Homes are heated by wood, oil, gas, and BC Hydro. The hazards of wood, oil and gas are well known but there is a major environmental cost of BC Hydro’s dams, a lot of it unseen, and little known to the public, which must be included in this discussion. 1- Thousands of productive salmon runs…
Holiday Lights during a climate emergency
Back in May of this year, the city of Courtenay declared a climate emergency, but what does that mean? Usually, it would mean taking drastic measures immediately or as soon as possible. According to NASA, the amount of light visible from space increases by 20% to 30%, and as much as 50% in the suburbs…
The Moods of Edziza
Filmed on location The Mt Edziza Volcanic Complex and Morchuea Lake BC Canada
Comox Glacier 2013 to 2019 Ice Loss
2013 to 2019 Before and after slider (above ) The photo on the left was taken the 4th week of September, 2013. The photo on the right was taken the 4th week of September, 2019. All the glacier photos have been shot from the bird observation deck on the Dyke Road in Courtenay, BC, about…
An Open and Shut Case of Ecocide at East Creek, Brooks Peninsula
Use the before and after Slider to see how Lemare Logging drove in deep and as fast as possible to make sure it was unusable for saving. 2014 to 2016 [Google Earth Image]
Solar Solutions
Forbes Magazine — not exactly your typical environmental magazine — says; “We could power the entire World by harnessing Solar Energy from 1% of the Sahara.” It goes on to say; “There is no way coal, oil, wind, geothermal, or nuclear can compete with this.” It’s not only Forbes making this kind of definitive statement, which…
A rerun of the East Coast cod disaster
There are few internet resources as good as YouTube to forcibly remind you of a historical event which is relevant to today. In 1992, the Canadian fisheries minister, John Crosby, angrily reminded protesting cod fisherman in Newfoundland that “I didn’t take the fish from the [expletive] water.” A pretty dramatic moment, still available on YouTube….