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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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We Need to Build Our Island Self-Reliance
Last week I discussed Prof. Rick Kool’s point that we live on an island — but we don’t act as if we do. Almost all our food, all of our fossil fuels, much of our electricity and much else is imported. The implication is that we should think about how to be more self-reliant.
A New Ecological Civilization – The Economics of Kindness
This World Unity Week webinar features eco-futurist and author Guy Dauncey and Creatively United for the Planet founder and host Frances Litman. The new economy must create new jobs in a clean and green transition to renewable energy to flatten the carbon emissions…
Youth for Climate and Social Justice – A Movement of Unity
This World Unity Week webinar is about the unity of the youth climate and social justice movement. The panelists are all young change makers who are invested in creating a more just and safer future for the next generations…
Let’s Govern as if We Live On an Island
One of the many things the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed is the extent to which we have become dependent on all sorts of products — from face masks to food — that come from away, as Newfoundlanders would put it.
A Transformational Moment and Reconciliation Panel
The COVID pandemic and the global response to flattening the curve provide a once in a lifetime opportunity for the world to re-set its policies to flatten the carbon curve. This panel consists of three leading thinkers on this transformational moment.
Solutions for Indigenous and Ecosystem Based Management
The Story of the Great Bear Rainforest: Transition to Sustainability The Great Bear Rainforest is one of the largest intact temperate rainforests in the world. It stretches from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to…
The World in 2040 – A Film
The 2040 documentary film was produced by Australian Damon Gameau as a letter to his 4-year-old daughter in 2019 to imagine what the world could look like in 2040 if current innovative technologies in energy, agriculture, transportation and urban planning were fully…
Neoliberalism is a Major Threat to Well-Being
One of the beneficial side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it might spur us to rethink the fundamental systems that constitute our society, and the deep values that underpin them. One of those systems is neoliberal economics, which has become the predominant,…
The Doughnut and the New Forest Framework: The Wildwood Model
Wildwood is a 77-acre forest nestled on the shores of Quennell Lake in the Ladysmith area of Vancouver Island. The Ecoforestry Institute Society (EIS) is a registered charitable society and the owners and trustees of…
Climate Change & Canada’s Water Future – Part 2
Find out why science is more important now than ever and water is the nexus of climate with two of the world’s leading scientists, Dr. John Pomeroy and Dr. Trevor Davies. Joining them is award-winning author, Bob Sandford…
What would it take to Build a Truly Resilient Local Food System?
Best-selling author, seed saving guru and food security expert, Carolyn Herriot, and Victoria, BC, community gardening advocate, Gary MacDougall, will share tips on how to grow healthy food that rebuilds soil, prevents erosion, and draws down CO2 in the ground as…
Who Are We? Where are we Going? Some Reflections in this COVID-19 Time
Who are we? And where are we going on this tiny planet of ours, this bright sparkle of life in a Universe so ridiculously vast? It’s a question worth exploring, if you have five minutes in your busy COVID day. Almost all scientists assume that the Universe is a…
