Welcome to Silver Donald Cameron’s blog! Dr Cameron is the author of 19 books and of many plays, films, magazine articles, radio and TV scripts. He is currently the host and executive producer of TheGreeninterview.com and of its feature documentary, Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World. In 2019, he was appointed the first Farley Mowat Chair in Environment at Cape Breton University, where he earlier served as professor, dean and writer-in-residence. He currently teaches an on-campus/online course called Green Rights.
Here is a simple way to save the earth. Exterminate the populations of North America, Japan and Western Europe.
Probably not a plan. Hard to make it fly politically. But it’s a thought that flickered through my mind as I reviewed the numbers in GPI Atlantic’s recent publication.
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History just tossed Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly the political opportunity of a lifetime. Kelly blew it spectacularly. And everyone in the city is diminished by his failure.
For decades, the chattering classes have been deploring the apathy of the young.
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Our interview with Andrew Heintzman is now up at www.TheGreenInterview.com — and has been for a few days. Writer, publisher, activist and financier, Andrew Heintzman is president of Investeco, the first investment firm in Canada focussed on the green economy, and he’s also the author of The New Entrepreneurs: Building a Green Economy for the Future.
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In today’s Globe and Mail there’s a fine "Lives Lived" memorial piece about deep ecologist David Orton. See it here: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/lives-lived/david-keith-orton/article2221506/ David Orton was a bold thinker and a deeply principled man who made a remarkable effort to live in accordance with his beliefs.
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Here’s a message from Rafe Mair, former BC cabinet minister and radio talk show host. Post it widely. And my congratulations to Occupy Halifax for making the decision to vacate the Grand Parade for Remembrance Day, and return later. You’re acting like the grass.
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It’s been a daft little period for me — computer troubles, new opportunities and far too much travel. And alas, you can see the evidence here on the Green Interview site. But better things are coming.
We are winning, you know.
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If you enjoyed Bunker Roy’s Green Interview, you’ll love his recent TED talk. See it here: http://goo.gl/iogWC
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We thought you’d enjoy the invitation to the party in honour of Bill Rees’ retirement from UBC, particularly the graphic. Here it is:
Dear Guest of Bill Rees’,
Attached is an invitation for Bill Rees’ retirement.
Please register at www.events.scarp.ubc.ca
Download Invitiation (PDF)
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We’ve just published our interview with Ronald Wright, an extraordinary writer and thinker, author of such challenging books as Stolen Continents and A Short History of Progress. Trained in archaeology, Wright dissects the past, seeking clues to the future. What kind of an animal is the human being?
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I’m about to have a very busy week, with four public speaking events — and tomorrow, Monday September 12, is particularly daffy.
At 9:00 tomorrow I do a half-hour interview with Jordi Morgan on News 95.7 in Halifax. Topics include The Green Interview, the story behind the end of my Halifax Sunday Herald column, and the Halifax municipal council.
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