Ana Simeon's Posts
Field Notes from Rithet's Bog
Early morning is a busy time on the water. By now our presence has been forgotten, or accepted, and all attention is given to the serious business of breakfast. The Mallards harvest the shallows, up-ending to reach the muddy bottom. A female Red-Winged Blackbird scurries up and down the cattails in search of bugs, maybe even adding a straw or two to her new nest as she goes.
All that time, and DFO wants to blow dam up
The Coho run in De Mamiel Creek was rebuilt because thousands of people invested their caring, time and energy in the health of their local stream. Now the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans wants to blow up the dam that prevents the creek from drying up in the summer.
In Praise of Sardines
Ana Simeon test-drives two yummy recipes for Pacific Sardines, a Best Choice sustainable seafood.
Bobbing for Apples for Juan de Fuca
Remember Bobbing for Apples with your hands tied behind your back? Watching CRD Board directors muster their best eloquence to oppose a by-law they were not allowed to vote on reminded me of the childhood game. It was hard not to feel disempowered ... but we are not giving up.
Diversity in Opposition
I was bemused by Director Hicks's description of resort opponents as the Dogwood Initiative army "eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches until school starts in the fall."
Juan de Fuca: Bulldozers Deferred
The 19 speakers lined up to address the Capital Regional District on the Juan de Fuca resort proposal were quietly waiting in their numbered seats. If anyone was nervous, it didn't show. We knew it wasn't going to be a slam dunk. Despite overwhelming public opposition ...
Eradicating Ecocide
The global immune system is kicking in. Environmental lawyer Polly Higgins's proposal to the U.N. to penalise ecocide as a crime against humanity is a long-awaited, truly global response to the wholesale destruction of ecosystems - from the tar sands to the global ocean.
Not Just a Slap on the Wrist
Wouldn't you love to see the CEO's of oil companies implicated in the tar sands given bed and board at Her Majesty's Pleasure? The UN is mulling over a new crime against peace crime - ecocide.
Sex, Money and Recycling
It used to be sex, money and the kids. Now recycling (and green lifestyle choices in general) has joined the list of hot triggers for marital conflicts.
