Our campaign to save the bees, The Bee Cause, is picking up momentum. All the effort you and I have put in is starting to pay off. I want to thank you warmly for your continuing support of this work. Last fall I told you the Environment Commissioner (CESD) was auditing the Pest Management Regulatory
Every year, millions of honey and native bees and untold number of other insect pollinators are killed by pesticides used on seeds for corn, soybeans, sunflowers, fruits and other crops. Hi, I’m Friends of the Earth Canada’s CEO, Bea Olivastri, and I’m asking you to make a New Year’s resolution to do three
Considering the contents of the Paris Agreement triggers mixed emotions. I’m glad, sad and mad all at the same time. Glad that 195 countries could reach an agreement that signals the end of our use of fossil fuels and commits them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And, I’m glad that Canada has moved from obstruction
Paris. Day 12. The final draft text was released at 9pm Thursday night and exhausted negotiators are discussing it today, Friday, with the goal of releasing a final text tomorrow. Twelve days and nights of complex negotiations have not strengthened the original text but weakened it. It started off ambitiously. World leaders came to Paris
Reflections from Paris at the Conference of the Parties on climate change. Two days before the final text of the agreement of the climate convention is to be released. Ministers in charge of climate change have been discussing the text since yesterday Monday December 7 and aim to wind up by Friday night at the
Friends of the Earth stands for a sustainable world of justice and peace, where people live in dignity and enjoy freedom of expression and conduct their lives with respect for future generations and the environment and kindness towards strangers and refugees. To fulfill this vision of our world, we need not succumb to fear
Think about our daily habits and you can’t escape the fact that bees are an important part of our lives. Morning coffee and tea, honey on toast, an apple in our child’s lunch, mid-day snacking on almonds or grapes, a cranberry martini after work or apple pie for dessert at a dinner party. Our holidays
Here’s a special thanks to Sam, Chayse, Jocelyn, Matthew, Tyler, Ryan, Sydney, Hailey, Ronni, Dani, Michaela, and Owen – last year’s Grade Six students at Eastview Public School in Oakville, Ontario There are many reasons to give thanks this year as Thanksgiving rolls around. Friends of the Earth Canada has a lot of wonderful people
There’s one thing that Mother Nature hasn’t yet wreaked havoc with and that’s bringing the cooler comfortable temperatures for fall, like clockwork. You unpack that sweater from the bottom drawer and think about dragging out your summer stowaway bins from the basement. On second thought, maybe Indian summer is around the corner? Unlike us, bees
Canada’s commander in chief for the environment has forgotten the tiny, stalwart creatures that serve us every day to ensure a secure food supply – four species of wild bees that urgently need protection and rescue plans. In the military world, “missing in action” is taken seriously. Personnel may be killed, wounded, or taken a
