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The day before the Halifax action, I leave Sydney by car. I don’t feel great about driving, but I’m picking up my friend P in Antigonish along the way, so at least part of the journey involves carpooling. I listen to inspirational music till I’m off the island. The weather is fabulous. When I knock…

The seasons creep up on you in Cape Breton, but by the end of this week it’s hard to call the weather anything but springlike. That has given me plenty of opportunities to try out my new climate icebreaker: as strangers and acquaintances alike start their conversations with, “How d’ya like this weather, eh?” I…

The thing about saving the world that you won’t learn from comics or superhero films: it takes time. Some weeks, when I’m posting my updates, I’ll be able to crow about major events or significant breakthroughs, but most of the time, I’ll have to content myself with incremental progress — baby steps on the way…

Springtime means Spring Cleaning, and in a desperate effort to procrastinate the literal cleaning of my home, I have embarked on a sort of spiritual and mental cleanup. Among other things, that means a change to how I use social media and online communication, including Maple Danish, my mostly-mothballed blog, and Messymorphosis, my all-but-extinct newsletter.…

In early March, my climate campaigning efforts dovetailed with my theatrical work (something I should be unconditionally happy about, but then I wouldn’t be me, would I?). Specifically, I directed two short plays by Nicolas Billon, a Quebecois playwright whose anthology Fault Lines won a Governor General’s Award in 2015. Both scripts dealt with environmental…

I’ve been quiet, friends, but not idle. Some days it’s still hard to get out of bed and face the enormity of my self-imposed climate crusade. But thanks in part to an infinitely patient and supportive family, and also to the power of Western medicine, I’m now mostly depression-free and back on track to save…

Hello friends, As I write this, it’s Winter Solstice. Outside my office window it’s bright and hazy and cold enough that I can see the white smoke rising from the dry cleaners down the street. But in an hour or so, it will be dark, and the longest night of the year will start. I’m…

Today I want to write about some of the choices we as individuals can make that can significantly impact global warming. It’s a thorny subject, and I want to preface my thoughts by emphasizing two things: first, that personal/domestic changes are only one level of action—there are also choices we can make with respect to…