PostedMar 18, 2026 | Arts & Culture, book review, climate change, opinion
Book Review by Ross Thrasher Ecological Nation: Toward Peace, Order, and Good Government, by Byron Williston. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2026. What is Canada’s future in the face of two existential threats: the climate crisis and American authoritarianism? Will...
PostedDec 22, 2025 | climate change, Education, news, opinion, policy, sustainability, technology
This report is shared with the permission of the Climate Emergency Unit. The Climate Emergency Unit (CEU) final report is a special gift for you, and we hope you find the time to read it and put it to good use. Along with genuine reflections on the lifelong lessons...
PostedDec 22, 2025 | climate change, opinion, policy, sustainability
This video is shared with the permission of the Climate Emergency Unit. When action is needed to confront an existential threat, what does it look, sound and feel like when leaders are in genuine emergency mode? This inspiring video – produced by the Climate Emergency...
PostedDec 15, 2025 | Arts & Culture, book review, climate change, opinion
Book Review by Ross Thrasher Run Like a Girl: a memoir of ambition, resilience and fighting for change, by Catherine McKenna. Sutherland House, 2025. A competitive swimmer in her teens. A world traveler and UN representative in her 20s. A corporate lawyer, founder of...
PostedJun 9, 2025 | Arts & Culture, book review, climate change, opinion, Youth
Eco-fiction Book Reviews by Ross Thrasher “The water is only doing what it must. It is old and it is smart, and it has been changing forever, and we can no more fight it than we can fight the sky.” (From All the Water in the World) Two excellent new novels encompass...
PostedMar 26, 2025 | climate change, e-vehicles, opinion, sustainability, technology
By Arden Henley We can thank Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies and threats to our sovereignty for helping us to realize that in many ways we have become too dependent on the United States leading, in turn, to an overreliance on the extractive sectors of our...
