Community Stories
BC Voters Cheated by First-Past-the-Post
BC Conservatives receive 69% of the seats with 48% of the vote. BC voters cheated by first-past-the-post and pushed further towards a two-party system. The election results did not reflect what voters said with their ballots: The BC Conservatives got 69% of the seats…
Vancouver’s Urban Crows: Daily Commute and Evening Roost
Every evening, Vancouver’s skies fill with crows as they fly across the city at sunset. Whether you are a resident or new to Vancouver, this natural marvel has a way of sparking curiosity.
The Case Against ‘Strategic’ Voting in BC
This video is a very good explanation of how the biggest political parties operate in BC and across Canada. Right now British Columbian voters have until Saturday, October 24th to decide who to vote for. Fear mongering and divisiveness is a hallmark of the status quo….
Esquimalt-Colwood Provincial Candidate Meeting Recording
Learn where the candidates for the Esquimalt-Colwood (including Vic West + View Royal) stand on a variety of issues. Hosted by the citizen-led South Island Climate Action Network (SI-CAN) and the Gorge Waterway Action Society. Moderator: Judith Cullington PROVINCIAL…
Call for Indigenous Artists
OPPORTUNITY for Indigenous artists to create art for the entrance to Sooke Region Museum. Artwork created by Indigenous artist(s) from the local communities of T’Sou-ke, SC’IȺNEW̱, and Pacheedaht located at the Museum entrance.
Bill-44 Should Be Front and Foremost During A Snap Election On Top Of An Election.
The Issue We the signed residents of British Columbia, call upon the Province of B.C. to repeal (or amend) BC Bill-44 (2023), in order to restore public hearings and municipal powers over zoning, which are being taken away by the bill. We do so, because Bill 44 is: 1….
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Making History Together!
Thank you to everyone who came out in support of Creatively United’s Sixth Annual Earth Day Community Celebration & Sustainability Showcase. The crowds were steady, the displays interesting and meaningful, the art and music beautiful and plentiful, and the…
SHAW TV Pilot Debut
This is the pilot episode of an upcoming six-episode series to air this fall on Shaw TV by This IS Leadership, a program dedicated to showcasing local leadership and changemakers in action!
Creative Upcycling
Creative Upcyclist and SaltSpring Island textile artist, Jaime Murdoch, leads this fascinating workshop that explores the question: Where do T-shirts come from? And where do they go?
Pro-poverty policy is sickening and costly
Courtesy of the Times Colonist Last week, my students were discussing public-health ethics. One group pointed out, correctly, that doing nothing is a policy decision. What, then, are we to make of the B.C. government’s persistent policy, over the past 15 years, to do…
Toward a B.C. Framework For Well-Being
Too many governments seem to think that the business of government is business. This comes from the erroneous belief that the central purpose of government and society is economic development.
Shaw TV Pilot Training & Launch
This Is Leadership, an initiative of the Creatively United for the Planet Society, will be launching a community television series this April that showcases and celebrates local individuals, organizations, businesses, institutions and groups in our region. Produced in…
Climate Change & Sustainability and its Relevance to Society
Having recently attended a climate action talk this week hosted by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC it was extremely encouraging to hear how engineers are now questioning their liability, ethics and moral responsibility.
Documentary sheds light on shipping industry
Courtesy of www.seablind.org Ninety percent of everything we buy comes to us by ship. Ships bring us food, clothing cars, and our electronics. It is the vehicle of global trade. No shipping, no globalization. Because of their size and the immense amount of fuel they…
Cuthbert Holmes Park Miracle
A Great Horned unfledged Owlet falls from its nest, right at the site where boaters chained sawed through two very important river wildlife trees.
Growing Awareness & Interest in All Ages
There is definitely a growing awareness and interest in curbing fossil fuel expansion and moving towards a carbon neutral economy that puts people and planet first.
The new public-health entrepreneurs
There is a lot of money to be made from making us ill. The No. 1 example is the tobacco industry, whose products, if used as intended, are bound to make us ill. But close behind it is the food industry, which for years has been selling us both too much food and the wrong sorts of food.
Naturally Inspired
Thank you to everyone who came out in support of our recent fundraiser at the Robert Bateman Centre, featuring Sherrill Miller’s inspiring presentation The Gift of Change with images by landscape photographer extraordinaire, the late Courtney Milne. Big thanks…
