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New Faces at Dogwood

March 22, 2011 | 

In the past few months, Dogwood has welcomed two new communications staff. Karl Hardin Karl Hardin joined Dogwood full time in January as our communications coordinator. He has a ...

The Politics of Choosing

February 17, 2011 | 

Historic Opportunity Nothing in the world is static. The second law of thermodynamics states that disorder in the universe always increases. Biological forces such as natural selection and competition ...

When Oil and Gas Come to Town

February 17, 2011 | 

On the morning of May 23rd, 2010, Mike Roberts, a Louisiana fisherman, received a call from a friend who told him that he needed to get out on the ...

Taking the Wilderness Out of the Trail

February 17, 2011 | 

On the evening of February 15th, the Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee gave preliminary approval for Ender Ilkay’s plan to build 300 vacation houses on the Juan de ...

BC Groups Praise Decision to Fast-Track Oil Tanker Ban Legislation

February 16, 2011 | 

Dogwood Initiative, Forest Ethics, West Coast Environmental Law Association, Living Oceans Society VICTORIA – Vancouver Liberal Member of Parliament Joyce Murray announced this morning that she is prioritizing Bill ...

What Does Dogwood Do?

February 3, 2011 | 

On occasion Dogwood Initiative posts blogs written by our supporters. If you’ve got a topic you’d like to write about get in touch with us  info@dogwoodinitaitve.org  If you’d like ...

A Dangerous Precedent

January 14, 2011 | 

In land use planning there is no such thing as a one time exception: every rezoning amendment and every extension of municipal services to a rural area sets a ...

Grassroots Action on Climate Change

January 14, 2011 | 

Here at Dogwood initiative, we’ve been busy doing research on BC’s coal industry and we’ll soon be releasing two major research reports, which will form the foundation of a ...

Resolved to Win

January 12, 2011 | 

When you put a lot of work and energy into something, and it pans out, afterwards you can feel a weird combination of total exhaustion, but also lots of ...