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Protecting Mature Trees Should Be A City Priority

I I have to tell you - there are days when I am utterly gob smacked by the stuff people do. Case in point? Just last Friday, I was walking down a residential street in my neighbourhood, when I turned the corner and came to a dead halt. There, on the edge of a nearby yard were four hacked down trees. I say “hacked” because about 4 and half feet of their large trunks were still visible above the ground. And when I looked more closely at the two trees left standing, I could see

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Protecting Mature Trees Should Be A City Priority

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Mark Carney and The Rhetoric Versus Reality Gap

Like many Canadians, I was initially impressed by Prime Minister Carney’s Davos speech. Largely because it was the first time, in my memory, that a politician stood on a global stage and admitted that the so-called “rules based order,” established after WW2, was too often applied to the benefit of the few to the detriment of the many . Or as he put it: “We knew that the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselve

Mar 113 min read

Dear Readers...

Dear Readers, Pictured above is a mighty Cottonwood tree that stands on the lower shores of the Assiniboine River near my Wolseley home. It’s just one of the trees I write about in Out on a Limb, a book about the extraordinary value and benefits of our urban forests. I had tremendous fun writing the book, but now the time has come to let it go to find its place in the world. Which can be a bit nerve-wracking, because you never know how readers will respond. So when I got the

Feb 162 min read

Who’s Afraid of Social Democracy?

I’ve been following Zohran Mamdani’s rise from relative obscurity to mayor of the largest city in America not just with interest, but with a kind of wild enthusiasm. And I suspect that some of you out there might be feeling the same. That’s because Mamdani ran on a list of pledges that haven’t, with a few notable exceptions, been heard out of a civic politician’s mouth in many a moon - the chief one being the promise of a just and helping hand for the millions of New Yorkers

Jan 293 min read

Welcome to My Blog! It’s time to talk about nature, climate, and a whole host of other things!

They call me “the tree lady” - I’ve been called worse! - because I’m passionate about protecting and expanding Winnipeg’s urban forest. But first and foremost, I’m writer, filmmaker and environmental activist with a wide range of interests. In addition to publishing a novel and short stories, I’ve written and directed more than a dozen award-winning science and nature documentaries for CBC’s The Nature of Things With David Suzuki.

Recently, I’ve written a series of opinion editorials for The Winnipeg Free Press on urban issues, from climate change and trees to downtown renewal.

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