Abstract: Will Climate Change Education be one of the core strategies of mitigating climate change in India? Will this enable pro environmental behaviours that can initiate change in consumption patterns among the youth? What is the state of the current environmental education system in India? This research paper has three objectives i) investigate the history…
Abstract: With a population of almost 30 million people at risk, Jakarta is one of the Earth’s fastest sinking megacities with some areas sinking up to 25cm per year. (Fleming, 2018). This “sinking” in Jakarta is a result of a combination of pressures including increasing sea levels, increased monsoon flooding, excessive groundwater extraction, and lack…
Abstract The human desire to explore the ‘unknown’ and the zeal to reach higher goals has made it possible to blur the boundaries between tourism and activities that were once only open to a relatively tiny portion of the population. Space, described as the ‘final frontier’ for humanity, has previously been accessed only by trained…
Getting to Las Cañadas was a long journey with beautiful scenery as we went up the hills. As we got off the bus, we could see vintage artistic infrastructure around us, beautiful lush green plants and trees and tip of the Pico de Orizaba, Veracruz’s highest volcano, just like a painting. Las Cañadas is an…
Dr. Luna Khirfan is Associate Professor of the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. Possessing a unique interdisciplinary background in architecture, archaeology, heritage management and urban planning, Dr. Khirfan’s research spans multiple and intersecting areas of interest. She has published numerous papers and 2 books on the topics of climate change adaptation, historic…
On one of our first days in Mexico, we took the city bus to the colourful town of Colonia Ursulo Galvan, Xico in central Veracruz, to meet Paul, a local farmer who runs Rancho Acayali. Once off the bus we walked a short distance past many colourful homes and a Mexican cowboy riding a horse…
Tree planting in Canada is often seen as a Canadian rite of passage because of the rugged mountain lifestyle, difficult physical labour, and its seemingly environmentalist nature. However, the four years I spent reforesting large tracts of logged land in British Columbia, called cut-blocks, have shown me that this so-called environmentally-friendly job isn’t as sustainable…