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"I don't want to live in a world that's underwater"

On Thursday Oct. 4, King’s student Lily Barraclough addressed Halifax’s Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee. Barraclough is the Canada Program Coordinator for the youth-run climate change organization iMatter. Alongside Neria Atwine from Saint Mary’s University, she proposed that iMatter and the HRM work together to achieve net zero emissions by the year 2040. The day […]

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King's students help revive Youth Advisory Council

  Halifax will be bringing back the Youth Advisory Council next year after it was dissolved in 2013. The youth council was unanimously approved by Halifax regional council’s executive standing committee last month. Students from the University of King’s College and Halifax West High School partnered up with iMatter, a youth climate change action group. […]