If you read my posts, you'll know that I love winter, and that I worry about its disappearance due to climate change. I particularly love the peace of mind an Alpine winter affords. Snow or shine, these mountains have become one of the few places where I feel at ease. This year, for the first time in over a decade, I was fortunate to experience a full winter in the Alps from beginning to end. Spending more time in the mountains allowed me to reflect on my own evolution, and t

Every so often, I hear someone say that recycling, especially plastic recycling, is a lie. Big Plastic invented the myth of recycling to avoid scrutiny and convince you that it’s ok to keep buying their product without worrying about the environmental costs, or so the argument goes. This stance drives me nuts, not only because I think it’s largely untrue, but because I think the environmentalists propagating it have led more people to feel that recycling is pointless. Recycli

Yesterday, Toronto finally opened the Eglinton Crosstown Light-Rail Line, also known as Line 5. Construction on Line 5 began in 2011 and was supposed to finish in 2020, only to become one of the most chronically delayed infrastructure projects in Canada. Since 2020, various opening dates have come and gone. In 2024, Metrolinx, the Ontario agency leading construction, simply stopped making announcements about the line's completion. Enormous amounts of ink have been spilled abo