How Do We Make Peace With Nature?

How Do We Make Peace With Nature?

I find myself increasingly drawn to the United Nations’ framing of our current ­situation as being at war with nature, as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres put it in a landmark speech at Columbia University in December 2020. For an organization that is, after all, intended to be the world’s ­peacekeeper, the response was obvious: “Making peace with nature is the defining task of the 21st century,” Guterres said.

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Making Your Internet Safer

Making Your Internet Safer

It can be easy to simultaneously upgrade your internet and improve indoor air quality by switching any “wireless” connectivity at home to a “wireline” connectivity. Here are some simple videos and information: Simple 2-minute video How to reduce radiation from your... Read more
No Matter Who Wins, We Could All Lose

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.

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The Right to a Healthy Environment is a Vital Election Issue

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.

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For the Love of Nature

For the Love of Nature

STOP! I have been thinking about Fairy Creek for some time, about the issues and the folks involved. These poems are a token of my appreciation to the folk who are out there being visibly committed to the cause of the wellness of trees, our planet and all of us as a whole.

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How Much Is Enough?

How Much Is Enough?

This recent article in Yes! Magazine is very timely, as is the invitation to the event on Sept 9th. Stan Cox’s proposal for achieving fair shares for all through rationing managed by local governance is, to say the least, provocative in our current society... Read more
An Open Letter from John Cashore to Premier Horgan

An Open Letter from John Cashore to Premier Horgan

John Cashore spent 15 years as the elected MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville, serving as Minister of Environment (1991-1993), Aboriginal Affairs (1993-1998), Labour (1997-1998), and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier (2000-2001). He introduced the “Zero AOX” pulp pollution regulation requiring pulp mills to completely eliminate their organochlorine discharges and has been a tireless advocate for the environment.

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