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IISD-ELA in the News | Toronto Star | March 25, 2021

“Takeout containers become my Tupperware and a Ziplock bag in my house has a lifespan of like three years,” says Michael Rennie, associate professor at Lakehead University and research fellow with the International Institute for Sustainable Development Experimental Lakes Area. “A lot of people use grocery store bags picking up pet waste, too, but all of those ultimately go in the trash, so we need to think about reusing these items that we get that are maybe marketed as single-use more times than just twice to really get a benefit from it.”

IISD-ELA in the News | Kenora Daily Miner and News | March 19, 2021

“That’s the kind of guy Dave was, he was really driven, he was very focused on science,” Paterson said. “He always wanted to get things done and even with something like that, his first thought was to get back to the Experimental Lakes Area and get back to work and collecting data.”

IISD-ELA in the News | Globe and Mail | March 19, 2021

Dr. Schindler could analyze results and see what was important. “He had the ability to cut to the heart of a problem and understand exactly what it was we needed to know,” Dr. Paterson says.

IISD-ELA in the News | Global News | March 9, 2021

"In the 1970s, Schindler pioneered a study of acid rain at Ontario’s Experimental Lakes Area. By gradually adding acid to a lake under controlled conditions, he was able to link the toxin to effects that were being seen in thousands of lakes across Central and Eastern Canada and in the United States."

IISD-ELA in the News | CTV | March 8, 2021

"Born in Fargo, N.D., Schindler earned a PhD in ecology from the University of Oxford before starting his career as the founding director of the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario, where he spent 20 years running ecosystem-scale experiments."