The first piece I found was written for Global News which is a mainstream media source. It was about a four day protest put on by climate activists in Vancouver. The piece was short and discusses a climate walk that could cause some traffic delays. The purpose is to protest and urge the government to increase measures of protecting the environment. I think that it is a good way to gain some attention and potentially make the government think about what they are doing. However, the media piece was short and did not give many details. My position is to…

Over the past years, environmental activism has exposed societal and government ineffectiveness in protecting nature, demanding effective interventions. The news source “Environment Group Sues BC Government Alleging its Climate Plan Fails to Address Emission Targets Adequately” highlights such efforts. Specifically, the article explains that the Sierra Club BC environmental activist group emphasizes that the BC government has been reluctant to implement the appropriate strategies to curb global warming and protect nature. For instance, it has recently approved different projects that have frustrated the efforts to curb biodiversity loss. Such insights relate to the details that the Unis’tot’enCamp’s 2019 documentary ‘Invasion’…

Multiple articles have been in the news recently covering old growth protesting efforts happening on Vancouver Island and the lower mainland. Protest groups such as Save Old Growth are protesting against the harvesting of old growth forests by the forestry industry. I agree with protestors that old growth logging should be stopped immediately, banned permanently, and these highly productive forests protected from future destruction. The documentary, “If a Tree Falls: a Story of the Earth Liberation Front” highlights a group of environmentalists and their civil disobedience fight against old growth logging, clear cutting of forests, wild horse culling and genetic…

            Last Autumn an extreme rainfall event known as an atmospheric river occurred in southwestern British Columbia. Researchers at the University of Victoria have published an article on their study to do with human influence on this extreme weather event that occurred (1). Though the paper is not peer-reviewed yet, I agree that this extreme streamflow and rainfall event occurred and can occur again (more often than not) predominantly because of human-induced climate change. I also believe this study could be a great stepping point towards actions to minimizing climate change and adjusting certain infrastructures in order to be better…

The recent report that the Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation and Minegoziibe Anishinaabe in the Northern Manitoba are suing the Manitoba government and logging giant Louisiana-Pacific Canada for commercial timber cutting on their traditional lands.[1] The two communities team up in environmental campaign against logging and urging the court to stop the Louisiana-Pacific from timber cutting because it would hurt their people, their environment, animals/wildlife, and their sources of traditional medicines.[2] I cherish their campaign to conserve the environment owing to the incessant nature and method of timber cutting in the region for commercial purposes. Hence the important lesson, “Do not…