Stop the Contract: No Canadian Weapons to ICE - Leadnow

I just signed a petition calling on Carney to Stop all Canadian arms and weapons contracts with ICE. Sign here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/no...

Ban X/Twitter in Canada I just signed a petition demanding the federal government Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: Join me in signing here:

I just signed a petition demanding the federal government Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...

EU leaders: Protect GMO Labelling! The EU is on the verge of handing a huge win to GMO (genetically modified organisms) giants like Bayer – by stripping away rules that require many genetically modified foods to be clearly labelled, te

Keep our foods safe and our choices ours! GMOs must be labelled! Protect GMO safety regulations in the EU! action.eko.org/a/keep-gmo-l...

Culture Tour - West Kootenay Regional Arts Council Columbia Basin Culture Tour August 9 & 10, 2025 | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each year, the tour invites you to: meet people behind the scenes at galleries and m ...

The Columbia Basin Culture Tour! Self-directed & free of charge the tour features the work of skilled local artists & fascinating cultural sites.
August 9 & 10, 10am-4pm
wkartscouncil.com/culture-tour/

The group exhibition "true nature" is on at this beautiful Gallery 444 • SOMA Studio/Venue during the Culture Tour weekend, with four artists' work on display: Barbara Brown, oil; Chrystyna Bykowa, acrylic; Christopher Mcholm, acrylic; and Sam Strachan, mixed media.

444 Baker St, downtown Nelson BC

Come find me! I'm at Gallery 444 downtown Nelson for the Culture Tour this year, with miniature original forest paintings for sale, as well as books & cards. Prints of my full-size forest paintings can be ordered
August 9 & 10, 10am - 4pm
444Baker St, upstairs, next door to Moon Monster, Nelson BC

Ban Glyphosate! Glyphosate causes cancer -- even at exposure levels that authorities consider safe. That's the conclusion of a scientific study that's just been published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental He

New evidence: Glyphosate causes cancer -- even at exposure levels that authorities consider safe. We've got to BAN #GLYPHOSATE EVERYWHERE! action.eko.org/a/glyphosate...

Lula: Protect nature and climate When Lula took office, he promised zero deforestation in the Amazon and zero greenhouse gas emissions.Yet he’s caved into lobbying from oil companies, opening up the Amazon basin for drilling and allo

This is Lula's last chance to protect nature and climate: action.eko.org/a/lula-s-las...

Today's rainy-day treasures in the forest:
•Dogbane blooming more profusely than I’ve ever seen it before
•The magical Amanita popping up where I least expect it
•Oh-so-shy Wild Ginger —I see you!
•Elderberry enjoying the gentle breezes of the rainy day

my own photos

Let's Make Spain the First Country to Ban Octopus Farming BREAKING: Spain could become the first country to ban octopus factory farms — if we act now. A new legislative proposal could stop the world’s first industrial octopus farm before it ever opens its do

Let's Make Spain the First Country to Ban Octopus Farming action.eko.org/a/make-spain...

Protect the Slocan Park Elk Corridor In Slocan Park, BC, there's an incredible old growth Ponderosa Pine forest with a local herd of 30 elk that use this area as their overwintering habitat. The trees tower above and there's no understor...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...

Link to the Guided Forest Meditation (click Bitly's "Continue to destination" link to be taken there, to receive my "News From the Forest" newsletter, and the gift of the Forest Meditation):
bit.ly/3kAIZvt
Bless you. Enjoy 🙏💚🌲💚🙏

When you sign up for this gift from me to you, you will then, the next day, receive a second gift of a 20 minute film in which I take you through the four seasons of the year in the forest—further allowing your soul to be settled and soothed.

My calm and soothing voice will take you deep into the forest. With a backdrop of beautiful forest paintings, and a softly burbling creek singing to you, you'll sink into intimate connection with the forest, with Nature—and ultimately with your own true nature as you identify with Earth's elements.

This can help. I offer this as a respite from the daily assault we are experiencing with the nightmare that is our news these days. Solace and sanctuary from our troubled world.
It is a gift to you of a guided meditation into Nature connection. Immerse yourself.