People Suffer as Climate Disrupters Rake in Massive Profits
The lineage of our human species has survived for several million years thanks to a…
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We Can’t Look Away From Our Overheating World
Near the end of the film Don’t Look Up, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, astronomer Randall Mindy, turns…
Should We Be Working 15-hour Weeks?
The five-day workweek is an anachronistic relic of a time when conditions were far different…
Trade and Investment Rules Shouldn’t Undermine Climate Ambition
If world representatives at the UN climate conference in Glasgow put talk into action, we…
Work Less, Live Better
During COVID-19 lockdown, people started working and viewing work differently. Many worked from home, and…
The Climate is Changing Rapidly, but the Oil Industry Isn’t
It’s easy to think we’re beyond denial over the climate crisis, now that even oil industry…
U.S. crisis shows need to speak truth to power
As was demonstrated in the U.S. last week, many who are motivated by fear and…
Rediscovering our place in nature
The following is adapted from The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone Books), a book…
Degree sparks necessary debate
Shortly after completing my PhD in the U.S., I taught in the University of Alberta’s…
Consumer society no longer serves our needs
My parents were born in Vancouver — Dad in 1909, Mom in 1911 — and…
Long work hours don’t work for people or the planet
In 1926, U.S. automaker Henry Ford reduced his employees’ workweek from six eight-hour days to…
Tread lightly to lift the weight of the world
How much stuff will you give and receive this holiday season? Add it to the growing pile — the 30-trillion-tonne pile. That’s how much technology and goods humans have produced, according to a study by an international team led by England’s University of Leicester. It adds up to more than all living matter on the planet, estimated at around four trillion tons.
Tread lightly to lift the weight of the world
How much stuff will you give and receive this holiday season? Add it to the…