by Contributor on Wednesday Aug 05 2020
[Editor’s Note: This is a very long article which supplies answers that such activists as young Greta Thunberg have been criticized for not providing – even though she has repeatedly said, “Listen to the scientists!” – and she has also provided many of the answers suggested here. Do you consider yourself among the “...
by David Suzuki on Wednesday Aug 05 2020
When we started the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990, we implemented a four-day, 34-hour workweek. Staff consistently say it’s made their lives better, giving them time to rest, pursue other interests, explore nature, volunteer, enjoy the company of family and friends, and so much more.
Life isn’t about making more money so we can keep buying more stuff; it’...
by The Narwhal on Wednesday Jul 29 2020
By Ben Parfitt, in The Narwhal
Provincial investigators found companies weren’t fully compliant with regulations 70 per cent of the time in the five years since a digital database of shipments was replaced with paper files shoved in cardboard boxes.
B.C. rarely inspects hazardous waste handlers even though the...
by Rossland Telegraph on Wednesday Jul 29 2020
Some people have land that can grow crops, but they don’t want to farm; others want to farm and can’t find land. The solution – a program that matches people who want to farm with those who have land available to lease, and want it to stay in production or start producing crops.
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by Contributor on Monday Jul 27 2020
By Edward Xie and Danyaal Raza, from the Broadbent Institute Blog page
People are struggling. As front-line workers in emergency rooms, isolation shelters and clinics, we see how the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated health and livelihoods. We’ve witnessed the toll that the last several months has taken on workers, families, and...
by David Suzuki on Tuesday Jul 21 2020
During and after his 2016 campaign, the current U.S. president promised to make coal great again. He also claimed climate change was a hoax, so it’s no surprise that he’d promote a cheap, outdated,...
by David Suzuki on Wednesday Jul 15 2020
Diversity is strength. That’s true in nature and human affairs.
But recent painful events have shown society has yet to grasp this. The appalling deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Toronto’s Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Chantel Moore from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and many others — all at the hands of those tasked to serve and protect — have ignited awareness of the...
by Timothy Schafer on Wednesday Jul 08 2020
Transit ridership is down in a covid-19 infused world in Nelson but not nearly as drastic as most areas of the province, noted a BC Transit official.
Chelsea Mossey, government relations manager for BC Transit, said transit ridership in the Heritage city has dropped by 47 per cent compared to this time last year.
However, that pales in comparison to the 60 to 80 per cent drop in...
by Nelson Daily Staff on Wednesday Jul 08 2020
Following years of planning, funding applications, feasibility studies and community engagement, the Nelson Innovation Centre, managed by KAST (Kootenay Association for Science & Technology), is set to open in the Chamber of Commerce building at the foot of...
by The Conversation on Wednesday Jul 08 2020
By Ian Lowe, from The Conversation
Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a finite planet is “suicide”. But...
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