International Women’s Day 2022
Women of energy. © J. Ashley Nixon Today, 8 March is International Women’s Day (IWD 2022) and the theme isContinue Reading
Category: Sustainability and Heritage
World Heritage, Environmental Change
Photographs from World Heritage sites in Alberta, Canada, are featured in a new book by J. Ashley Nixon, published toContinue Reading
Deforestation, gold, and climate change
Gold mining in the Amazon Basin near Huepetuhe, Madre de Dios, Peru (1998). © J. Ashley Nixon One of theContinue Reading
COP26: Enough of treating nature like a toilet
UN Secretary-General António Guterres didn’t mess around with his opening remarks to world leaders on Day 2 of COP26 in Glasgow.Continue Reading
Waterton National Park forests are net carbon emitters
A fire damaged tree in forest along the Red Rock Parkway, Waterton National Park, Alberta, Canada. October 2021. © J.Continue Reading
Sport for all to play
Friday night’s rugby game was memorable. Not because of a spectacular try, although good ones were scored. Nor was itContinue Reading
Deer cross beaver dam
A female White-tailed deer crosses water on the Elbow River via a beaver dam. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 29, 2021.Continue Reading
Constructed by Castor
Beaver dam at Beaver Flat, Alberta, Canada. © J. Ashley Nixon Castor has been building dams for a long time.Continue Reading
Ecosystem engineers: beavers restoring the health of wetlands
A beaver swims in her pond in the Elbow Valley, Calgary, Canada. © J. Ashley Nixon Beavers are in theContinue Reading
Restore our Earth
Leave no one behind. Children carry water to their home in Lochinvar National Park, Zambia, 1995. © J. Ashley NixonContinue Reading
