‘The world is screwed up. Somebody’s got to do something’: Toronto high school’s farm gives hands-on lesson in sustainability

Talking about climate change can be unsettling. Some of its challenges seem almost too big to comprehend. But there are things that can have a real impact. And climate “action” doesn’t always look like you think it might. In a limited series, the Star profiles Torontonians who are making grassroots contributions in their communities.

Around the side of Don Mills Collegiate, in an area where students may once have gone to sneak a smoke, grow two rows of grape vines, carefully pruned along wires and posts.