World Bank and Google
On January 16th, the World Bank and Google announced an agreement aimed at improving the ability of developing countries to access a web-based community mapping tool and data to help better monitor...
View ArticleManitoban Boreal Forest
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is cheering the January 11th announcement that a large area of Manitoba’s Boreal Forest will be protected. The vast area on the east side of Lake...
View ArticleNew Risk to Clayoquot
More than 130 scientists across North America have just signed a declaration calling for permanent protection of Clayoquot Sound’s remaining intact old-growth rainforests. But that might not be enough...
View ArticleBecause I Am A Girl
There has (rightly so) been a considerable amount of media buzz recently about the Canadian National Women’s Soccer Team winning entry to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Congratulations!...
View ArticleHappy World Wetlands Day!
February 2nd, as well as being Groundhog Day, is World Wetlands Day. It’s an important day in Canada partly because there are more wetlands in Canada than in any other country in the world. Canada is...
View ArticleS. Okanagan-Similkameen National Park
Recently, the Okanagan Nation Alliance and the four South Okanagan bands asked the B.C. Government to return to talks to consider the establishment of a national park in the South Okanagan-Similkameen...
View ArticleRhododendron Season
It’s Rhododendron season in Vancouver, and there are lots of Rhodo trees around that are in full bloom. If you like pinky red ones, check out East 7th and East 8th and McLean Street (near the...
View ArticleBlack Out and What You Can Do
Hundreds of organizations, politicians, and high profile people darkened their websites yesterday to protest the federal government’s Bill C-38 which limits federal environmental efforts without input...
View ArticleCanada China Agreement Troubling
Canada is less than a week away from signing a 31-year trade deal that will give Chinese companies new powers over Canadian economic and environmental policy, as well as our right to speak out about...
View ArticleWWF and Great Bear Region
Darcy Dobell, Vice President Pacific Region of WWF Canada, was kind enough recently to share her thoughts about the Great Bear region. WWF Canada is famous for finding the middle ground where two sides...
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