With exams right around the corner, providing the ever-so-daunting stressful and often humbling experience, I can't help but wonder if we're all actually a lot smarter than what exams indicate we are. Having graduated - thank God - I no longer have to deal with the stress and anxiety that I observe on a daily basis with all the editors that work so tirelessly trying to pump out articles and study in their free time - but I digress.
Well, it's November. The semester is drawing to a close. Reading lists are running dry, essays are being written, exams are being studied for - it's a busy month. Pretty soon we'll be getting our booklists for next semester, and it will be back to the store for most of us to get the textbooks that we'll be ignoring for the better part of four months.
Anthropogenic climate change, mass extinctions and environmental degradation have more Canadians than ever citing environmental issues as their greatest concern. Many organizations have provided guidelines for reducing our ecological footprint. Most have fallen short on the most effective way of helping the environment: a transition to a plant-based lifestyle.
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