Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.

What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet.

All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.

My earliest memory from childhood is of fishing with my father. And I remember vividly we were in a store, and we were buying a pup tent to go on our first camping trip.

The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.

Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

My Prime Minister regards the economy as our highest priority and forgets that economics and ecology are derived from the same Greek word, oikos, meaning household or domain. Ecology is the study of home, while economics is its management. Ecologists try to define the conditions and principles that enable a species to survive and flourish. Yet in elevating the economy above those principles, we seem to think we are immune to the laws of nature. We have to put the ‘eco’ back into economics.