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Ten Years of Environmental Destruction in Ontario: Plastic Pollution

Looking Back in Despair (Part 5) by Theresa Peluso So far, in this series Looking Back in Despair, I have explained how, over the last 10 years, the environmental situation in...

March 4, 2021

Ten years of environmental destruction in Ontario: Soil pollution

Looking Back in Despair (Part 4) by Theresa Peluso All things are bound together. All things connect. - Chief Seattle, Duwamish Connector of lives Indeed, everything connects to everything else. In exploring the...

Ten Years of Environmental Destruction in Ontario (Part 3)

Looking Back in Despair: Ten Years of Environmental Destruction in Ontario Air Pollution: How Much Air Is There? by Theresa Peluso Air is all around us, seemingly infinite, and the most precious resource...

Mammals on our continent: winners and losers

April 9, 2013

by Theresa Peluso If you were to take the long view – the really, really long view – and look at the evolution of mammals...

Plastic Surgery: An operation that reduces the plastic in our lives

March 12, 2013

by Theresa Peluso A little over 150 years ago, plastic didn’t exist. Now, in the 21st century, it has insinuated itself into every facet of...

A fascinating look at the drought of 2012

January 22, 2013

by Theresa Peluso Imagine living in a place and time where access to safe drinking water and adequate water for your basic needs is a...

A Bird’s Eye View of Lanark County

October 22, 2021

by Theresa Peluso This is the second-last article in my series describing how the flora and fauna in Lanark County have changed over the last...

What kind of Christmas tree should I get?

December 20, 2015

by Theresa Peluso Ah, Christmas, the season of peace and goodwill toward men. And also the season of giving and getting, when we’re told no...

Mean and Green – Alien plants Part 2: Green, and really mean

December 22, 2015

Last month, in Part 1 of this two part series, I described a number of plants that are non-native to Lanark County. These plants...

Mean and green

October 9, 2012

by Theresa Peluso Part 1: Green, but not so mean As gardeners everywhere in Lanark County yank out yet another pesky weed from their lawn or...

Alien insects: The gardener’s nemesis

September 11, 2012

by Theresa Peluso How does your garden grow? Are alien insects a challenge? Most of my previous articles have described changes to Lanark County’s natural environment...

Where have all the amphibians and reptiles gone?

August 14, 2012

by Theresa Peluso Let’s start with a possible obituary for several species of amphibians and reptiles that were common in Eastern Ontario as recently as...

Are fish at risk in Lanark County?

July 10, 2012

by Theresa Peluso In the media you’ll find news about endangered fish stocks in so many places – oceans, lakes, rivers—in every part of the...

Changes to Lanark County’s natural environment 1982-2012

June 14, 2012

by Theresa Peluso Cliff Bennett has observed these changes: Winters are more varied; i.e., peaks and valleys on a chart are steeper and closer together.Climate change? Bird...

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