Alia Dharssi
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Sustainability Consultant @SSGcoop | Deputy Editor @asparagusmag | Journalist interested in #immigration #globaldevelopment #sustainability #humanrights
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined May 2009
Companies ranging from @HM to @patagonia to @EILEENFISHERNY are all asking you to recycle your clothes. My latest story for @asparagusmag looks at the role recycling can take in responding to the ecological crisis:
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As clothes pile up in landfills, the fashion industry reckons with its environmental footprint.
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Congratulations to writers @OdetteAuger & @laurenkaljur, photographer Melody Charlie, editor @alia_d, and art director @christine_fwu for this excellent article being named a 2022 #COPAwards finalist for Best Multicultural Story!
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Learn how Indigenous communities are restoring old-growth forests on Vancouver Island for a sustainable future.
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How sustainable is your city? In our latest newsletter, we introduce the Sustainable Cities Index: https://t.co/SxjBz2mXrv
@ralphtorrie @corporateknight #sustainablecities #ClimateCrisis #climateaction
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A brand new index is ranking how cities compare when it comes to sustainability—and cities worldwide are invited to participate!
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Quench your thirst for sustainable living know-how with our new Asparagus Tips newsletter! Sign up today to get a fresh batch of bite-sized, evidence-based tips delivered to your inbox every month. https://t.co/caMp0XnryZ
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Asparagus Magazine's Spring 2022 issue is out! To celebrate, here's a 🧵 about all the delicious treats you'll find inside! (1/🧵)
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IN 30 MINUTES: Join us online for our summit: Cities Taking Rapid Climate Action Now. We'll be talking about carbon budgets, decarbonizing transportation and buildings, mobilizing communities and more. https://t.co/6OTW6wGt5g
#COP26 #COP26Glasgow
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Are you in #GlasgowCop26 ? Join us tonight for a free wine reception with remarks by @billmckibben @350 and beautiful music by @tenzinchoegyal!
TONIGHT! Join us for a wine reception in #GlasgowCop26 to talk #ClimateActionNow with remarks by @billmckibben and music by @tenzinchoegyal: https://t.co/unwNsS8xZL
#COP26
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I had a great time chatting with @doniveson about how Edmonton developed a climate action plan that aims to achieve carbon neutrality while doubling the city's population. Check out our conversation below:
We spoke to @CityofEdmonton Mayor @doniveson about why Edmonton developed the first municipal carbon budget in Canada and why public engagement is key to climate action. Here are his #ClimateAction insights: https://t.co/uGOFmqV92Q
#CityInsights
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Happy #WorldBeeDay! Why not celebrate by reading about Hives for Humanity's operations in Vancouver's Downtown East Side? https://t.co/80TeBBVANj
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Hives for Humanity is bringing bees — and community — to Vancouver’s most disadvantaged neighbourhood.
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FREE TRAINING FOR CANADIAN JOURNALISTS: Hi everyone. @FrancescaFionda @neeeda and I are leading @jhrnews workshops on investigating and fact-checking misinformation. There are still spots available. You can sign up here: https://t.co/HAzFBt55YY and ping me if you have any Qs.
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Journalists for Human Rights and First Draft is offering a free, online, 90-minute workshop on investigating mis- and dis-information.
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With a couple of days left we only need $3450 to reach our goal. If you’re able, please help us get there! With your support we will be able to continue telling the small and large stories of sustainability through 2021 and beyond. https://t.co/Bb2jszsPuk
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For a run-down on the #COVIDEmergency2021 in India right now please see this quote-tweeted 🧵 I’ll keep updating it with more info. I’m posting mutual aid links in this tweet thread below. My network here is mostly Euro-Am based so anything you donate goes a v v long away 🙏🏽
I don’t know if the world fully comprehends how dire the situation is in India right now. Not only are hospitals running out of oxygen cylinders, internal politics means that mutual help between states has broken down. An unmitigated humanitarian crisis #COVIDEmergency2021
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Happy #EarthDay! Today, we're celebrating the progress we're making in caring for our spectacular planet. Over the past year, communities across Canada have taken important steps to tackle #climatechange #EarthDay2021 #EarthDayCanada #EarthDayEveryDay THREAD 1/7
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I'm Deputy Editor of this wonderful sustainability mag and we need your support to keep putting out quality journalism on sustainability. Can you help Gus survive the pandemic?
2021 could be our best year, or our last year. The pandemic was really hard on Asparagus financially, and we need support from our community to make it through the year. If you're able, please make a donation of any size to help fund our future! https://t.co/JBtXNB2RVE
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7. And finally, Gazalla Hirji on how the chahar bagh (a traditional Islamic garden layout) has been interpreted and re-interpreted by artists through time:
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6. @anarrajabali shares what she's learned about life and pluralism from her father, a landscape architect who has designed gardens around the world:
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5. @taslimjaffer on witnessing the very first wedding at the Aga Khan Garden, Alberta: https://t.co/Or4Q8id8Af
#pluralism @UABotanicGarden
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4. Our Edmonton Bureau Chief on the prairie plants being showcased in the world's northernmost Islamic garden at @UABotanicGarden:
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