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Opinion: Informal urban green spaces key in climate fight

October 17, 2023

The Falaise St-Jacques in N.D.G. and Champs des Possibles in Mile End are community-action success stories, and more are needed ...

June 26, 2023

UrbaNature’s newly inaugurated president Jean-Pierre Duford sits down with intern Zoe Schipper to share a new discovery found in the ...

May 21, 2023

This project is a year in the making and is a collection of oral testimonies and stories from community members ...

December 22, 2022

The year 2022 marks my 50th year of environmentalism. In 1972, the harbour commission in my home town of Nanaimo, ...

December 22, 2022

To celebrate the winter solstice in December 21st, UrbaNature in partnership with Riversong Forest School ran a special Solstice forest ...

November 7, 2022

Sometimes it can feel as though there is little we can do as individuals to help the world around us. ...

July 18, 2022

“Biology professor Emma Despland collaborated with local NGO urbaNature Education (UNE) to place five Concordia students in the Canada Summer ...

June 29, 2022

On June 29th of 2022, Kathleen Weil, MNA for NDG Westmount, presented UrbaNature founder, Lisa Mintz, with the Medal of ...

May 10, 2022

The Falaise Bioblitz, organized in 2022 on April 30th, was coordinated by UrbaNature Education, the Canadian Wildlife Federation and Sustainable ...

November 22, 2020

Thanks to grants from the Red Cross and the Government of Canada, UrbaNature’s resident Falaise St. Jacques expert has been ...

May 1, 2020

During these difficult times, Nature can be a solace. We are fortunate to be able to get outside, while maintaining ...

March 9, 2019

Winter is a long, difficult season in Montreal and it’s easy to find things to complain about. Snow makes getting ...