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Celia Brauer: B.C. is staging an environmental intervention to protect its lands and waters from Kinder Morgan and others

“Petroleum is the worst thing in the world. It is eating the surface of the Earth, poisoning the air and the water.”—a delegate at the first ever United Nations gathering of...

Celia Brauer: Want Peace on Earth? Start by divesting from overpriced, destructive megaprojects like Site C

“The best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago. The next best time is now.”—Anonymous

Celia Brauer: Open-net fish farms and modern mainstream economics, a match made in hell

This article is dedicated to the memory of environmental filmmaker Twyla Roscovich, who devoted her life to honouring wild salmon species and landscapes of the B.C. coast.

Celia Brauer: Dear Justin—the economy you are so determined to grow is guaranteed to impoverish us all

If humans can't limit unsustainable activities and control population yet still continue to try to maximize GDP indefinitely into the future, we're all in for a hard landing.

Celia Brauer: Revitalizing False Creek Flats—more paved-over human development or a place of transformation?

It was an intensely rich coastal wetland for millennia.

Celia Brauer: Why dead humpback whales have everything to do with the federal election

Does the death of four humpback whales on the British Columbia coast in one week qualify as the primary election issue of our time?

Environmentalists “R” Us: What Enbridge and Northern Gateway supporters fail to understand

The Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal is a major flashpoint.

Celia Brauer: The power of reconciliation

Knowing what we know now about history, the time has come to create new relationships.

Celia Brauer: Earthwalks Vancouver enlightens public about the natural history of the city

Earthwalks Vancouver have returned by popular demand after a very successful run last year.

Measuring the true value of healthy water and fish

How many people today can identify their local watershed?