James K. Rowe

Young Canadians accuse the Canada Pension Plan of mismanaging climate risks In lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of i...

In lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of its kind. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/n...

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

UK, Canada, Australia recognise Palestinian state The UK, Australia and Canada have formally recognised a Palestinian state.

"The UK, Australia and Canada have formally recognised a Palestinian state...

The UK has become the first G7 country to move towards full recognition of a State of Palestine, with France and others expected to follow at the annual UN General Assembly next week."
www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...

The Dem Party’s response to the billionaire takeover of America is:

- Launching a billionaire-funded deregulatory agenda called “abundance”

- Launching a billionaire-funded Substack to create “arguments”

- Launching a billionaire-funded think tank shitting on grassroots groups

Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights Conservative misinformation is supported by a whole right-wing ecosystem that has settled on the argument that any progress on reconciliation means an assault on private property rights.

Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights | Canada's National Observer: Climate News www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...

Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights Conservative misinformation is supported by a whole right-wing ecosystem that has settled on the argument that any progress on reconciliation means an assault on private property rights.

Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...

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Our first gathering was an engaging, tender affair, with both interesting discussion of the content and heart-open sharing.
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Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital This is not your typical book club. Beginning September 14th, the Rowe Center will host a weekly online gathering to explore Radical Mindfulness by author James K. Rowe. In 90 minute sessions, we will...

Which is to say: Even racoons love this book.

@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.

Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!

#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression

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Copy of the book Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital by James Rowe on a coffee table

I was at the cottage last month and my own copy of Radical Mindfulness was defiled by racoons, after also destroying (and eating!) a box of chocolates. You can't really see in this image, but there are tiny claw marks on the cover and chocolately paw marks on the pages.

The Conservative Crusade That’s About So Much More Than Epstein

"The fury of the public has been building for decades, piling up a list of elite crimes like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bank bailouts and a broken health care system. It’s no wonder, then, that the Epstein obsession does not seem to have an off switch."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/m...

“In a landmark advisory opinion on Wednesday, the United Nations' top court said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and nations harmed by its effects could be entitled to reparations.”

Is Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and losses All of us who work on climate have long walked a razor’s edge between hope and despair, and the last few months (or years) have made it near impossible to keep one’s balance. But I would put the curre...

As the climate scientist Kate Marvel says, this battle for our lives doesn’t need optimists, it needs heroes — people of courage, which she defines as, “the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/11/o...

There's always money for the military. But climate? For years, the climate movement has been calling on the federal government to spend two per cent of GDP on climate infrastructure and action, to no avail. And yet, Canada’s military spending will hit ...

There's always money for the military. But climate? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...

The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism | The Tyee How Danielle Smith is helping to make anti-immigrant racism mainstream.

The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Victoria woman launches campaign for B.C. Green Party leader Emily Lowan joins Comox councillor in race to lead B.C. Green Party

Victoria woman launches campaign for B.C. Green Party leader

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Green afterlives: green burial as an environmental land-use in settler colonial contexts Green burial can alleviate the damaging environmental effects of conventional burial practices. In settler-colonial contexts like the United States and Canada, however, it also poses the risk of fu...

Green burials: eco-friendly or colonial? Discover their impact on Indigenous land rights in BC. @jkrowe.bsky.social
and Gillian Cawron, MA student @uvic.ca vic.ca
School of Environmental Studies #uvic #greenburial #Indigenous www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On Carney's agenda, climate is nowhere and everywhere The new prime minister doesn't lecture on climate like the old one. Does that mean he's forgotten about the climate crisis?

"Advancing climate policy – however that looks, or sounds, isn’t about a moral highground or anything. It’s just smart policy."

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/02/a...

Our collective fear of death pushes us towards authoritarianism Green burials are less polluting. Can they also help us alleviate our death anxiety and keep authoritarianism at bay?

Power and important article!

www.sower.world/green-burial...

Why we built the Climate Backtracker: Canada’s quiet climate retreat For Mark Carney, building Canada’s energy sector is likely still going to involve drilling — and a lot of it.

Why we built the Climate Backtracker: Canada’s quiet climate retreat www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/26/o...

Our collective fear of death pushes us towards authoritarianism Green burials are less polluting. Can they also help us alleviate our death anxiety and keep authoritarianism at bay?

Right-wing authoritarians are gaining ground across the world, and one body of research has an unusual explanation for why that's the case: our collective death anxiety. Green burials, however, might be able to help solve the problem.

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🚨 New report: Entrenched Interests exposes fossil fuel ties on the boards of 5 major Canadian public pension funds – including CPPIB, OTPP, AIMCo, PSP & OMERS. These links pose serious governance risks. #ClimateRisk #Pensions #cdnpoli

Opinion | The Attacks on Zohran Mamdani Show That We Need a New Understanding of Antisemitism

"Terrified people make perfect constituencies for politicians like Netanyahu because they can be convinced that the unrelenting massacre and starvation of Gazans are necessary to keep Israel safe."

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...

Mark Carney Is Turning His Back on Climate Action | The Tyee And Canada is losing a chance for leadership and sustained economic growth.

"Canadian oil and gas is a concentrated industry controlled by a wealthy few, primarily Americans. More pipelines would therefore mean more sales of fossil fuels to other countries, with the beneficiaries mostly American."

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Smoke season is not normal. Stop pretending it is. For me, living through wildfire smoke with young children — knowing it was preventable — feels like a kind of slow-motion moral injury.

For me, living through wildfire smoke with young children — knowing it was preventable — feels like a kind of slow-motion moral injury, writes Andrew Szava‑Kovats www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/20/o...

Israel Intercepted the Madleen. What’s Next? | The Tyee The ship was bound for Gaza with activists and aid. Here’s an analysis of whether its capture was legal.

Israel Intercepted the Madleen. What's Next? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Try to Woo Back Elon Musk With some prominent Democrats and liberal pundits arguing for the party to try to win Elon Musk back to its side, you have to ask: Is American politics simply a matter of who can best kiss the ass of ...

With some prominent Democrats and liberal pundits arguing for the party to try to win Elon Musk back to its side, you have to ask: Is American politics simply a matter of who can best kiss the ass of narcissistic reactionary billionaires?

The Election Was a Warning. Canada Needs Dramatic Change | The Tyee Three ways to ensure a better political future after division and destruction almost won.

The Election Was a Warning. Canada Needs Dramatic Change via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

The real reason Musk retreated Elon Musk’s departure from DOGE was a massive, unplanned retreat by the richest person on the planet due to relentless noncooperation.

"Musk’s power weakens when we don’t buy his stuff, when we turn his cars into pariahs and when we refuse his orders and turn to mass noncompliance. Eventually, it becomes too costly for him to keep doing what he’s doing."

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It’s Time to Let Tenants Unionize and Bargain Collectively | The Tyee New Minister Gregor Robertson can address the ‘housing crisis’ with one change.

"Renters cannot wait for market forces to self-correct. Recognizing and regulating tenant unions is the most direct route to balancing power, safeguarding homes and treating housing as a human right rather than an asset class."

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