by suzukiwebmaster | Oct 26, 2020 | Advocacy, Green Perspective, Rules of Engagement, Species & Ecosystems
by Bob Worcester The 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas with its “doctrine of discovery” declared “non-Christian” lands were fair game for European explorers. By this doctrine Canada was deemed “terra nullius” or “empty land” which when claimed for the Crown gave sovereigns...
by suzukiwebmaster | Sep 7, 2020 | Advocacy, Developing Resilience, Green Perspective
by Stan Hirst Have just watched the excellent film Metamorphosis. In its prologue the film seeks to bear witness to a moment of profound change – the loss of one world, and the birth of another. The film exposes us to scenes of forest fires consuming...
by suzukiwebmaster | Aug 12, 2020 | Developing Resilience, Green Perspective, Seeking Clarity, Species & Ecosystems
by Stan Hirst A fine alliterative title, but it presents a problem in visioning. Just what does a trillion trees actually look like? What size area would, or could they cover? The story starts with Kenyan Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) who, while serving in the National...
by suzukiwebmaster | May 20, 2020 | Developing Resilience, Green Perspective
Creating a renewed sense of place, block by block by Erlene Woollard and Patricia Plackett “Lord, make me pure, but not yet!” No doubt when St. Augustine uttered this prayer in about 380 AD he was not thinking about being pure in the sense of his ‘carbon footprint’....
by suzukiwebmaster | May 19, 2020 | Advocacy, Green Perspective, Opinions, Our Changing World, Rules of Engagement
This is the all-time challenge for our species. Will we show the wisdom to act with the guidance of science? Will we have the compassion to help those most impacted by the unavoidable global warming already happening? Will we have the intelligence to find new...
by suzukiwebmaster | Apr 26, 2020 | Advocacy, Green Perspective
by Stan Hirst Sitting at my kitchen window and staring out at the North Shore street view on a promising spring day, I was struck by three things – how profoundly our lives have been impacted by something measuring just 0.000000089 metre in diameter; how fortunate I...
