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GMO Bites
“Adopt-a-Retailer” targets GM apples by Lucy Sharratt • With our government’s approval of the genetically modified (GM) “non-browning” apple in March, and with no labelling of GM foods, it’s time to...
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China’s pollution a toxic lesson to all
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki Beijing’s 21-million residents live in a toxic fog of particulate matter, ozone, sulphur dioxide, mercury, cadmium, lead and other contaminants, mainly caused by...
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Wally’s farewell
by Eliza Olson, President, Burns Bog Conservation Society Wally Davyduke, 1936-2015 Burns Bog Society co-founder and “Captain of the Boardwalk” Wally Davyduke was a founding member of the Burns Bog...
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Remembering Mike Carr (1942-2015)
A father of bio-regionalism by Kriszta Hernadi Mike Carr with Susan’s grandson Mike Carr’s social and environmental activism spans four decades. As an organizer, founder or member, he worked with a...
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Safe food advocates organize
• Renowned Health Canada whistleblower and food safety crusader Dr. Shiv Chopra will headline the launch of The Canadian Council on Food Sovereignty and Health on May 24 in Windsor, Ontario. Chopra’s...
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NEWSBITES: June 2015
No patents on seeds “Act now – save the future of our food!” The coalition of No Patents on Seeds! has published an international call to European governments to stop patents on plants and animals....
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GM crops wreak havoc with ecosystems and health
GMO BITES by Lucy Sharratt by Lucy Sharratt GMO Inquiry 2015 is proceeding and has now investigated the environmental impacts of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Genetically modified – GM, also...
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Citizen science a major revolution
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki One of this year’s most popular Sundance Film Festival entries, Tangerine, was shot with an iPhone 5S and edited with an $8 app called Filmic Pro. New technology has...
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Druker’s Challenge to Monsanto on GMO Food
Steven Druker has hurled a bold challenge at Monsanto, demanding it try to find any inaccurate statements of fact in the new book he has written – Altered Genes, Twisted Truth – exposing the...
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Altered Genes, Twisted Truth. Jane Goodall on the real story on GE Foods
a Foreword to Altered Genes, Twisted Truth by Jane Goodall Jane Goodall I well remember how horrified I felt when I learned that scientists had succeeded in reconfiguring the genetics of plants and...
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A call to modernize food labelling
Food labelling needs modernization • plant-based products currently face discrimination serving cashew cheeze on a board The Plant Foods Council, a national trade association promoting and protecting...
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Four keys to healthy aging
by Dr. Mercola • If you had a choice and could either age well – enjoying your “golden years” with energy and vigour, free from disability and illness – or age poorly and be straddled with health...
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Vancouver Farmers’ Markets
20 years of farm to table goodness • For the last 20 years, Vancouver Farmers Markets have fed people and created community. We are a registered non-profit society that supports small farm production,...
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Clean tech: God bless the Pope
by Bruce Mason • A global chorus now has a conductor with impeccable timing and sense of harmony, a man who connects all the dots while just getting warmed up. Of the 300 formal teachings on Catholic...
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A global consciousness shift
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki • When an assassin killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914, no one called it the start of the First World War. That happened years later, after the...
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The Mount Polley disaster
One year later by Rod Marining One year after the Mt. Polley disaster, Hazeltine Creek now resembles a dry canyon. Photo by Kim Goforth. • Mining in BC could cost BC taxpayers more than a mine produces...
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Hope in the summer of fire by Bruce Mason • What are we to make of the sickening smoke that still lingers over much of Canada? And the toxic soup of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde,...
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Clean tech’s top 10 trends
by Bruce Mason • It’s virtually impossible to stay on top of the clean tech tidal wave exploding in many places on our endangered planet. It’s particularly difficult in Canada where this worldwide...
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Take a hike
and some food to keep you going • For short hikes, food is more of a nice to have rather than a necessity. But on long hikes, an adequate food supply is critical to success and safety. Whether going on...
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Cecil’s killing spotlights barbaric hunt
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki • A beloved animal, tagged for tracking by researchers, crosses the invisible boundary between protected and unprotected area and is killed by a hunter who has paid...
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