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  • BC Hydro, IPPs and Double Speak

     Most people would agree that a proposal for green independent power projects such as run-of-river hydro in BC are a good idea. On the face of it, it would seem so and many people have invested in it.

    But there are a lot of questions that are going unanswered as our province barrels into what some have called the “new gold rush mentality”.





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SUSTAINABLE VALUES
Planning for Legal and Environmental Balance in Streamside and Foreshore Protection
Ultimately, the goal would be to move away from the simplifying assumption that everything else remains equal, towards the notion that the ground is moving under our feet while the atmosphere is changing over our heads."   Read more

GOING ZERO
Ground Water
Many of us in rural communities rely on ground water for drinking, domestic, agricultural and industrial uses. Our streams, fish, and wildlife also depend on ground water.  Read more

I WANT TO BE AN ORGANIC CHICKEN FARMER
My barn. Chicks on the way. Can I do this? What the neighbors think.
Just to state up front that this is a mishmash column this week.  Things are in motion. Read more...

RAFE HERE...
Colin Hansen's fibs about river privatization
When I've finished you will see why I call the Gordon (Pinocchio) Campbell government gigantic fibbers - to avoid the more appropriate "L" word. Read more

THE CREATIVE PATH
Conversations on Sustainability in the Arts
I have had many conversations during the past two weeks about sustainability in the arts.  Read more

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Sustainable Coast is an interactive publication for Sunshine Coast, BC residents.  We  focus on the environment, sustainable living, the new economy and following the tax dollars. Next issue: week of September 1, 2010.
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