Plastics: Our Plastics, Ourselves
Becky Bassick — May 16, 2018
“I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics.”
-- The Graduate, 1967
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You need to read this piece by Joel Ballard from The National Observer
Melissa Munro — May 9, 2018
I highly recommend you take a few minutes to read this piece by Joel Ballard from The National Observer. It is an impressive piece of journalism.
Indigenous Peoples, the Nuclear Industry, and Canada’s Nuclear Waste
Posted on April 22, 2018
By Dr. Ole Hendrickson
Happy Spring! A little something for you when you join us.
Melissa Munro — March 21, 2018
We are ready to take on the challenges coming our way. But we can only do that with new members like you.
It takes one person – YOU – as a valued member of our national family – to build and sustain the kind of movement that our Founding Director Elizabeth May envisioned.
Shallow Politics. Deep Concerns.
Becky Bassick — March 21, 2018
by Becky Bassick & Lino Grima
Sierra Club Canada Foundation, Ontario Chapter
Ontario's 42nd general election is scheduled for June of this year. Sierra Club Ontario (SCO) is working hard with a coalition of other environmental nonprofits to ensure that water is part of the political conversation. In addition, SCO is taking this opportunity to discuss fundamental questions regarding our election process.
Liberals say #BetterRules. We say we need better than that.
Gretchen Fitzgerald — February 19, 2018
It's been just over a week since Bill C-69, Canada's new impact assessment legislation was presented for first reading in the House of Commons.
Will this be OUR call?
Gretchen Fitzgerald — January 31, 2018
Just wrapped up our hearings in federal court regarding a US quarry company's bid to extract $500 million from Canadians for rejecting its damaging project. Madam Justice Mctavish informed the court that she will now take the arguments she has heard and provide her judgement at a later time.
A small town, $500M, and the NAFTA court battle
Gretchen Fitzgerald — January 27, 2018
Last weekend, women in Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia organized a Women’s March. The Sandy Cove Women's March garnered international attention last year as one of the smallest marches in the international event to show strength and solidarity for women’s rights in the face of the Trump presidency.
Sandy Cove holds a special place in my heart, as it was there that I met Carol and Ashraf Mahtab in their lovely home, and around a beautiful lunch table with the people who were dedicated to stopping the Digby Quarry.
A family matter.
Melissa Munro — December 19, 2017
Family. Food. Warmth. Safety. Home.
These are the things I’m thinking about in the intensifying few days leading up to the holidays.
It always makes me think about our families of wildlife, out there in the elements, finding their way. I’m in awe of their resilience, their own unique family and social structures, and how they have adapted over millennia. I wonder how they do it.
Holding Steady for Justice for the Gulf
Gretchen Fitzgerald — December 15, 2017
I wanted to give you an update on our critical legal battle and appearance in court this week to protect the Gulf of St. Lawrence and all of the beautiful creatures who live there.
The case involves one important argument: the issuance of the licence that the offshore board has granted to the oil company, Corridor Resources. First though, we had to defend our ability to be heard, as “our standing,” is being challenged by the offshore board (responsible for granting exploration licences to oil companies), and by the oil company itself.