Posts by Dogwood - Page 79
My BC Hero
I have always cultivated a thick personal pantheon ofheroes. Some are fictional, or longdead, others are local, and some are national or international figures. But, one very important hero ...
We want to talk to you
A key element of any grassroots organization is actually getting out and speaking with people about your work. Ah yes, the ancient practice of community outreach and tabling. Succinct, ...
The road to hell is paved with 'personal repsonsibility'
So I was just forwarded an article on the environmental impact of internet usage by a friend. In effect it was calling for people to take responsibility for the ...
Cash Giveaway Sends Startling Message
SMITHERS (July 3, 2009) SkeenaWild Conservation Trust has devised an innovative poster to attract attention to its cause. The poster is entirely covered with removable $5 bills, beneath ...
Enbridge spending $100 million of Albertan, Asian money
Enbridge Inc. is spending $100 million of other people’s money in their quest to sell British Columbians on the Northern Gateway oil pipeline and tanker project.The name tags, the ...
Enbridge tries to keep community out of community meetings
by Josh Paterson West Coast Environmental Law Over the past week, citizens packed the inaugural meetings of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines’ so-called “Community Advisory Board” in Kitimat, where ...
BC Group Urges Secretary Clinton to Say No to Dirty Canadian Oil
Dogwood Initiative has joined an international network of environmental groups urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deny permits for a series of pipelines designed to bring dirty oil ...
Whale deaths a harbinger?
Therecent deaths of whales at opposite ends of the world shook me up, bringing tothe surface emotional moments from my childhood, my professional life and mynew role as a ...
BC-STV….what’s next?
by Jennie Milligan I used to love election day, not because I was excited about voting, but because I felt heartened to see my fellow citizens doing their civic ...