The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act.

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

We can no longer tolerate what's going on in Ottawa and Edmonton. What I would challenge you to do is to put a lot of effort into trying to see whether there's a legal way of throwing our so-called leaders into jail because what they're doing is a criminal act.

If we continue to set human borders and the economy as our highest priorities, we will never come to grips with the destructiveness of our activities and institutions.

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

Our identity includes our natural world, how we move through it, how we interact with it and how it sustains us.

Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.