For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

Many organic practices simply make sense, regardless of what overall agricultural system is used. Far from being a quaint throwback to an earlier time, organic agriculture is proving to be a serious contender in modern farming and a more environmentally sustainable system over the long term.

Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary.

What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?

The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home.

The current economic system is fundamentally flawed and inevitably destructive.

Come on Canada, it's time to kick our bad habits and get into shape!