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Burnt ground and unburnt aspen trunks after the Monte Creek fire, 2021.

Stop the Spray: Glyphosate, Forest Monoculture, and Fire

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Jen Groundwater

Aerial photo of flood devastation over Abbotsford and Chilliwack BC, November 23, 2021

Sue Big Oil challenges the short-term profits driving the climate crisis

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Andrew Gage

Discarded styrofoam float polluting a beach

Time’s Up For Toxic Docks

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Jen Groundwater

Female Patagonian seahorse (Hippocampus patagonicus) | photo by Amanda Vincent / Project Seahorse

Magical and Powerful Ocean Ambassadors

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Odette Auger

Two youth sampling water from a lake, part of Water First youth internship.

Knowledge On Tap

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Desiree Mannila

Ira Reinhart-Smith, one of fifteen youth in La Rose et al vs. Her Majesty the Queen. They are taking the federal government to court, “to uphold what is basically required for survival.” Photo by Odette Auger

Parts per million rising– but so is awareness

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Odette Auger

Dusk light over water, as author reflects on the Kearl Mining tailings leak.

Water Heart

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Cassandra Blondin Burt

Chief Joseph Dam on the Columbia River | Photo: US Army Corps of Engineers

Where Will BC Get the Electricity for Future LNG?

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Sidney Coles

Beavers restoring wetlands. Detail, "Let the beaver do the work," by Roger Peet, Justseeds Artists' Cooperative

Beavers Restoring Wetlands

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Natalia Nybida

Manhattan skyline, showing the Empire State Building and UN Headquarters, under a haze of wildfire smoke in early June 2023 | Photo: Jackson Todd

Linked Fates

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Jackson Todd

Against the Grain

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Amir Said

Stewardship, not greed say Kwakwaka'wakw Gig̲a̲me (Hereditary Chiefs) standing together after placing down their Coppers | Photo provided by Desiree Mannila from Gig̲a̲me Walas Namugwis' April 1, 2023 feast at the Tsakis Gukwdzi (Fort Rupert Bighouse)

Stewardship, Not Greed

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Desiree Mannila

Decolonial Futures

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Odette Auger

Yukon Policy Short On Actual Protection For Wetlands

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Kaylee Nitsiza and Odette Auger

Lithium Mining is Next for Dene Lands and Water

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Odette Auger

Shipbreaking site in Baynes Sound

Shipbreaking Persists in Baynes Sound

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Jen Groundwater

Robert Bringhurst partly obscured by a tree, holding a pinecone

Poetry and Place

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Natalia Nybida

Group of people in grasslands, blue sky behind

Grasslands as Teacher

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Desiree Mannila

Coho salmon spawning | Photo: Bureau of Land Management

BC Salmon Returns 2022

Greg Taylor

small group of caribou in the snow

Caribou as Forest Protectors

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Odette Auger

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