Community Stories
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…
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The Destruction of the Earth is a Crisis of Masculinity
I have learned in a visceral way—through relentless confrontation of comfort and exposure to vulnerability—that my culture, and its systems and structures, all derived from patriarchy, is the downfall of humanity.
City of Victoria Tree Opportunities
Join the Trees in Cities Challenge The City of Victoria is working with the community to plant 5,000 trees on public and private land in the United Nations Trees in Cities Challenge. In 2020, the City increased tree planting by 40 per cent and planted 500 new trees in…
No Matter Who Wins, We Could All Lose
It has been a pretty dispiriting election all round. It was called in the midst of a pandemic for no better reason than that the Liberals want to hang on to power. The campaign has been lacklustre, the debates uninspiring and badly organised and, at the end of it all, it seems to me we may well be right back where we started: a minority government.
Being a Voice for the Forest: A Guide for Taking Action
As human beings we are an inseparable part of the natural world. Our existence depends on a good relationship with our non-human relatives. Unfortunately, the current model of forestry practiced in this province breaks the relationships between ourselves and nature….
Fall Go By Bike Week 2021 Launch
Fall Go By Bike Week is returning September 27th to October 3rd and, after a spring hiatus, the always-popular Celebration Stations are back! “Community is incredibly important, so I’m thrilled that we can bring our community of riders and local supporters…
Candidates Who Care for Safe Technology
Just a quick reminder – before heading out to vote on Monday, September 20th – please check if any of your candidates signed on to the list on our “Candidates Who Care About Canadians’ Health” webpage: https://c4st.org/candidateswhocare/…
Important Tips for Making Your Home Safer
1) Less than 10 days until the election, but still time to try to get MPs elected who are supportive of reducing EMF in our environment and helping to protect the health of Canadians. A simple ask of those running — if they will support implementation of the…
The Right to a Healthy Environment is a Vital Election Issue
Last week, I noted that none of the main parties — those likely to form the next government — have yet recognized and accepted the scale of the global ecological crises we face, to which Canada contributes disproportionately. Nor have they recognized the implications for Canadians and the rest of humanity, including the threat these crises pose to our human rights.
The Planet-Sized Elephant in the Election Room
In a December 2020 speech at Columbia University, the UN secretary general said: “The state of the planet is broken. Humanity is waging war on nature. This is suicidal,” adding: “Making peace with nature is the defining task of the 21st century. It must be the top, top priority for everyone, everywhere.”
Sign Up Today for an Old Growth Lawn Sign / Window Sign
Do you want a lovely Protect Old Growth sign for your lawn? Of course you do! Sign up today for an Old Growth Lawn Sign / Window Sign! We are focusing right now on distribution of signs to households in Greater Victoria, to get the message out to the Premier and his…
Neither left nor right, but ahead — why the Greens are different
As anyone who has ever Googled my name could tell you, I was the first leader of the Green Party of Canada in the mid-1980s. That was in part because I had deep roots in green or ecological political thinking, dating back a decade before that.
Weekly Climate Action – September 7th Deadline
Urgent, before September 7th: FortisBC, the province’s gas utility, tried to sneak one by us From The Wilderness Committee: It split the expansion project at its Tilbury LNG plant in Delta into two. We’ve got until Sept. 7 to tell the province to reject a key part of…
