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Acts of Resistance: Museum of Vancouver Exhibit on Indigenous Protest Art Goes Virtual
The Museum of Vancouver has a fantastic exhibit right now on Indigenous protest art called Acts of Resistance. It features seven Indigenous artists and the flags they designed for a…
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‘The Story of Plastic’ is an eye-opener on the global plastic pollution crisis
What does an anti-oil & gas activist in Houston, Texas, have in common with a lawyer advocating for plastic bag bans in Jakarta, Indonesia, and a waste picker in Delhi,…
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5 ways to “self-isolate” during the coronavirus AND be an activist
What you can do from home to make the world a better place. We know that community power is essential to creating lasting change in the world, but in times…
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Federal coronavirus bailout: Corporations SHOULD be paying to clean up orphan wells
Okay so let’s talk about the elephant in the room… the government bailout announcement on March 17th and the $1.7 billion for oil well cleanups. A lot of you sent…
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Greenpeace Canada response to federal oil & gas funding package
no dedicated bailout money for oil (they could already access the general pot of money)$1.6B for oil well clean-up, but fed money comes with the conditions we have requested (AB…
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Pipeline construction, an essential service?
Here’s how the oil and gas industry continues to operate under the radar despite the coronavirus. This is a stressful time to say the least. Everything seems impacted by COVID-19.…
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Your guide to bailout people, not corporations!
We are hearing more and more about the “stimulus packages” that the government is putting forward to address the impacts of COVID-19 on our economy. If you’re like me, you…
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Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau about Oil package bailout midst coronavirus crisis
COVID-19 is presenting real and immediate risks to people's health and livelihoods. It is appropriate and necessary for the federal government to make major interventions to keep people safe and healthy, to keep food on our tables and roofs over our heads.
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The fossil fuel industry’s “genderwashing” exposes another layer of their hypocrisy
Every year when International Women’s Day comes around on the 8th of March, it’s now normal to see corporations jumping on the opportunity to make their brands appear more interested in gender equality. Companies organise…
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We need to talk about colonial violence, Wet’suwet’en and Prime Minister Trudeau
ICYMI: Some updates on the Wet'suwet'en solidarity actions. As settlers on Indigenous land, we have a responsibility to push for an end of colonial violence. The relationships, systems and processes that do violence to the land and Indigenous Peoples is not a thing of the past.