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Camping Sustainably
It’s finally Summer semester! The sun is shining and, whether you’re on a break from school or still taking a couple classes, camping is the perfect way...
The Future of British Columbia
This is the final episode for the first season of Sustainability Circle. Navreet and Teghan get to talk to British Columbia’s Minister of Environment and...
Building Bridges
Teghan and Navreet have the opportunity to talk to Wade Grant, a nominee for Vancouver city councillor as part of the Non-Partisan Association and former...
Welcoming the new Embark Board of Directors
Embark welcomes its new Board of Directors for the 2017-2018 year. Our new board is comprised of SFU undergraduate and graduate students, as well as one...
The Ocean is Our Garden
On this week’s episode of The Sustainability Circle, we have Rhiannon Moore joining us on the conversation on microplastics in the ocean. Rhiannon is a...
Catching the Elusive Salmon Farming Story
A salmon farm off the BC coast. Source. This blog piece is part of the Sustainability Peer Program. In the program, students were asked to create a...
Linear to Looped
Teghan and Navreet dive into the topic of zero waste living and ways that lifestyle can be achieved. They talk to Linh Truong, the co-founder of Soap...
Plastic Straws, A Thing of the Past?
Plastic straws are often used for a few minutes and then are left to biodegrade in our landfills and oceans for the next 200 years. Image from:...
Embark Behind the Scenes
On this episode, Teghan and Navreet talk to the Embark Board of Directors Chair, Sophie Dodd. They discuss her work with Embark and how they each got...
Eco Endeavours: Introducing Sustainability in Elementary School
This blog piece is part of the Sustainability Peer Program. In the program, students were asked to create a sustainability initiative as a way to foster...
Sustainability Circle: People of the Province
Introducing Sustainability Circle! This is Embark's first podcast series. Sustainability Circle is a new Embark podcast series to create dialogue around...
A Clothing Swap to Fight against Kinder Morgan?
This blog piece is part of the Sustainability Peer Program. In the program, students were asked to create a sustainability initiative as a way to foster...
Investing Powerfully Video
On April 5th, 2018, Embark hosted Investing Powerfully. Investing Powerfully created space for students, financial professionals, and university...
Embark Launches Indoor Vertical Garden at SFU Surrey
BURNABY, BC - Embark Sustainability, an independent, student-led not-for-profit based out of Simon Fraser University, will officially open an indoor...
Fast Fashion: NOVEL SUPPLY CO. Just Might be the Answer!
Did you know that one garbage truck full of textiles is thrown into a landfill every second around the world? Fast fashion is progressively becoming a...
BLOG POST SUBMISSION
What type of content can you submit? Writers are encouraged to share sustainability through their lens and take any interesting thought, story or idea and create content.
It could be features, articles, interviews, poetry/prose, dispatches, reviews, photography, illustration, and/or videography.
The only requirement is that the created content falls under one of the following Embark Sustainability priority areas or their intersections:
- Climate Equity
- Food Justice
POST RECOMMENDATIONS
- Write about what you are passionate about and that aligns with priority areas. Or challenge yourself in creating something new.
- Think critically rather than just making statements.
- Be creative.
KEEPING JUSTICE, EQUITY, DECOLONIZATION, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION IN MIND
Ask yourself the following questions while writing:
- What communities does this topic affect and why?
- What systemic barriers are involved in this topic?
- Who benefits from the current systems in place?
- How does my positionality affect my understanding of this topic? How can I address this in my piece?
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