by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 22, 2020 | Developing Resilience, Our Changing World, Personal Reflections
by Stan Hirst Another year almost gone. Only 7778,582 seconds left to the end of 2020 says the doomsday app on my computer screen. There is a morbid fascination in watching seconds tick away on a coloured clock face. To think that somebody actually took the time (ha!)...
by suzukiwebmaster | Nov 29, 2020 | Advocacy, Developing Resilience, Green Perspective, Our Changing World, Species & Ecosystems
by Stan Hirst Back in September 2020 most of us were most likely a little preoccupied with incessant hand-washing, face-mask adjustment, standing in line for dwindling supplies of beer and toilet paper, and general hand-wringing over news of the cancelled Grey Cup....
by suzukiwebmaster | Jul 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Our Changing World, Rules of Engagement
by Dan Kingsbury Recently the Suzuki Elders hosted a Grief and Praise Luncheon/Supper Club online in the Zoom environment for our Spring Social Event in these COVID times. It was attended by about 20 Elders who shared a virtual meal and then worked with the theme of...
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 | Jan 13, 2020 | Developing Resilience, Opinions, Our Changing World, Personal Reflections
by Diana Ellis I spent some time this morning thinking about what I, as a concerned world citizen, am learning from this year’s Australian bushfires. There are three sets of people I know who live there – in Sydney, Melbourne, and in a small town further...
by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 19, 2019 | Developing Resilience, Our Changing World, Seeking Clarity
by Jeremy Adelman From all sides, the message is coming in: the world as we know it is on the verge of something really bad. From the Right, we hear that ‘West’ and ‘Judeo-Christian Civilisation’ are in the pincers of foreign infidels and native, hooded extremists....
