Environment

photo of people tending to a rooftop garden

December 4, 2018

Agent of change: U of T moves forward with plan to be a sustainability leader

Photo of the U of T Trash Team

July 26, 2018

The last straw: U of T ecology expert, students create inventory of plastic litter that collects in the Don River

don river

May 3, 2018

Paddle the Don offers U of T ecologists the perfect opportunity to lead a trash cleanup

April 27, 2018

Beyond our oceans: Microplastics pollute rivers and lakes too

Photo of Jane Goodall

April 23, 2018

Jane Goodall at U of T: 'The forest needs people to defend it desperately. The chimpanzees need people to defend them'

Photo of washing machines

January 11, 2018

Airing dirty laundry: Students develop new way to measure plastics released in environment while washing clothes

greenhouse gas emissions

December 15, 2017

University of Toronto Asset Management Corp. among global group seeking change from the world's largest greenhouse gas producers

Photo of professors involved in projet

December 11, 2017

Green infrastructure: New tool by U of T researchers to help construction industry reduce carbon footprint

Photo of Thailand drought

December 8, 2017

How American cities and states are fighting climate change globally

Picture of rats in New York subway

November 2, 2017

Increases in rats, bedbugs and mosquitoes are unintended consequence of urbanization: U of T expert

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