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Taking Action

In the final analysis, taking action is what its all about, particularly acting locally. Content concerns the many ways strategies and goals are imagined, implemented, and realized.

Young filmmaker’s fly-fishing short introduces viewers to salmon conservation

National Observer. Benji Britton, who grew up on Quadra Island and attends high school in Campbell River, has produced an award-winning student film on fly fishing-conservation. He is arguably a living example of how engagement with one’s natural surroundings always… Continue Reading →

Will the Canada-U.S. climate meeting accelerate community empowerment?

National Observer. A helpful article that notes the importance of community-level climate action and includes useful links for those wanting to know how to translate climate action into meaningful local initiatives. Acknowledging that federal governments of the US and Canada… Continue Reading →

The Guardian view on women and the pandemic: what happened to building back better?

The Guardian. As a context for International Women’s Day tomorrow, March 8, this editorial is a reminder that recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic is not just about getting businesses and economies restarted. It’s about recovering in a way that removes… Continue Reading →

A ‘me first’ approach to vaccination won’t defeat Covid

The Guardian. This opinion column by the Director General of the WHO applies to much, much more than just COVID and vaccines. It’s an apt and timely lesson that the problems and solutions of dealing with pandemics are the problems… Continue Reading →

The City Where Cars Are Not Welcome

NY Times. Would Heidelberg be a role model for Canadian cities and municipalities? It appears to set a bar for elected officials doing something other than doggedly insisting that the worn out policies and economic models of the past are… Continue Reading →

Unbuilding the future: how a young industry is turning yesterday’s materials into tomorrow’s buildings

Capital Daily. Neither the demolition nor recycling industry is new. Nor exotic. Witness that the main recipient-seller of the materials reclaimed in this story is Demexx in Coombs. What is novel – and very applicable to Nanaimo – is that… Continue Reading →

Covid and the climate crisis show why we need a new social contract between old and young

The Guardian. This article takes a highly relevant look at the critical relationships each of us have on every level of membership we occupy: family, community, provincial, federal, and global. Despite its title, it’s not simply about COVID-19 and climate…. Continue Reading →

Quebec’s Magpie River becomes first in Canada to be granted legal personhood

National Observer. This is an interesting next step in what may prove to be an emerging pattern. With some agencies working to have ecocide declared a crime and others to bring its perpetrators before the ICC, a Canadian municipality and… Continue Reading →

To safeguard future generations, we must learn how to be better ancestors

The Guardian. Since all action – whether personal, political, environmental – is always local, it’s difficult not to see this as a call directly to Nanaimo citizens and local politicians to work from a broader worldview than the self-serving here… Continue Reading →

We’re on a collision course with the planet. But with public support, that can change

The Guardian. Provides additional arguments for why voters should support changing the economic thinking and approaches of local governments. [ARTICLE LINK]

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