Year: 2009
Cut Adrift – Changing our fate
We continually hear about the ways and means that Newfoundland an Labrador is ill treated by the feds, other provinces, of our lack of ability to get just rewards for our resources, the lack of concern for our near dead fishery and about each new tactic that will curtail development of our vast hydro potential. […]
Lost in Time-looking back
(The picture is the house referred to in this article. I purchased it in 1979 as a summer house. I started a new house in 2010 – this one will be relocated by someone else and utilized as a B&B) Much of my time over the past few months has been spent living in […]
Motivating and Engaging People – a development necessity
(Participants at a CED workshop on the Lower North Shore in Quebec – rural remote communities along the coast without a road network) At a recent working session in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland entitled “Bonne Bay a Treasure and a Resource” there was much discussion on the way forward for Bonne Bay in light of it […]
Bonne Bay fishery – deja vu
It appears from what you read, hear and see that humanity is on a path of self destruction intent on destroying the very environment that allows life to sustain itself. This was most evident these past few weeks in BonneBay. Most nights presented a light spectacle that would rival the glow of some of the […]
Renewing Democratic Governance-a societal imperative
The recent trials of elected government representatives (MHA’s) inNewfoundlandover the abuse of funding allowances are symptomatic of a broader issue that appears prevalent in many democratic countries. Funding abuse within governments was expected in less democratic countries, but today it appears wide spread in democracies as well. It is, perhaps, part of the cultural shift […]
Rebuilding a Culture of Responsibility
Preamble: In a recent article on the sale of the Venture Centre in Pasadena, my main point related to the lack of democratic decision making and the resultant diminishment of good governance. There has been much speculation on the reason for the sale. One suggestion is that council felt that it wasn’t operating as it […]
Building the Foundations of Community
Introduction Society has clearly come to a crossroads, especially so in developed countries. It is rapidly becoming evident that all growth has its limits. The very foundations of developed society and the world’s ecology have been shaken in order to expand production, consumption and fiscal wealth. The imperative for new theories, models and processes of […]
Pasadena Venture Centre
I have just returned to Corner Brook having spent the past four years in Eastern Europe and the sale of the Venture Centre obviously is of interest to me, having been one of its founders. Although I have been away, I would like to contribute a few thoughts to what appears to be a very […]
The Culture of Greed – required: a moral revolution
We are witnessing the biggest financial heist in the history of the world; the most prominent and visual is from banks in most countries, but especially in America. The culprits, not satisfied with cleaning out the banks, have now found a way that will bankrupt many governments. But such thievery is evident in many other […]