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...
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 13, 2018 | Advocacy, Developing Resilience, Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
by Jill Schroder Instead of making New Year’s resolutions and then not keeping them, what if we decided to pick a mantra? The current issue of Future Crunch, my favorite good news publication and source of much valuable and encouraging information, suggests just that:...
by suzukiwebmaster | Nov 27, 2017 | Advocacy, Seeking Clarity
It is our pleasure as British Columbians to welcome you to Vancouver this coming week. We understand you have come to our fair city to address the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on the merits of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline project. We must apologize for our...
by suzukiwebmaster | Oct 29, 2017 | Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
by Jill Schroder Turning the wheel of the seasons, we soon come to Hallowe’en, full of tricks and treats for some. This time is also widely honoured as Samhain, All Saints Day, and an opportunity to remember the dead, and supposedly a time when the veil between the...
by suzukiwebmaster | Oct 24, 2017 | Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
by Errol McKinstry Professor Arnie Näess (1912-2009) introduced the term ‘Deep Ecology’ in1972. As a philosopher, activist, and mountaineer he wrote and taught extensively over 37 years about environmental degradation and possible solutions. He stated that...