Leave Your Mark
Diane Beckett — April 22, 2016
You have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to leave your mark and push Canada towards a strong climate strategy – right now.
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NAFTA on Steroids: With New Trade Deal, ‘If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu’
Diane Beckett — April 21, 2016
For a chilling view of Canada’s possible future, look no farther than the shamelessly brazen, $15-billion lawsuit that TransCanada Corporation launched against the United States government, after President Barack Obama had the temerity to refuse a permit for the company’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
Sierra Club Volunteer Floris Ensink: ‘Where Nature Meets Society’
Diane Beckett — April 7, 2016
Whether in an urban landscape like Montreal, agricultural zones when he lived in the Netherlands, or on James Bay where he works now, he thrives on the challenge of coming up with solutions that help nature and people co-exist.
If Net-Zero Buildings Are the Goal, Building Codes Are the Lever
Diane Beckett — April 5, 2016
The clock is ticking on the next opportunity to introduce state-of-the-art national and provincial/territorial building codes that support the push to a post-carbon economy.
Consultation and Collaboration: What Ottawa Gains from Community Dialogue
Diane Beckett — March 30, 2016
Last week, I got a snapshot of a federal public service that is reinventing itself in real time.
We’re Winning Now. Let's Bring it Home.
Diane Beckett — March 22, 2016
We’ve been hearing for years that climate change is the defining challenge of our lifetimes. That our children and theirs will judge us by what we did to stop the melting ice caps and the rising seas. That we’ll know we’re serious about climate change when we’ve mounted a peaceful mobilization on the scale of the Second World War to build a post-carbon world.
Protecting the Earth Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence
Diane Beckett — March 11, 2016
But, Berta Cáceres, the Honduran Indigenous and environmental rights campaigner, was murdered last week for protecting the earth, in spite of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights mandating she receive protection.
From Whaling to Whale Watching: SCCF Gets a First-Hand Look at the Green Transition in Action
Diane Beckett — March 8, 2016
When a community has a 139-year tradition of whaling, you would expect it to be a tough sell and a tough slog for people to give up a familiar livelihood in the spirit of wildlife conservation.
Where Climate Rhetoric Meets Climate Reality
Diane Beckett — March 3, 2016
Today’s First Ministers’ meeting in Vancouver is a make-or-break opportunity for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and 13 provincial/territorial premiers to put some substance behind the conversations we’ve been hearing about ambitious, far-reaching climate solutions.
Federal Government’s Microbead Consultation is Open Until March 10
Diane Beckett — February 24, 2016
The federal government is moving ahead with a microbead ban that has already gained unanimous support in the House of Commons. You have until March 10 to have your say on the issue.