With this global pandemic, with so many people’s lives being thrown into flux and uncertainty, it can be nice to remind ourselves of things that have stood fast and unchanging, the familiar things that remind us of our lives before the crisis. Don’t worry. Canada’s government continues to buy weapons of war to kill people […]
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I was laid-off this St. Patrick’s day. I’m a bartender. March 17 was supposed to be the busiest night of the year, and was supposed to be a welcome boost to my, and many others’ incomes. Instead, Vancouver – wisely – decided to shut down all bars and restaurants to combat the spread of COVID-19. […]
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Among the world’s youth there is an ever-growing feeling that they have inherited a doomed planet. The youth strike for climate justice on May 24 saw protests in 1,880 cities in 133 countries with 1.5 million marching. March 15 was the biggest so far this year with 2,380 demos in over 135 countries and 1.8 […]
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This is not the apocalypse . . . yet. But, the recent raging fires, droughts, hurricanes, floods, storms and melting ice feel like it. And these are only the impacts of a 1°C increase in global temperatures. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stated with “high confidence,” that human activities have already increased […]
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