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BURNABY, BC, April 16, 2021 /CNW/ - The impacts of climate change are felt across Canada, and many Indigenous communities have identified clean, reliable energy as key to a more secure and resilient future. The Government of Canada is investing in community-led clean energy projects with remote Indigenous communities to displace fossil fuels and advance reconciliation and self-determination.
Terry Beech, Member of Parliament for Burnaby North Seymour, on behalf of the Honourable Seamus O Regan Jr., Minister of Natural Resources, today announced almost $8.4 million for nine community-led clean energy projects across British Columbia that will build capacity and support rural and remote communities reducing their reliance on fossil fuel for heat and power.
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The pandemic has demonstrated the shortcomings of our mega-food industries
February 4, 2021 8:44PM (UTC)
A seller sells onions to a shopper at West LA Farmer s Market in Santa Monica, California on May 3, 2020. - All Farmers Markets in the City of Los Angeles must have an approved COVID-19 operational plan to work under public health orders and Mayor Garcetti s direction. (APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)
Yves here. This story on relocalizing food production is a counterpoint to our other Covid post today, which illustrated the “can’t do” reflexes that are hindering Covid responses.
I particularly like the small scale chicken farms idea. I never realized chickens were canopy birds. My sister in law had a go with them, and they all wound up as prey for hawks or coyotes.
By April M. Short, an editor, journalist and documentary editor and producer. She is a writing fellow at Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Previously, she served as a managing editor at AlterNet as well as an award-winning senior staff writer for Santa Cruz, California’s weekly newspaper. Her work has been published with the San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times, Salon and many others. Produced by Local Peace Economy