The Religious Dimension of Climate Crisis Barry Stephenson Being able to see a situation, as is it, the work of reason, is very hard work. The use of reason is hampered by all sorts of obstacles – personal, social, economic, so on. Some measure of objective realism (seeing the world […]
FANE held its inaugural Annual General Meeting, at the Cochrane Centre, on February 8. FANE PRESS RELEASE Local NPO For A New Earth Holds General Meeting with Politicians, Academics and the Public; Establishes Action Plan Kyla Bruff St. John’s Local, newly established NPO For A New Earth (FANE) held its […]
APTN Coverage of the Symposium, with Justin Brake http://aptnnews.ca/2018/02/23/labrador-symposium-reveals-deep-diverse-opposition-muskrat-falls/ Podcasts of Talks, Wednesday, February 21 David Vardy, Public Policy Consultant Kelly Vodden, Memorial University Grenfell Stephen Crocker, Memorial University Marina Biasutti-Brown, Independent Expert, Advisory Committee Jerry Bannister, Dalhousie University MF Symposium Agenda, web On the […]
Sean McGrath and Kyla Bruff, in conversation with Jonathan Richler, on VOCM radio’s Nightline.
It’s time to get organized. At the Ship Pub last fall a couple hundred of you showed up to talk about climate change in Newfoundland and Labrador. Since then we have acquired NPO status. We want to hear from all of you about what the priorities are for the province. […]
This text is an Interview with Dr. Sean J. McGrath conducted by Dr. Jens Soentgen for the Annual Report of the Centre for Environmental Sciences at the University of Augsburg (Wissenschaftszentrum Umwelt). Jens Soentgen (JS): Sean, can one say that Newfoundland suffers from problems that are typical in the […]
By Kyla Bruff Climate change is a global issue whose major actors — and factors — seem impersonal and impenetrable. Corporations, government bodies and industry influencers make our personal attempts to reduce our own individual daily burning of fossil fuels — e.g. taking Metrobus, walking to school or work when possible, etc. […]
On Tuesday, November 7th at 8pm, three members of the For A New Earth team will publicly discuss the question “Do We Really Care About Climate Change?” at the Ship Pub. Is the answer hopeful, pessimistic, pragmatist, or otherwise? More specifically in recent months, in view of Trump’s defection […]
By Sean McGrath The massive hydro-electric project on the lower Churchill River in Labrador is expected to go online in 2019. Described as a “boondoggle” by policy makers and at 12.7 billion dollars–over double the anticipated budget–the Muskrat Falls project emerged into international attention in the fall of 2016 when […]
On Saturday the 4th of March 2017, the FANE planning team (Jens Soentgen, Tracy O’Brien, Michelle Mahoney, Kyla Bruff, Barry Stephenson, and Sean McGrath) spent a day at Clarke’s Beach re-visioning For a New Earth. After an intense day of trans-disciplinary discussion, it was agreed that (1) FANE would concentrate on […]