The Tyee. Although this story may centre on BC’s Lower Mainland, its dilemma applies equally to every BC coastal community like Nanaimo and to every community everywhere. Will humans learn to make and protect room needed by all species and ecological systems, without which humans cannot survive? As this article illustrates, the BC’s Lower Mainland now faces huge difficulties from its exclusive accommodation of an ever-increasing human population. It’s the same conflict faced by all communities everywhere that human numbers and industry threaten ecosystems upon which all of humanity depends. [ARTICLE LINK]