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In diversity there is strength
Last month when I started this blog, I suggested we work together to find more equitable and sustainable ways to live our lives on spaceship Earth. How do we ...
Goodbye Dogwood
A friend of mine recently said that we should measure the time spent working for non-profits in dog years; seven for every one. It certainly is an intense work ...
Dogwood goes to Enbridge 2010 AGM
One of the most difficult aspects of trying to stop large corporations like Enbridge from bringing oil tankers to our coast is an intrinsic imbalance of power and accountability. ...
Want an Oil Tanker Ban? Tell the Federal Liberals
Watch this video to get a sense of the historic ‘Solidarity Gathering of Nations’ event that took place in Kitimaat Village on May 29th. Then click here to write ...
Dogwood Initiative Responds to Enbridge Regulatory Application
Contact: Eric Swanson – 250-381-3226 VICTORIA – Responding to Enbridge’s filing of an application late today for their Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline and tanker project to BC’s coast, ...
Central Saanich’s Rogue Council
In our continent of big box stores and commuter suburbs Central Saanich is anomalous as a rural community that protects its farms by funneling development into existing urban areas. ...
Rogue Council Approves of Urban Sprawl in Central Saanich
(May 11) Yesterday the Central Saanich Planning Committee voted against staff and Advisory Planning Commission recommendations and give preliminary approval for Vantreight Farms to build another commuter subdivision. The ...
Getting There
By Alan Hedley Hello Dogwooders. I am a recently retired sociology professor from UVic. One thing I learned when I reached age 65 is that people aren’t telling me ...
Not Here, Not Ever
As you read this, a vast oil spill, likely to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez, is spreading across the Gulf of Mexico after a fire and explosion that killed ...
