Private Police & Prosecutors

Article, Nature & Conservation

Corporate lawyers, backed by American billionaires, are trying to jail Indigenous people in Northern B.C. for peacefully standing on their own land. Crown prosecutors argued there was no public interest in pursuing criminal contempt charges against Gitxsan hereditary chiefs and family members who allegedly blocked CN Rail traffic in the town of New Hazelton two years ago.

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Regenerative Land Design

Regenerative Land Design

Article, Nature & Conservation

Years ago I visited a farm with a friend. The owners were ranging bison on the land and heard I worked in regenerative land design. They asked if I would consider a problem: There was a creek that ran through their property and pasture. They had a question, “how... Read more
Doctors and nurses declare a climate Code Red for B.C.

Doctors and nurses declare a climate Code Red for B.C.

Article, Food & Health, Nature & Conservation

Inspired in part by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, who had called the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report a “Code Red for humanity,” we were there to declare a climate and ecological Code Red for B.C., noting: “The climate and ecological crisis is a health crisis. We stand in solidarity for a safe and equitable future for all living creatures and the planet.”

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Working toward a One Planet Saanich

Working toward a One Planet Saanich

Article, Arts, Community, & Inclusivity, Nature & Conservation

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stated almost a year ago: “Making peace with nature is the defining task of the 21st century. It must be the top, top priority for everyone, everywhere.” In my view, this can only happen if we recognize, as Barbara Ward and Rene Dubos’ 1972 book put it, that there is “Only One Earth” and we have to learn to live within and not beyond its bounds.

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How Do We Make Peace With Nature?

How Do We Make Peace With Nature?

Article, Nature & Conservation

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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The Right to a Healthy Environment is a Vital Election Issue

The Right to a Healthy Environment is a Vital Election Issue

Article, Arts, Community, & Inclusivity, Nature & Conservation

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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