by suzukiwebmaster | Jun 15, 2018 | Green Perspective, Opinions, Personal Reflections
by Stan Hirst Langdale, B.C. on a Sunday afternoon in early spring. Background of sunny weather and balmy breezes. Add in a few thousand Sunshine Coast vacationers and day-trippers heading home. Result = a humungous line-up for the Horseshoe Bay ferry. Which is how I...
by suzukiwebmaster | May 24, 2018 | Opinions, Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
by Diana Ellis Our planet Earth is now home to over 7 billion people. UN statistics tell us that just over one-quarter of those people are children under the age of 14. In another 20 years the world population will be 8.5 billion of which one-third will be children....
by suzukiwebmaster | Apr 19, 2018 | Developing Resilience, Opinions, Seeking Clarity
The first phase of regulations regarding spill preparedness came into effect in October 2017. The second phase, happening now, includes the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy’s Intentions Paper outlining policy concepts government is considering to...
by suzukiwebmaster | Mar 27, 2018 | Advocacy, Opinions, Seeking Clarity
by Stan Hirst In a recent post on the DSF website David Suzuki commented on the persistent rise in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission rates in the North American transportation sector and the role of pickup trucks and SUVs in that phenomenon. The background to his post is...
by suzukiwebmaster | Feb 21, 2018 | Advocacy, Opinions, Personal Reflections
by Jill Schroder Never Give Up has a strong ring. It’s full of courage, determination, perseverance… Never Give Up need not be callous, hard-hearted, without compassionate, rigid, or inflexible. It gives us guidance on our journey, can offer advice when we’re...
by suzukiwebmaster | Feb 6, 2018 | Opinions, Our Changing World, Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
by Stan Hirst Even though February was the shortest month of the year, sometimes it seemed like the longest -J.D. Robb From my perspective on a dark and gloomy Vancouver North Shore being assailed by interminable chilly rain February absolutely seems like the longest...
