Posts from ‘General’ - Page 9
Oil Interests vs. Our Interests
A Globe and Mail story this morning announced that Chinese, Korean, and other oil companies are close to signing commitments to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project. Said Bank of Montreal ...
Climate Action in Prince George
A growing, dedicated, and super creative bunch of folk up in middle B.C. are doing their best to make a difference on climate policy in this country. If you ...
Reading on Change
It’s November and the word most on my mind is ‘change’. The news is full of stories about change. A week ago was the first anniversary of the election ...
You: Species at Risk
Every Monday and Thursday my Political Ecology class gets together to talk about the world and what we are doing with it. The reality of climate change really bums ...
Women and Children First
When I was a kid I was taught that when in danger, women andchildren were saved first. I don’t know where I heard first the expression, perhaps itwas in ...
Dogwood Cute? Never
Dogwood Cute? Never We have been getting some interesting feedback to our recent appeal to protect our BC’s endangered Orca’s. If you haven’t seen it yet the campaign focuses ...
Race to the Bottom
The false economy of BC’s natural gas royalty reductions The BC budget may try to hide the figures, but there is no getting around the facts, the BC Government ...
In Whose Interest?
Across North America popular interest and progressive land use planning is being side stepped by developers who’s systematized power to manipulate political and legal procedures buys them the freedom ...
Teddy's courage and me
Teddy Kennedy died this week. I never met the man personally, but he had a profound impact on my life. It was not just his work on health care, ...