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Scrap Bill C-39: Protect Canada’s Environmental Laws
Bill C-30 Pest Control Products Act allows Ministers in the government to override scientific decisions on the use of pesticides previously banned by Health Canada. This marks the most significant setback in Canadian pesticide regulation in over a generation,…
The Deeper Challenges Underlying Our Political Unease
Surveying the political scene after the recent provincial election, it seems to me there is a lot of discontent and unease out there. We saw the NDP ejected in favour of a relatively unknown, inexperienced and potentially fragmenting alternative, the newly minted B.C. Conservative Party. I am not so sure…
Capitalism: A Global History
This book is quite astonishing. Over the past ten years I have read some 600 books on economics and economic history, and Sven Beckert’s book stands head and shoulders above them all. For Thomas Picketty, it’s “monumental, a must read.” Yes, it is 1,100 pages long,…
Microplastics in Me
This report features credible scientific research with findings from 28 people who had their blood analyzed, including Margaret Atwood, actor Fran Drescher and Victoria Pruden of the Metis National Council. Read the report here.
How Are Canadian Pension Funds Invested?
Hundreds of Canadians turned up to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB) public meetings across the country this past October to ask how their retirement savings are being invested. But despite people lining up at the microphones…
Student-led Evening Bus Pilot Launches in B.C.’s Columbia Valley After Years of Advocacy
After nearly four years of work, a new evening bus pilot is finally running in B.C.’s Columbia Valley, giving residents another way to get around after regular transit service ends for the day. The Late Bus runs from Edgewater in the north to Canal Flats in the…
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Please Vote! Saanich Municipal Elections Saturday, October 17, 2026
If you appreciate Saanich’s new active transportation infrastructure and want the network completed, please make sure you get out and vote on October 17, 2026. The District of Saanich, has been building much-need active transportation (AT) infrastructure,…
Esquimalt Municipal All-Candidates Event Recording
Creatively United for the Planet Society, the Gorge Waterway Action Society, Esquimalt Climate Organizers (ECO) and Esquimalt United Church’s Social Justice Team hosted a Municipal All-Candidates event on Monday, October 5th to an overflow crowd at Esquimalt…
Summit on Peace & Social Justice
Creatively United for the Planet was honoured to take part in a recent Summit on Peace & Social Justice outdoors at the Victoria Legislature lawns. Dozens of affiliated groups were represented, fabulous presentations were made, and a number of leading peace and…
Fossil Fuel Expansion is Ecocide – A Crime Against Nature and Humanity
The expansionary actions of the fossil-fuel industry, governments and private and public-sector investors, in Canada and around the world, amount to ecocide. While not yet technically a crime, their actions are morally unacceptable.
BC Election Ahead! Can You Deliver Door Hangers for Fair Vote Canada?
David Eby has just called a snap election in British Columbia, just two years after voters last went to the polls. This opportunistic gamble is only happening because of first-past-the-post. With all the challenges facing British Columbia and democracy, it’s never…
Vote4Tomorrow Election Guide Helps Voters Decide
Climate and environmental groups across Greater Victoria and BC have prepared surveys for 2026 local election candidates that will appear on a new “Vote4Tomorrow” web site . Vote4Tomorrow.ca is an independent, non-partisan election guide showing where local candidates…
Ecolens: A Platform for Sharing Climate Stories Across British Columbia
Ecolens is a publicly accessible online platform where people can upload a photo or image and pair it with a short climate story. Together, these stories create a growing map of how climate change is affecting communities across British Columbia.
The Garry Oak in Autumn: Foliage, Acorns, and Conservation
Recognized as the only oak species native to British Columbia, the Garry oak is soon to make its mark on the beauty of autumn.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Nature
There’s something quite satisfying about restoring nature and making a very tiny part of the world better. I suppose I’ve always known that, but it really struck home when we purchased the place we were going to retire to 15-years ago. We were still working fulltime,…
Learn About People’s Action for US Issues
The news is heavy, and that’s intentional. The US regime is trying to inundate us with chaos so we become overwhelmed, tune out, and stop paying attention. Instead of turning away, we’re turning to each other. The People’s Tea , a biweekly, hour-long, virtual…
Trust, Justice and Well-Being Key Themes at Victoria Forum
How then should our society behave morally with respect to the inter-connected ecological, social, political, economic and ultimately ethical challenges we face? This was the underlying question behind this year’s Victoria Forum. The main themes were trust, justice and wellbeing, because “trust is eroding, injustice persists, and the world…
Protecting Our Communities in a World on Fire
Thanks for joining us (or registering) for Protecting Our Communities in a World on Fire. There were over 400 of you who tuned in, and of those who took the poll at the start of the webinar, 96% indicated you had experienced some level of impact from the wildfires…
