Fukushima is the most terrifying situation I can imagine.

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.'

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don't always reflect or act on that knowledge.

Conventional economics is a form of brain damage. Economics is so fundamentally disconnected from the real world, it is destructive.

The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.