Erin Fraser-Reid 🍁

A horizontal bar chart titled “19 climate-friendly choices, ranked” shows actions individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint, ordered from most to least impactful. The x-axis represents projected impact in tons of CO₂ equivalent per capita per year (tCO₂e/cap/yr), ranging from 0 to about 2.5. Each action is color-coded by sector: transportation (blue), energy (orange), and food (green). Go car-free – highest impact (blue bar extending to about 2.5 tCO₂e). Fly less (blue, about 1.5). Shift to renewable home energy (orange, about 1.4). Switch to EV or hybrid car (blue, about 1.2). Go vegan (green, about 1.0). Walk, bike, or take transit more (blue). Make energy-efficient renovations (orange). Use clean cooking equipment (orange). Go vegetarian (green). Shift driving habits (e.g., carpooling) (blue). Increase telecommuting (blue). Shift to regional/seasonal diet (green). Move to energy-efficient home (orange). Decrease food waste (green). Eat less meat (green). Use less energy at home (orange). Reduce packaged food, dining out (green). Use energy-efficient appliances (orange). Compost – least impact (green, under 0.1). A note clarifies that these are meta-analytic estimates of greenhouse gas reduction potentials, drawn from 659 estimates across 47 academic journal articles. The average person emits 6.28 tonnes of CO₂e per year, though this varies widely by income and country. Wealthier populations may emit up to 110 tonnes per year, while lower-income populations may emit as little as 1.6 tonnes. Source: WRI, based on data from Ivanova et al., 2020.

Ok, since many people are obviously not reading the article, here's a pertinent figure from it showing the top actions to reduce emissions.

Manitoba plans new strategy in wildfire fight | The Narwhal After a devastating wildfire season, Manitoba is considering new tools to protect forests, communities — and industry profits

Forestry contributes an estimated $330 million to Manitoba’s economy annually. As wildfires destroy swaths of the province’s logging areas, experts say proactive measures are needed to protect forests — and profits. Via @jsrutgers.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-wil...

Danielle Smith wants a fight with Canada, not a new pipeline Alberta's premier has opened the door in her party and province to separatists. Now, she's claiming that other people are the ones threatening Canada's future.

Danielle Smith keeps saying she wants a new pipeline. But her actions suggest what she's really after is a renewed fight with Canada -- even if it ends up costing her the pipeline she claims to care so much about.

#cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/o...

B.C. Premier David Eby is clearly beyond frustrated with Danielle Smith's pipeline dreams threatening the B.C. economy.

In a fiery statement, he called her out directly stating...

"This is not the Danielle Smith show!"

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #bcpoli

So permafrost peatlands burn and they release lots of CO2 through combustion - but that's just the start. Christopher Schulze shows in a new GRL study that slow recovery causes continued CO2 losses in the following decade - overall similar in magnitude to the combustion!

doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation, a 100% Inuit-owned company is building a community wind turbine and battery 5km from Sanikiluaq: "These will cut the demand for diesel required for electricity by at least 50%" 👏👏👏

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

A huge golden full moon, a true harvest moon, rises above the Neo-Gothic spires of Parliament

Moon rise over Parliament Hill. #yow #Ottawa #cdnpoli #Canada #HarvestMoon #MidAutumnFestival

Good morning.

In case you missed it yesterday, Albertans are pissed. And some 40k of us showed up across the province, on the eve of an historic teacher’s strike, to let this government know just how pissed we are.

Bravo, Alberta. Give ‘em hell.

#ableg #cdnpoli #yeg #yyc

The fall was inevitable. #cat #catday #bluesky

A photo of a grand, multi-story hotel with a light-colored stone facade and a distinctive green steeple roof, surrounded by modern high-rise buildings in an urban setting. The hotel features arched windows and a prominent entrance with a canopy, with trees and vehicles visible on the street below, and a Canadian flag atop the building.

The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg is considered to be one of the most haunted place in Canada.
From the ghostly guests who remain there, to the haunted Room 202, it is a place with plenty of paranormal happenings.
This is the haunted story!

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Feedback Letter: West Fraser's C5 Forestry Management Plan - Alberta Wilderness Association Alberta Wilderness Associations feedback letter in response to West Frasers C5 Forestry Management Plan. (FMP)

📣NEWS: A logging company (West Fraser) has proposed a 32% increase in its annual allowable cuts for a swath of PUBLICLY-owned forest in SW Alberta. Its logging plan also overlaps with critical habitat of at-risk grizzlies and trout.

We've written a letter:
albertawilderness.ca/c5-forestry-...
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One week to go! I am recruiting a postdoc, call ends October 7 🍃🌿☘️ In ecology, University of Helsinki is the leading university in Finland and the Nordics and the fifth-best in Europe (ShangaiRanking's 2024). And for 8 years in a row, Finland is still the happiest country in the world :-)

Posted by high school student Evan Li.
Seems like a reasonable request, doesn’t it?

Post from Janis Irwin - NDP Politician

How Alberta could actually get its pipeline If Danielle Smith actually wants to advance the prospects of a new oil pipeline, she needs to do more than just rattle her well-worn sabre at Ottawa.

Danielle Smith's government has finally found a proponent for its latest pipeline dream: itself.

Here's what she'd actually have to do to see it get built — and why she probably won't do it. #cdnpoli #abpoli

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/o...

unrot your brain on post-grad decay and the fight to feel sharp again

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As Smith Pushes New Pipeline Plan, Eby Says No Way | The Tyee BC premier decries environmental risk of tanker traffic from proposed northern terminal.

“The fact that there is not a private proponent despite obviously huge willingness on the part of Alberta to subsidize this using tax dollars should tell you everything you need to know about the reality of this project, which is that it is not a real project.” #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

The success rate of growing sweet corn in Alberta depends *highly* on the variety you choose, and how you plant them. If you've never tried, but want to, here are some tips 🧵👇:
#yeg #yegfood

“Why are Albertans not more upset when trust is taken for granted? When leaders gamble with your future?”

Chief Sheldon Sunshine of the Sturgeon Lake Cree has issued a public call to action for Albertans to find their voices.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.

The Scoop
Kent Monkman ~ Cree
2018

The Scream
Kent Monkman ~ Cree
2017

Take the Taproot Survey Where do you stand on issues raised by voters in the 2025 municipal election?

The Taproot election survey is here! The Taproot election survey is here! #yegVote edmonton.taproot.vote/2025/s...

"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line

Opinion: Canadian cities can prepare for climate change by building with nature Incorporating nature-based solutions can help cities meet both their development and climate change goals.

Opinion: Canadian cities can prepare for climate change by building with nature

On the advice of a friend who has worked as a political operative, I've started making physicial copies of any email I send to a politician and putting it in the mail. You don't need postage to send mail to MPs. And apparently physical mail carries far more weight than emails.

Canada bird folks - where's a (Canadian) outlet to publish some distributional data on birds, including weird vagrants? Is Canadian Field Naturalist still the go to?

Why I’m Losing Faith in Stewards of Alberta’s Future | The Tyee The government appears to have no use for biologists. Or anyone who stands in the way of destroying nature.

“I see Alberta through the lens of its natural resource treasures and how they are being squandered instead of stewarded for the future.”

A black-and-white photograph of a person ice skating, leaning forward with a smile, wearing a dark outfit, white scarf, and ice skates, captured mid-motion on an ice rink.

On this day in 1919, Odawa-Potawatomi artist Daphne Odjig was born in Wiikwemkoong, ON.
She specialized in the Woodlands Style. She was a driving force behind the Indigenous Group of Seven. She earned five honorary degrees, the Order of Canada and the Governor General's Award.