Activism
IN JUST A FEW WEEKS, political bureaucrats and environmental activists from all over the world will converge on Copenhagen, Denmark, in an attempt to come to agreement on major changes in the way that we treat the living planet and all of our relations. There isn’t a whole lot that we can do from our isolated outpost here in Toronto to affect the negotiations that will be going on at the conference. But we’re sending lots of positive energy to the true friends of the Earth who will be speaking for all the other species that do not have a seat at the table.
I CAN SCARCELY BELIEVE IT, but only a day after we put the call out for public support of those protesting the ecologically devastating business park development at Hanlon Creek in Guelph… we triumphed! Yesterday, because a dedicated group of young eco-activists insisted that the planet comes before profits, an old-growth forest and endangered animal habitat were saved from the bulldozers — for a year. The construction start date was postponed due to the occupation of the site, and now it’s too late in the season to get the job done before winter.
AT GREEN APPLE PIE, we see our primary objective as keeping our clients and community as informed as possible about everything they can do to have a healthier home for themselves, and more moral dealings with all of the other ecosystems that are impacted by our landscaping decisions. Certainly, if we were all more conscious of how each of our actions affects the next seven generations and then some, our ecological ledger would be looking a whole lot better. And at the end of a long day, after making payments on food, clothes, shelter, and taking care of all our parental responsibilities, this is no small challenge in and of itself. But if you’ve already carefully scrutinized your own family’s ecological footprint, and you’d like to take on more responsibility for our collective fate, then the next step is environmental activism.
