

HOW TO MAKE THINGS WORSE
I’m not in Ottawa and have no idea what happened or is happening with this 'trucker convoy' thing. I don't know who’s involved or not,...
Feb 2, 202210 min read


WATER IS LIFE
What is going on with the water situation in this country? For more than ten years now I’ve been hearing about serious drinking and...
Jan 27, 20227 min read


CHOOSE YOUR OWN REALITY
[A SOCIALLY DISTANCED PANDEMIC PUB QUIZ] 1) COVID-19 will: A) Soon be forgotten B) Decide to disregard natural and anthropogenic...
Jan 23, 202217 min read


TUBERCULOSIS
I know very little about past outbreaks and pandemics (other than a few half-anecdotes about some notable events like the 1854 Broad...
Jan 20, 20222 min read


THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
Conversations about carbon dioxide and energy have been unavoidable within environmental circles and are increasingly so in the media. In...
Jan 5, 202234 min read


THE NOUVEAU NIHILISTS or A RESPONSE TO “WHY YOU SHOULDN’T LISTEN TO SELF-SERVING OPTIMISTS…”
Someone shared with me an article by a senior lecturer in sociology from Lund University, Roland Paulsen . Therein Paulsen offers a...
Nov 9, 20219 min read


"92% EFFICACY"
I was having an argument with someone about how we report our COVID cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths. My issue wasn’t...
Oct 21, 20216 min read


FAIRY CREEK or AVATAR?
Acquaintances of mine share video after video, post after post, and slogan after slogan that, as far as I’m able to discern, rewrite all...
Sep 2, 20215 min read


WHAT AM I MISSING?
We act as though seeking or divulging one’s vaccine status is simple and no big deal. I feel like it’s very complicated, more like a...
Aug 25, 20215 min read


WHY NOT BE THE ALTERNATIVE?
Dear Green Party of Canada, What if you dropped the misinformation, at least for official statements on key platform items. During...
Aug 18, 20211 min read


VACCINE EQUITY?
Editorials and Twitter threads have arrived weekly on the issue of global vaccine equity. They’re easy to find. Every major news source...
Jul 31, 20217 min read


Jul 22, 20210 min read


I'LL GIVE YOU TEN REASONS
As I’ve said all pandemic, I’m in support of very strict, even unpleasant, public health measures for combating COVID. But such measures...
Jul 21, 20216 min read


NO SENSE OF PLACE or HOW TO ERASE HISTORY AND CULTURE
In one of our final courses we were asked for an analysis and reflection of major course projects and themes. Here was mine: The Local...
Apr 29, 202111 min read
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SPECIES [NOT] AT RISK
Somehow polar bears became the symbol of climate change and species extinction. It makes some sense how this creature arrived at it...
Jan 3, 20214 min read


WILL WE EVER HAVE A COVID VACCINE?
I’ve had nearly every common and exotic shot and oral immunization available. In my youth I was given all the typical ones nearly every...
Dec 29, 202014 min read


VANCOUVER HOMELESSNESS COUNT
Total: 2005: 1,364 (Sheltered 773, Unsheltered 59) 2010: 1,715 (Sheltered 1,294, Unsheltered 421) 2015: 1,746 (Sheltered 1,258,...
Nov 19, 20202 min read


THESIS - INTRO, METHOD, METHODOLOGY
Introduction I entered the Master of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication (MAEEC) program at Royal Roads University because...
Sep 30, 20207 min read











































































