Michael Bloomfield & Robert Bateman Now may be our last chance to save forest-dwelling caribou in BC. Truth is vital to making good decisions and those like the Financial Post who cry “caribou protection policies could wreak widespread economic carnage across Canada “not only seek to mislead but to impede action on species at risk and meeting our …
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Over the past 35 years I have been a pioneer in promoting greater cooperation on environment and development among business, government and civil society. Far from naivete mine was a hard-nosed, practical strategy to blunt the single minded pursuit of money at the expense of public health, social justice and the natural world. Capitalism has …
Read more “Society’s Return on Investment: The Cult of What’s In It For Me Deepens”
Over the past 40 years I have campaigned for a more humane, peaceful and environmentally responsible world. While there has been some progress greed and shortsightedness have brought us to this moment of reckoning where every biological system is in decline and tribalism is on the rise. This blog will inform, entertain and provoke as …
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— What Can Individuals Do to Better Support Charities? Lanlin Bu, Michael Bloomfield, and Adrian Southin Knowledge is power. Tell your friends and colleagues about the problems highlighted in our recent paper “Unleashing the Power of Canadian Charities”, and encourage government and corporations to remedy those problems. At the same time, we can all take actions …
— What Can Governments Do to Better Support Charities? Lanlin Bu, Michael Bloomfield, and Adrian Southin Charities are essential partners in Canadian society, working to relieve poverty, safeguard our environment and health, assist children, seniors and others in need, and provide cultural, educational social and other valuable services. Given that they contribute $35.6 billion 1 to …
Lanlin Bu and Michael Bloomfieldwith research and writing assistance from Adrian Southin Corporate social responsibility (CSR) runs the gamut from self-aggrandizement to crisis management to with the occasional act of generosity. Society deserves better! Tax payers invest heavily in business, providing research and development grants, tax breaks, transportation facilities and many other subsidies including cleaning up the environmental messes …
My name is John Michael Orimbo. Thanks to the Harmony Foundation of Canada I had the opportunity to attend the 2nd UN Environment Assembly (UNEA2) in Nairobi from May 19-27 2016, where I made some remarkable achievements advocating for children and youth with disabilities. During UNEA2 I addressed my concerns with Representatives from Member-States, Major Groups …
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In Victoria Foundation’s 2014 Vital Signs report, Victorians ranked the natural environment as the best part of living in the city and with good reason. However, while Victoria’s urban forest is a substantial natural asset, it’s largely taken for granted. Beyond their aesthetic value, Victoria’s street trees lower stress, increase community pride and social well-being, sequester 110,000 …
When it comes to energy resource development in Canada, the two views most often heard are maximalist positions, one arguing that there is an economic imperative to pursue development, with social and environmental impacts as the price for progress, and the other saying that we develop fossil fuels at our peril, they must be left …
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