by Charles Hodgson I attended the Climate Reality training in San Francisco in 2012 after having a bit of an awakening in 2009 around the time of the Copenhagen climate summit—COP 15. It was at a dinner party I was hosting. One of our guests turned out to be a climate change denier and we argued furiously. I woke up the

By Grant Linney Welcome to The Future We Choose , a series of monthly articles on climate change and what we must do about it. While our attention is on COVID-19, the frequency, duration, and intensity of global extreme weather events—heat domes, droughts, wildfires, atmospheric rivers and flooding—has increased dramatically. Climate scientists tell us that we have eight short years to limit global warming to 1.5 C. We are already at 1.2 C. We must invest in an immediate and

By Lianne Barnes Areas are being devalued due to newfound flood-risk zones, and rising sea levels and wildfires make it next to impossible to rebuild homes where they were lost.  A new report from the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices (CICC), a federally funded research institute, revealed some shocking discoveries about the current and future state of Canada’s infrastructure last month. From private dwelling homes to public roads and powerlines, the very structures w

By Grant Linney Late last month, I returned from six restorative days of canoeing in Killarney Provincial Park amidst fall colours, good weather and close friends. It reminded me of an Indigenous distinction between spending much-needed time in nature, in “what made you” versus our all-too-common experience of being distracted by the superficial world of “what you made”. As a career outdoor and environmental educator, I seek to expose people of all ages to the beauty, wonder

By Sydney Whiting Sherri Mitchell Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset is an Indigenous lawyer, environmental and social activist, and visionary. The following is a personal reflection to her powerful essay, “Indigenous Prophecy and Mother Earth,” published in the All We Can Save anthology.  Through the perpetration of harmful colonial attitudes, the traditional wisdom of Indigenous peoples, knowledge-keepers, and elders have long been neglected in settings of academia, political and