"Rewilding is not just about protecting individual species. It’s about re-establishing the relationships between them, many of which are complex and poorly understood." www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...

I'm still not travel writing, but I couldn't resist sharing some of my favourite spots in Vancouver with CAA Magazine: caamagazine.com/mb/adventure...

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

I use Canada Post to ship out my prints. Its crucial for my business. Canada Post staff are fantastic when I go in to ship stuff out. Corner store depots are a NIGHTMARE for small businesses. Try going in with 30 packages while people are buying lotto. UPS and Fed Ex triple my costs.

Good read here. Solar panels are cheap today everywhere because Germany's government created a 100,000-solar-roof program to build a pro-renewable constituency, creating the political capital for the wider subsidies that made the German industry boom and then get exported to China and made cheap

In this OpEd, I talk about the residential schools still being built in China and Russia - and explain how that should change Canadians’ thinking about this country’s residential schools: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

All the reasons not to give in to generative AI. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

My driver's license comes in the mail. My health card comes in the mail. My notifications about mammograms and other imaging come by mail! Some of my income comes by mail. What if we just, I dunno, used TAXES to pay for this SERVICE?

@zoeyunker.bsky.social with a scoop on LNG Canada operations in Kitimat. #bcpoli

“Painting the wall brought attention to it,” says Swanson. “It got people to ask questions and to marvel over the incredible beauty of this micro universe, which we often don’t even notice.” www.rewildingmag.com/the-muralist...

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

corporations fund guys like Kirk to not only spread bullshit, but to keep the plebs fighting amongst themselves, making informed consensus and reform harder to come by. I enjoy when writers center on this fact.

New life goal: to be blepped by the world’s rarest mammals. First up – the Vancouver Island marmot. A photo essay.

“You can feel the difference,” says Sachin, Rupesh’s younger brother and a student of rural management. “Earlier, people had to migrate. Now, we work six months in the forest and spend the rest on farming or enjoying festivals. There is a rhythm to life again.” www.rewildingmag.com/from-barren-...

I wrote about some important steps to take pre-retirement - especially if you don't have kids - for MoneySense: www.moneysense.ca/save/retirem...

#OpEd The past decade saw a growing number of targeted groups created in Russia. Of course that made having children unappealing, writes Valery Panyushkin.

Except this savings flows to the 90%, while the 10% and especially the super-rich will take a tremendous hit in stranded assets. In other words, climate change is a class war.

Russian dissidents denied asylum in the U.S. fear deportation back into the arms of Putin’s security services - unless Canada intervenes. “I hope that Canada will accept us, because all the world is going crazy and I hope that Canada won’t be.” My report

An #ElectricVehicle mandate helps create a more affordable future for Canadians. Requiring automakers to supply more EVs drives down costs through scale, ensures greater consumer choice and provides the policy certainty needed for industry to invest in tech & infrastructure. 1/3

Dear readers, we urgently need your help. Without at least 15,000 regular supporters, Meduza as you know it will cease to exist. But if you come through, you know we’ll keep working for you. Please, read our full statement here: meduza.io/en/feature/2...

"In short: You really don’t want to be breathing wildfire smoke if you can avoid it. And that goes double if you’re in a high-risk group, which includes the very young, seniors and people who spend a lot of time outdoors, those who are pregnant..." chatelaine.com/environment/...

Dedicated groups and individuals have been working hard for 50 years to reintroduce the species – a successful endeavour resulting in a current status of more than 200 breeding pairs in Scotland alone. www.rewildingmag.com/a-new-film-s...

Listen to Dr. Sheila Colla, may her memory be a blessing: "Engage, tend, nurture and cultivate the natural communities we’re a part of and depend on. Coming back from the biodiversity crisis will require active stewardship, not neglect, of altered landscapes." www.rewildingmag.com/no-mow-may-d...

I'm thrilled to share my debut article for Rewilding Magazine featuring the inspirational conservation work being done by @proyectoarmyu.bsky.social to rewild Colombia's tropical dry rainforest and save endangered cotton-top tamarins. www.rewildingmag.com/the-group-re... @kattancock.bsky.social

"Between the program’s inception in 2017 and 2024, these rewilders planted more than 100,000 native wildflowers and grasses and more than 3,000 trees and shrubs for a total of 7,400 habitat gardens – and they’re just getting started." www.rewildingmag.com/these-volunt...

On Ukraine's Independence Day, here are 10 books to help you understand the country better. My little listicle for @kyivindependent.com. kyivindependent.com/10-books-to-...

Rain has finally returned to the west coast of B.C. — does that mean drought is over? As @sevawood.bsky.social explains, drought can be persistent — and it's becoming a serious problem across Canada. thenarwhal.ca/drought-data...

We released the last marmots of the season today! Early this morning, 4 Vancouver Island marmots were released to two sites in Strathcona Provincial Park. We will follow up with them later this month and next.

Meanwhile, here in ultra-dry southern BC I picked up a cigarette butt on a hiking trail (in a park where smoking is banned) this morning. People like that are why total access bans are put in place.

“Rewilding farms and forming symbiotic relationships with the natural world is easier than fighting or trying to control it.” www.rewildingmag.com/wild-farming...

Another thing I did not have on my 2025 bingo card: Samuel L. Jackson stars in an unapologetically anti-fossil fuel commercial for seaweed snacks grown on offshore wind farms

To find out how to amplify your impact beyond your own front yard – no matter where in the world you live – we spoke with three seasoned @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social Butterflyway Rangers. Here they share their tips on growing #gardens and community, at any scale. www.rewildingmag.com/want-to-supp...

“California, the fourth largest economy on planet Earth, is this summer using 40 percent less natural gas than it did two years ago to generate electricity. If you wanna know why the fossil fuel industry is freaking out and sponsoring every bad politician on Earth, that's why.”

Just got this weird feeling the flag is going to win which makes sense on a semantic level

A young protester in Kyiv sums up the feelings behind the backlash well: “This (law) undermines the very reason Ukraine continues to fight — because we’re supposed to be a young democracy standing up to an old autocracy. But now we’re starting to look more and more alike.”

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Come on people, what does a jay have on a marmot? Let’s do the right thing.

"We’re not going to save the world with one backyard. But every #garden that supports wildlife, and every person who chooses #habitat over (or in addition to) aesthetics, adds to a growing shift." #rewilding #pollinators #wildlife #gardening www.rewildingmag.com/our-yard-is-...

Meduza has collected letters from our readers in Russia, where it's illegal to donate to support our newsroom, appealing to you, our international audience, to help sustain their access to reliable news and information. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

You are all owners of Canada. Please accept this invitation from our government to provide your input on our budget.

BRACKET BRACKET BRACKET It's time for the NATURE round of the Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol! PEACHES. CHERRIES. TREES. FEEL THE EXCITEMENT. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Doing a free, online event this week with fellow Philly-based literary translators through Blue Stoop! Come see my brilliant friends + me as Stoop Kid

this is the way www.404media.co/the-medias-p... by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social

Important chickadee content from the garden today:

"In creating better habitats for insects, you can also reap the benefits: thriving gardens, more songbirds, and a healthier web of life." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The conservation science community lost an amazing soul--Dr. Sheila Colla, the leading expert on wild bees and wild-domestic bee interactions in North America. Sheila was a tremendous advocate for nature and environmental justice. 🧪 www.heritagefuneralcentre.ca/obituaries/S...

In the shadow of kiʔláwnaʔ’s housing boom, fragile ecosystems depend on those fighting to save them "People need to really start thinking about the future of their grandkids, their great grandkids." Story by @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social co-pub with @thenarwhal.ca indiginews.com/features/in-...

‘Kneecap’s lyrics illustrate the reality that a cloying approach to the language would have us forget: in the Gaeltacht and for tens of thousands elsewhere in the country, Irish is not a museum piece but a normal means of daily communication.’ @naoisedolan.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

We're saddened to hear of the passing of @savewildbees.bsky.social, from which we learned so much about North American bees. In her memory, we encourage people to read, buy and take inspiration from her books and this interview from 2022: www.rewildingmag.com/how-to-save-...