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For a decade new park protection in BC has slowed to a crawl as the BC Liberal government has mounted a relentless attack on the province’s wild places and wild life.

by Joe Foy

It’s time to rise, coffee’s on and a new day is dawning – just look at those colours!” 

This summer my wife and I headed south to enjoy

The AGM was held at Weyerhaeuser Centcom on their massive sprawling complex 25 miles south of Seattle. Weyerhaeuser Way winds through acres of 2ndgrowth forests of fir and cottonwood and leads right to their Corporate Headquarters building next to a large duck-pond with expansive landscaped, manicured golfcourse style gardens.

by Delores Broten

George Bush is doing it. So is China, and the province of Ontario. Not too surprising, but some of the other proponents of new nuclear power plants are startling. If it will allow industrial extraction to continue unabated, we might expect Patrick Moore to be in favour of nuclear as part of a “sustainable future.”

by Jim Cooperman

There are not too many examples in history when a one-day event has shaped the course of an entire decade and perhaps even an entire century. What occurred on September 11, 2001 was that event and its repercussions impact the entire world and the environment. Some very disturbing questions about that day deserve more attention from the general public, the alternative media and all concerned about justice, human rights, peace and the environment. 

Of all of human activities, it is perhaps war that has the greatest environmental impact. Besides the damage by bombs, armament and missiles, there are the impacts from the depleted uranium now used in armour and ammunition.

by Arthur Caldicott

Americans are addicted to oil. George W Bush said it himself.

Actually, the entire industrialized world is addicted to oil. And those countries that aren’t yet fully wired on

by Delores Broten

Sometimes everything just falls together in one simultaneous movement. In the case of urban farming, it’s hard to unravel the factors that have melded. Health, politics, maybe even evolution, all meet and point to one simple conclusion: It’s time to grow food in the city. 

Gardening, especially decorative gardening and landscaping, has been steadily growing over the last few years, along with the housing boom. In 2005, almost 100 million households in the US participated in one or more types of Do-It-Yourself indoor and outdoor lawn and garden activities, according to the National Gardening Association (NGA). In 2006, American homeowners spent a record $44.7 billion to hire professional lawn and landscape services. 

by Rob Wiltzen