Wednesday May 15, 2013 What makes me sad about last night’s election in British Columbia (BC) is that I know a lot of folks that really care about the people and the planet had their hearts broken. The candidates and their supporters that I saw at the left-leaning BC New Democratic Party's (BC NDP) election night party were a group of people who I know wanted to make BC a better place—it was hard to watch them leave the convention centre with sad faces. ... read more »
Ben West
Tuesday May 14, 2013 Part of ForestEthics’ theory of change is based on an important rule of business: The customer is always right. As long as the customer is doing the right thing, that is.... read more »
Aaron Sanger
Monday May 13, 2013 Last week Van Jones, the founder of a national US green jobs advocacy group called Green for All, was arrested at a rally organized to protest against a major American coal company. ... read more »
Ben West
Friday May 10, 2013 A cowboy at the airport had welcomed us when we arrived from British Columbia in Calgary, Alberta. In retrospect, this was a sign. I was in Calgary to join a delegation representing First Nations (Canada’s indigenous people), landowners, commercial fishermen, youth, and labourers. Looking back on the trip, it was as if we had actually travelled back in time to the Wild West.... read more »
Karen Tam Wu
Thursday May 9, 2013 The following is a message from an inspirational young activist. If you live in British Columbia’s Vancouver/Surrey area, please considering attending his Rally to Stop the Enbridge Pipeline (& Kinder Morgan Expansion) this Saturday, May 11 @11am, Holland Park in Surrey. Can't make it to the event?... read more »
Wednesday May 8, 2013 A few weeks ago, I was driving along Highway 16 in northern British Columbia (BC), between Smithers and Hazelton, on my way to a meeting. This stretch of highway is relatively uneventful, very few houses or anything other than scrubby trees and the occasional glimpse of rugged snow-capped mountains.... read more »
Karen Tam Wu
Thursday May 2, 2013 Douglas firs 200 feet tall once blanketed southeastern Vancouver Island, which lies off of British Columbia’s famed coast. Now there is only 0.5% of the old-growth Coastal Douglas Fir Ecosystem left.
0.5%. It’s hard to believe, but the government of BC is actually continuing to allow clearcut logging here.... read more »
Valerie Langer
Wednesday May 1, 2013 This is the second post in a three-part series highlighting the amazing volunteers who made our victory in the Sacred Headwaters possible. Previous >>... read more »
Tuesday Apr 30, 2013 This week Office Depot, Southwest Airlines, Cricket Communications, and Hewlett-Packard joined the growing market trend against the logging industry’s greenwash program, the ‘Sustainable Forestry Initiative’... read more »
Kristi Chester Vance
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