It will come as no revelation to those who know me that I like – no, need – to have a lot of control in my daily life: over the space I am in and the events that involve and Continue reading Letting go of control→

When she was 11 years old, Robyn Hamlyn of Kingston watched a film at school about the world’s dire water situation and announced to her mother that she wanted to do something to fix it. Her mother suggested she write Continue reading “What can I do to fix it?”→

Much has been made of the speech Greta Thunberg made at the United Nations in late September about the need for immediate action on the climate crisis. Her stare-down of Donald Trump went viral instantly. Some praise the speech for Continue reading “It’s not easy being green”→

Justin Trudeau’s remarks to the media following the swearing in of his new Cabinet earlier this week were stripped of the optimism and hope he brought to the same occasion in 2015. And so they should have been; while the Continue reading The bloom is off the rose→