All of my parental figures live on farms. My mother and step-father live on a farm in Wainfleet, Ontario. My father, step-mother, and grandparents live on a farm in Grimsby, Ontario. My parents-in-law live on a farm in Canon Frome Court, England. I’m planning to visit and help out on all three of my farms this summer!
A short article I wrote is featured in “Our Planet“, the magazine of the United Nations Environmental Programme. Also featured in the magazine are some of my heros including: the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the visionary and revolutionary Amory Lovins, and the General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy Herman Scheer. The magazine is available for download in English, French or Spanish.
This week my friend, Juan Pablo Hoffmaister (no, not John Hofmeister the President of Shell Oil), is participating in the 3rd MOP of the Cartagena Protocol in Brazil. The Cartagena protocol is an international agreement on the handling, transfer, and use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). It was negotiated as a supplement to the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity.
Not sure who took this photo.
Juan Pa and a few of his friends from the College of the Atlantic are running a blog entitled “Where Did My Genes Go?“.
My partner, Matthew Carroll, is doing the digital organizing for the Ban Terminator Campaign. “The Ban Terminator Campaign seeks to promote government bans on Terminator technology at the national and international levels, and supports the efforts of civil society, farmers, Indigenous peoples and social movements to campaign against it.” I’m really proud that Matthew is doing all the digital organizing for them! It’s a big job but someone has to do it. 
My partner, Matthew surprised me with a skiing vacation to Jay Peak Vermont for my 21st birthday! Am I spoiled or what?!?
The skiing conditions were perfect (except I kept loosing my skiis in the powder). This quicktime video reflects the exhileration I felt while skiing. We stayed at a quaint little bed and breakfast called the Black Lantern Inn. I highly reccomend it! Matthew is the best!
My friend Zoë Caron wrote a beautiful poem today entitled “Wouldn’t it be…”. The poem is special to me because these seemingly ‘far-fetched’ and optimistic thoughts that keep me going.
“Wouldn’t it be …”
by Zoë Caron
Wouldn’t it be nice, to wake up today
And hear the voice on the radio say:
The smog has lifted, the air is clear
You could breathe anywhere – without any fear
Wouldn’t it be nice, if this afternoon
You were told climate change would be over soon
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