Symbolizing The Maple Leaf
Canada is the maple leaf, the United States of America is the stars, one is modest and pragmatic, the other is idealized and constant. National symbols are chosen to represent…
Nature
Pollination
I just wanted to share this with all of you. My friend Gwen sent it to me, and it’s awesome. Look for the baby at 2.38.
BlackOutSpeakOut
I’m speaking out in defence of nature and democracy #BLACKOUTSPEAKOUT.
Why I’m Speaking Out In Defence Of Two Core Canadian Values, Nature & Democracy
On Monday, I will be joining the BlackOutSpeakOut campaign, and joining a committed group of organizations representing millions of Canadians who are darkening our websites in protest against the efforts…
True North Strong and Free – Road Trip Politics
A political map of Canada… So, if you follow me on twitter you’ll know, in a relative amount of detail, that I recently traveled across part of Northern Canada from…
No Nature-Deficit Disorder For Conor In Fredericton,The Green City
Conor enjoying some time at the Saint John River All photos were taken within a short walking distance from our home in Fredericton, New Brunswick The Green City My younger…
Wildlife flourishes in human dead zones
We all know what the big problem with planet Earth is—people. Homo sapiens. The most destructive of species. Ever since we walked out of Africa 70,000 years ago, we have…
A Genetic Justification For Liberalism
It’s little wonder that liberalism endorses science when no other ideology is more endorsed by it. Foundational liberal principles have been recently strengthened by new research, solidifying the ideology not…
The World We Are Willfully Destroying
Last year, I wrote a post on the power of the documentary. In it, I discussed how a good nature documentary can very powerfully help us to see both the…
Who’s Tired of Double Standards?
So, as I wrote this title, I realized that this post could have been referring to just about anything, so let me clarify: I’m talking about the double standard we’re…
Vitamin D – Where the "D" Stands for Awesome Weather
Good morning fair readers…and how are you feeling this morning? I bet I know the answer: you’re feeling great!Most of my audience is Canadian, and so they are right now,…
Saturday At The Movies
It’s the weekend; hopefully you, dear reader, can kick back and relax with family and friends and recharge your batteries (in an environmentally-friendly way, of course). Here’s the Saturday short,…
Saturday At The Movies
A very moving video showing the deep emotional bond between a gorilla and the man who raised him:
Saturday Movies
A magical chance encounter with an amazing natural phenomena, a “murmuration” of starlings:
Ibn- Arabi and Whirling Dervishes of Turkey
I have written many times before that life is very complex and human intelligence has serious limitations to understand it. We still fully have not understood the complexity of an…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Exhale…. Underworld – Oblivion with Bells
Counterpoint on Shale Gas and the Future of Fracking
Screen shot 2011-09-17 at 5.44.18 PM.png Recently the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature published a ‘pros vs. cons’ piece on the production of unconventional gas from shale. The...
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well – for we will not fight to save what…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
I believe a blade of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ~ Walt Whitman