At this point in the election, discussion on the economy, budget and taxes may seem exhaustive. Although these remain important issues, it is often argued in the place of authentic environmental discussion.
Climate Change
Indigenous Women and Water
I don’t mean to shock you, but First Nations people in Canada were only granted the right to vote in 1960. That’s still within living memory, and a constant reminder of how far this country has gone to silence the voice of this country’s founding peoples.
What Lies Beneath
Over the last two years, the government of British Columbia, along with Ottawa, has become an aggressive promoter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to Asia. The get-rich scheme would require puncturing much of the province’s northern forests and farmlands with thousands of unconventional wells.
G20’s Dangerous Vision
Over the past 70 years, nine out of 10 infrastructure projects around the world have had cost overruns and benefit shortfalls. Trillions of dollars worth of megaprojects in the energy, transportation, agriculture and water sectors have destroyed wildlife habitat and fisheries, degraded ecosystems and destabilized the Earth’s climate. They have […]
A Leap in the Right Direction
Initiated at a two-day meeting last spring, the manifesto calls on Canada’s government to address issues facing our country today ranging from indigenous rights to increasing poverty to rampant inequality. However, the over-arching theme of the fifteen demands is of environmental stewardship as a means to combat our greatest threat, […]
Resilience of the Indigenous
Despite growing evidence, there are still climate change deniers refusing to believe that extreme weather conditions, retreating glaciers and rising sea levels are a reality.
Big Oil Malaysia
Think Global is a blog series from Canada Conserves’ Chris Winter. During a year-long trip around the world with his family, Chris is sharing examples of how other countries are dealing with environmental and sustainability challenges, and teasing out ideas and approaches that we can apply at home. You learn some […]
Driving Down Death
Think Global is a blog series from Canada Conserves’ Chris Winter. During a year-long trip around the world with his family, Chris is sharing examples of how other countries are dealing with environmental and sustainability challenges, and teasing out ideas and approaches that we can apply at home.
What We Can Learn From the Arctic 30 Saga
As head of media for Greenpeace International, British author Ben Stewart played a critical role in the saga of the Arctic 30, the Greenpeace activists who were charged with piracy and imprisoned for protesting oil drilling in the Russian Arctic by state-owned company Gazprom. He oversaw the massive global campaign […]
Don’t Trust, Don’t Fear, Don’t Beg: The Extraordinary Story of the Arctic Thirty
The rapidly melting Arctic should not be seen as an invitation to drill for oil, says Greenpeace, the protagonist of this gripping and timely book. Between extreme conditions and low safety standards, an Arctic oil spill is an epic ecological disaster just waiting to happen. A paucity of roads, ports […]
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