Baker Lake landfill cleanup one small, important step in reducing tundra footprint With limited places to dispose of their old tires, broken appliances, empty oil drums and other hazardous waste materials the community of Baker Lake in Nunavut recently found itself with a challenge as their landfill site began to become more and more contaminated. [...]

ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒃᑕᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᓂᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᒥᑭᔪᖅ, ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎ ᒥᒃᖠᒋᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐋᖅᑭᐅᒪᓂᖓ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᓗᐊᖏᖦᖢᓂ ᐊᒃᑕᑰᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒃᓴᓗᐊᕕᓃᑦ, ᓯᖁᒥᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓗᓕᖃᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᑦᑕᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᓖᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᓵᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒃᑕᑯᖏᑦ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.  ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᓚᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᐊᒡᓃᑯᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᐳᖅᑎᓐᓈᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᑕᕆᐊᕐᒥᑦ. “ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᕗᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᒃ ᓯᓚᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᙱᑕᕗᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᑕᙳᑎᑉᑎᖕᓂᑦ.  ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᓂᖅ ᐊᒃᑕᑯᓂᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᒃᐸᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ, ᐅᕙᑉᑎᖕᓄᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ.  ᑐᑭᓯᐊᔪᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓂᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᓂᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᓱᕋᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᖕᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕙᑎᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᕐᕕᒋᔭᕗᑦ,” [...]