Notes from the Panther Lounge archives
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Elders in search of a cause
June 11, 2010Come by, if you will, any third Thursday of the month to the airy and spacious offices of the David Suzuki Foundation on West 4th in Vancouver. There you will... More »
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Salmon farming: the real dispute
May 19, 2010The Get Out Migration march in April and May of 2010 in which thousands of people walked from points between Echo Bay in the Broughton Archipelago to the steps of... More »
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Wisdom of the Elders
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Climate change indicators
May 13, 2010The evidence of human influences on climate change has become increasingly clear and compelling over the last several decades There is now convincing evidence that human activities such as electricity... More »
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Climate-change denialism
May 13, 2010A 2010 series of public opinion polls reveal that 58% of Canadians consider global warming to be real and mostly caused by emissions from vehicles and industrial facilities. By comparison,... More »
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New federal sustainability strategy and global enviro ranking both arriving just in time
May 11, 2010The strategy has been long awaited in certain quarters and represents an opportunity for Canada to climb out of the global environmental cellar. The federal government released a draft of... More »
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Top-level Elders
May 6, 2010The Elders are an independent group of eminent global leaders, brought together by Nelson Mandela, who offer their collective influence and experience to support peace building, help address major causes... More »
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Grey whale brings hope to Vancouver harbour
May 6, 2010Seeing a Grey Whale in the middle of a the city I call home (Vancouver, B.C.) brought back a hope that is often crushed by environmental catastrophes like the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. More »
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A sense of place
May 5, 2010Our world is being radically transformed by our muscular technologies. But if we cannot predict the global ecological effects of our activities, how can we control or manage them? We... More »
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The technologies are available now
May 5, 2010Even given the extraordinary environmental challenges the world is facing, there is much to be upbeat about. Almost everything we need to do to build the new economy has been... More »
