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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

August 31, 2023

Discarded styrofoam float polluting a beach

Time’s Up For Toxic Docks

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Jen Groundwater

August 14, 2023

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

Magical and Powerful Ocean Ambassadors

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Odette Auger

July 24, 2023

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

Knowledge On Tap

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Desiree Mannila

July 17, 2023

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

July 15, 2023

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

Water Heart

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Cassandra Blondin Burt

July 10, 2023

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

July 6, 2023

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

July 4, 2023

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

June 26, 2023

Against the Grain

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Amir Said

June 23, 2023

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

May 24, 2023

Smokestack against sunny sky

5.8 billion in subsidies, only capturing 0.05% of carbon

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Mitchell Beer

May 12, 2023

Decolonial Futures

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Odette Auger

May 12, 2023

Yukon Policy Short On Actual Protection For Wetlands

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Kaylee Nitsiza and Odette Auger

May 10, 2023

Lithium Mining is Next for Dene Lands and Water

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Odette Auger

May 2, 2023

Shipbreaking site in Baynes Sound

Shipbreaking Persists in Baynes Sound

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Jen Groundwater

April 27, 2023

Robert Bringhurst partly obscured by a tree, holding a pinecone

Poetry and Place

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Natalia Nybida

March 17, 2023

Group of people in grasslands, blue sky behind

Grasslands as Teacher

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Desiree Mannila

February 28, 2023

Coho salmon spawning | Photo: Bureau of Land Management

BC Salmon Returns 2022

Greg Taylor

February 14, 2023

small group of caribou in the snow

Caribou as Forest Protectors

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Odette Auger

February 14, 2023

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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

September 27, 2023

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

July 6, 2023

Indigenous people and allies against PRGT

Prince Rupert Pipeline Resistance

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Sidney Coles

February 1, 2025

Two Stallions Fighting - photo © Kelly Willson

Wild Horses of the Chilcotin

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Bob Collins

February 12, 2024

Supporters along the highway at SELEK-TEL- (Goldstream River)

Standing With Salmon and W̱SÁNEĆ People

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Denise Nadeau

June 18, 2024

Zoe Todd, fish philosopher and Tier 2 Research Chair at Simon Fraser University. Indigenizing the Anthropocene, and learning from Indigenous worldview is key.

Impermanence is the Opportunity, Says Fish Philosopher

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Odette Auger

November 25, 2023

Crofton Mill. Photo by Grant Callegari | Hakai Magazine

Pulp Friction: End of an Era

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Zoe Blunt

January 6, 2026

Célio Pinheiro Leocádio, standing in front of tree plantation clearcut, holds up a eucalyptus seedling

Brazil’s “Green Deserts”

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by Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt

October 12, 2023

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