A must read by Wade Davis.
For too many years politicians have told the people of B.C. that the only way we can generate an economy is to tear open our land, tear down our forests and empty our seas.
When politicians suggest that the only way we can make a living is to compromise our natural heritage, what is revealed is not a lack of economic options but, rather, a dearth of imagination and moral character on the part of those we elect to office.
LINK (via: The Narwhal)