by suzukiwebmaster | Oct 17, 2016 | Rules of Engagement
by Stan Hirst Some things are worth repeating. Like walking the Lynn Creek canyon on the North Shore in early winter when the grey rain keeps everybody else indoors. Like watching the flocks of band-tailed pigeons make their annual brief sojourn to my neighbourhood...
by suzukiwebmaster | Aug 24, 2016 | Advocacy, Rules of Engagement
by Simon Wheeler The Premier of B.C. announced the British Columbia government’s climate action plan in Richmond on 19 August 2016. Late on a hot Friday afternoon last week the BC Provincial Government released their long awaited and much delayed Climate Leadership...
by suzukiwebmaster | Aug 16, 2016 | Opinions, Seeking Clarity, Species & Ecosystems
by Stan Hirst In his recent book I’m right and you’re an idiot author James Hoggan describes the ‘public square’ as a literal and symbolic place where people meet to discuss important community matters and governance, and to participate in...
by suzukiwebmaster | Aug 11, 2016 | Opinions, Rules of Engagement, Seeking Clarity
by Stan Hirst An overcast morning in August: the Suzuki Elders gathered at the Rivendell Retreat Centre on Bowen Island, B.C. to debate the recent book I’m Right and You’re an Idiot – The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How To Clean It Up. In the book author James...
by suzukiwebmaster | Aug 8, 2016 | Our Changing World
by Lillian Ireland Presentation to the Surrey Teachers’ Association Convention 2016: “Changing Our Ways: Weaving Threads of Truth and Reconciliation Throughout Our Practice” As children, Rob and I spent a lot of time outside. It was normal to spend...
