by suzukiwebmaster | Feb 6, 2018 | Opinions, Our Changing World, Seeking Clarity
By Bob Worcester The world seems caught in a conflict between “globalists”, the urban elites who welcome and support the world-wide integration of communications, commerce and transportation, and “localists” who view with suspicion the move from traditions, home and...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jan 28, 2018 | Advocacy, Opinions, Species & Ecosystems
Grizzly, grizzlies. bears, hunting, conservation by Stan Hirst “Wildlife management is a mish-mash of science, public relations and politics, not necessarily in that order”. I came across that humble homily in a bundle of 50-year old lecture notes from my...
by suzukiwebmaster | Oct 29, 2017 | Intergenerational Story Project, Opinions, Personal Reflections
by Jill Schroder What if Einstein was wrong? “The world is made up of stories, not atoms.” Poet Muriel Rukeyser once said just this! So, what’s your story? Here are a few points to ponder, enjoy, laugh about, and share as we consider stories, their importance, the...
by suzukiwebmaster | Aug 18, 2017 | Opinions, Our Changing World
[global change, climate change, understanding, pessimism, optimism, attitude] by Peggy Olive In the wee hours of the morning, I listened to a replay of one of CBC’s thought-provoking programs called Ideas. A career diplomat, Paul Heinbecker, was invited to discuss...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jun 22, 2017 | Opinions, Personal Reflections
by Jill Schroder Thursday June 8, 2017 was World Oceans Day. It seemed a perfect time to remember and appreciate my deep, early, nourishing, ongoing and rich love and experiences of the ocean. One of my most precious memories is when, as a very young kid, my dad took...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jun 2, 2017 | Advocacy, Opinions, Personal Reflections
by Karl Perrin Abridged from a sermon delivered May 21, 2017, to the Unitarian Church of Vancouver Chief Seattle once said: “This we know. The earth doesn’t belong to us, we belong to the earth. All things are connected, like the blood that unites one family. Whatever...
