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 27, 2018 | Advocacy, Our Changing World, Seeking Clarity
Proceedings of a Suzuki Elder salon, April 5, 2018, Vancouver, B.C. Researched and written by Erlene Woollard, Patricia Plackett, Julie Zhu, Erzsi Institorisz, Allison Penko, Jennifer Sharp, and David Plackett Edited by Stan Hirst THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND...
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 | Apr 15, 2018 | Advocacy, Developing Resilience, Rules of Engagement, Seeking Clarity
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Premiers Notley and Horgan: Re: Your meeting on Sunday regarding Kinder-Morgan Pipeline: This morning we woke up to the news that the herd of BC/Washington Woodland Caribou is now down to three females and close 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 20, 2018 | Our Changing World, Seeking Clarity
by Stan Hirst Introduction In a blog posted on this site earlier in the month, Elder Bob Worcester proposed a new view of the world, termed the ‘green perspective’. The prime purpose of this view is to provide a framework for mitigating the present worldwide vitriolic...
