Ahhh, spring: the leaves on trees are opening, spring flowers are blooming, birds are busy making their nests, and bees are buzzing. Gardeners start to get very excited about getting into our gardens to work the soil and …
Why I support rapid transit
The debate over the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has been raging in London, Ontario for weeks, recently including a highly contentious public meeting as well as instances of online name-calling and attacks. For non-Londoners, it is important …
Women’s Strike 2017
I made a video about why I participated in the women’s strike on March 8, focusing especially on the struggles of working women. It didn’t get shared for the media outlet I made it for so I am …
Permaculture and activism, part 1
I am working on a presentation about permaculture as a social and environmental justice movement for this amazing conference Organizing Equality. For this presentation I have been doing some research about permaculture and activism and have come across …
The Cheerios #bringbackthebees campaign is a greenwash
It seems that everyone on Facebook is sharing the news that Cheerios is giving away wildflower seeds as part of their campaign to “bring back the bees”. While planting pollinator-loving plants is important for both honey bees and wild …
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The militant roots of IWD
Today is International Women’s Day – a day that is often promoted as a celebration of women, sometimes promoted as a day of protest a, rarely in the past few decades, promoted as a day of militancy. This …
The power of seeds
Buying a packet of seeds and planting them in the ground may seem like a fairly mundane act. But corporate control of seeds is one of the most important political, social, and environmental issues facing humanity. In many ways, …
