Topic: responsible economies
Tuesday May 21, 2013 This past Saturday, May 18, marked three years since I stood with 29 other environmental groups and logging companies and signed the world’s largest conservation agreement, the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA).... read more »
Monday May 20, 2013 Maybe you’ve heard by now that Facebook has been looking kind of pro-tar sands lately. I don’t want Big Oil and its nasty climate impacts running my social media feeds—do you? I thought places like Facebook and Twitter were tools for democratic conversations, not places that censor environmental groups. ... read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Friday May 3, 2013 Did Facebook just become pro-tar sands? The world’s most popular social networking site just banned an ad by CREDO Mobile. CREDO’s offense?... read more »
Thursday Apr 18, 2013 The following is by Clayton C. Ruby, C.M., a renowned Canadian lawyer, specializing in civil rights and constitutional law. He joined ForestEthics Advocacy's board as its Chair in April 2012.... read more »
Wednesday Apr 3, 2013 An email to British Columbia’s Liberal Party supporters today suggested that the province’s premier, Christy Clark, is about to announce a five year freeze on BC's carbon tax.
"Not only is this a bad policy decision but it's a really poor choice of words given that the tax was part of a plan to do our part in the international effort to stop global warming. To put it simply, this freeze isn't cool," said ForestEthics Advocacy’s tar sands campaign director, Ben West. ... read more »
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