REFLECTIONS on the MONTREAL PROTOCOL by Vic Buxton, CACOR member ….the International Community’s Covenant with the Future In the early 1970’s, the world community was made aware of the potential future damage that would occur to the stratospheric ozone layer if we continued to use and emit ozone depleting substances. This early period was […]
Committee report puts fate of Canadian whistleblowers in Trudeau’s hands
David Hutton is an advocate for whistleblower protection as a means of safeguarding the public interest and the integrity of our institutions. He worked with Federal Accountability Initiative for Reform (FAIR), a charity devoted to whistleblower protection, for almost a decade and served as Chair of the Board and Executive Director for six years. He has […]
“My life, and your life, and all the life around us—they’re worth fighting for.”
My life, and your life, and all the life around us are worth fighting for. This week’s post comes from http://www.resilience.org/stories/2017-06-02/fighting-for-our-lives/ . If you don’t subscribe to www.resilience.org , you ought to do so today. The author, Emily Johnston, was, and is, an ordinary citizen whose eyes and mind were opened by the climate crisis currently diminishing life, both […]
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life. This says it all. The Earth is in many crisises at present, but one of the worst is life’s decline and disappearance. E. O. Wilson, a towering presence in the biological world for the last half century, has written a book on the subject titled Half-Earth which anyone interested in […]
Values in an Ecology of Tensions
Values in an Ecology of Tensions Values – The children of Value Creation – New Myths for Prosperity Author: John Verdon, Ottawa. Motif People value People have values People exchange value People choose by weighing values People account value People are accountable for values People act and reveal value People act and reveal values People […]