Tag Archives: Vancouver

Heritage Policy is Good Policy

Posted on February 7, 2018 by David Brett

Paper submitted to City Council June 12th, 2017 by Queens Park resident David Brett in support of the Queens Park Heritage Conservation Area in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Quote from the Financial Times, London: “So the message to politicians who see … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts | Tagged British Columbia, canada, economics, Government Policy, Heritage, Heritage Conservation, New West, New Westminster, Planning, politics, real estate, Royal City, Vancouver | Leave a comment

We Were the World

Posted on March 21, 2014 by David Brett

It was 1985. Big hair, big ties and big budgets. Boomers were trading flower power for buying power, VW busses for BMWs, scruffy jeans for three piece suits. Then Africa happened. This is a story of changing times and shifting … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts | Tagged Africa, Cascadia, climate change, energy poverty, environmentalism, michael jackson, Poverty, Religion, Vancouver, we are the world | 1 Comment

Book Review: Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist by Dr. Patrick Moore

Posted on October 6, 2011 by David Brett

Green Pioneer Takes On the Environmental Establishment Greenpeace co-founder Dr. Patrick Moore helped change the world, and now he wants to change it again through his highly enjoyable new book. Moore writes convincingly that the environmental movement has lost its … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts | Tagged environment, environmental, environmentalism, global warming, Greenpeace, Patrick Moore, sustainability, sustainable, Vancouver | 12 Comments