Michelle Gamage
The Tyee
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Past articles by Michelle:
We Asked for Backyard Bird Pics. The Response Was Hitchcockian!
Tyee readers flocked to our inbox to share beautiful photos and quirky stories. → Read More
We Have the Tools to Solve Climate Change, Says Bob McDonald
Today’s technologies can fix the crisis, the host of CBC’s 'Quirks and Quarks' says. We just need to use them. → Read More
Send Us Your Best Backyard Birding Photos!
As we traverse the depths of winter’s slumber, let’s celebrate the dinosaur descendants flapping around our neighbourhoods. → Read More
Sea Lice on Farmed Salmon: Eco-Label Now Allows Far More
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s new standard means up to 1,550 per cent more parasites can live on the fish. → Read More
Can We Fix BC’s Clunky Rebates for E-Bikes?
Look to Prince Edward Island, whose low-barrier rebate system encourages more sales. → Read More
Meet the People Who Want to Clean Up False Creek
Scientists will descend for a five-day ‘BioBlitz’ to better understand the health of the inlet. → Read More
You’re on a Beach and See a Tasty Critter. Can You Eat It?
This week I’m looking at foraging local plants and animals. Vancouver is a coastal city with beaches littered with Pacific mussels and varnish clams... → Read More
Foraging for City Fruit on Bike Routes and Up Trees
Integrating Indigenous food systems like forest gardens into today’s urban setting will take some work. But we can look at models of food sharing and community building in Indigenous societies to help us reimagine what is possible in non-Indigenous urban centres... → Read More
Urban Farms, Community Gardens and Local Produce at Your Doorstep
So I’m setting off on a quest to find fresh and affordable food here in Vancouver and documenting my findings in a four-part series. → Read More
You're on a Beach and See a Tasty Critter. Can You Eat It?
And what about snaring urban bunnies for supper? Part three of a series. → Read More
Foraging for City Fruit on Bike Routes and Up Trees
‘When I see the resources we pour into ecological restoration in the city I think, “Why are we not applying a food systems lens?”’ Part two of a four-part series. → Read More
Photographing Vancouver's Nudis
There's a world-class diving site in our backyard. It's better down where it's wetter. → Read More
Small City, Big Problem. Welcome to Pitt Meadows
Almost all of the city is on the floodplain, and its ongoing protection would cost millions. Fourth in a series. → Read More
Higher Royalties, New Subsidy for BC’s Oil and Gas Industry
Changes axe the ‘most egregious’ fossil fuel credits, but continue to incentivize fracking, critics say. → Read More
Climate Change Is Shifting What Seafood Restaurants like Tojo’s Source and Serve
A new UBC study says we can expect more warm-water-loving species on our plates. → Read More
Our First Pandemic Easter
After years of Zoom, we’ll get together in person — reflecting on love, loss and gathering around the table. → Read More
Canadian Banks Keep Financing Fossil Fuels
‘Gut wrenching’ report shows we’re going in the wrong direction to tackle climate emergency, despite Paris Agreement promises, say activists. → Read More
Should Fossil Fuel Companies Get to Teach Kids about Climate Change?
Free online lessons by FortisBC come under fire for strongly promoting natural gas. → Read More
Russia’s War: Use of Nukes ‘Extremely Unlikely’
But risk exists. Here’s what two experts on nuclear weapons and conflict told The Tyee. → Read More
BC’s Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Second Highest in Canada
Public funding for oil and gas production is ‘business as usual’ despite climate crisis, says independent report. → Read More