — A day-long conference on activism and the environment was organized for high school students at … Continue reading Students in MES Popular Education course organize an environment day at a Toronto school: an event in the FES Speakers Series

Susannah Bunce (left), third-year PhD candidate in York Continue reading FES PhD candidate and social activist Susannah Bunce wins national merit award from Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada

Students and professors alike gathered in 306 Lumbers on March 3, 2003 to hear Elizabeth May, one of Canada’s most … Continue reading Celebrated environmentalist Elizabeth May inspires and challenges students at FES

Nicola Alston graduated in 1995 with her Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Honours Co-op Urban and Regional Planning (now the … Continue reading GIS at the Town of Ajax

Lara Van Loon, who earned a master’s degree in Environmental Studies at York University in 2000, was appointed January 13 … Continue reading Lara Van Loon makes a splash: MES grad is named Ottawa’s first “Riverkeeper”

Michael Smyth graduated from Honours Geography in 1999 and is now a Program Manager and Senior Customer Service Representative for … Continue reading Guaranteeing that it will rain

Environment Canada and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) presented the prestigious international Equator Prize to MES student Farouk Jiwa, … Continue reading Another laurel for MES student Farouk Jiwa: His Honey Care Africa project receives prestigious Equator Prize