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Our ecological footprint

July 21, 2010 | 

Here’s a personal challenge: How do you measure up in terms of sustainability? In 1996, a slim book based on a UBC doctoral dissertation and published by a little-known ...

Debunking Enbridge's Safety Claims

July 19, 2010 | 

  Enbridge has been spending millions of dollars pushing their safety claims concerning tankers in BC’s northern waters.  Watch this video to learn why these claims don’t add up.

Community Demands Protection For Local Farms

July 15, 2010 | 

Over 500 people packed into a public hearing last night on the Vantreight development proposal and spoke almost unanimously in favour of protecting the region’s farms from urban sprawl.  ...

Deep Hearts

July 13, 2010 | 

With our efforts to protect BC’s coast from supertankers gaining momentum the oil industry predictably is pushing back. The story they try to tell is one of environment vs. ...

Ida’s Antics

July 12, 2010 | 

As an activist I’ve had plenty of frustrating experiences with politicians.  Their actions have inspired everything from irritation to disappointment and even disbelief.  It’s a reality of our political ...

Political Intricacies of the No Tankers Campaign

July 12, 2010 | 

Action Alert: The Federal Liberals and NDP have both declared their support for a legislated ban on oil tankers on BC’s North Coast. Write a letter to the editor ...

Where is Ida?

I was playing hide and seek last week with a two-year-old. She kept trying to sneak past me by covering her own eyes, no doubt thinking “If I can’t ...

Sustainable reform

July 5, 2010 | 

As mentioned in my first blog, before I lay out some of the serious problems we are facing and discuss how we might resolve them, I want to justify ...

Liberals take the plunge

June 21, 2010 | 

Big news. Thousands of Dogwood supporters have been part of the push for a permanent tanker ban on BC’s north coast and after three years of hard work, the ...