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Why We Don't Need Carbon Cowboys

Jens Wieting | Posted 01.11.2013 | Canada
Read More: Protection, Salmon, Sandy, Carbon Offset, Soil, Bc, Forest, Rainforest, Great Bear Rainforest, Geo-Engineering, Conservation, Carbon Credit, Old Growth, British Columbia, Canada, Greenpeace, Sierra Club BC, Trees, Haida Gwaii, Forestethics, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Logging, Carbon Sink, Carbon Market, Global Warming, Canada News
Jens Wieting

The controversial geo-engineering and salmon restoration project off the coast of Haida Gwaii received more international criticism this month. The mind-boggling part of the story is that there is no need whatsoever to dump iron into the ocean to support nature to help us in the fight against global warming, especially not along the West Coast of North America.

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Get Out of the Office and Come to Your Senses

Michael Clarkson | Posted 09.23.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Stream, Forest, Fort, Google Image, Nature, The Five Senses, Office, Live in Nature, Office Job, Leave the Office, Mother Nature, Senses, Connect With Nature, Canada Living News
Michael Clarkson

For our healthy enrichment, we must leave the office and the living room for that factory of senses -- Mother Nature. Sure, Google Images and HD television can provide stirring images of Niagara Falls, and yet they don't allow us the true roar of the falls and seagulls squawking over our shoulder and the touch and taste of soft mist on our lips. Treat your senses to time outdoors!

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Protect Canada's Forests -- Only Half of Them Are Intact

David Suzuki | Posted 11.22.2011 | Canada
Read More: Global Forest Watch Canada, Foodprint, Land Use, Threatened Species, Forest, First Nations, Agriculture, Caribou, Pimachiowin Aki, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Boreal, Conservation, Hydro, Culture, Canada News
David Suzuki

Although advances in modern agriculture have brought millions of hectares of once-unsuitable scrub land into food production, the environmental consequences of our growing "foodprint" have been severe.

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