Protecting Paradise with Elizabeth May
Think Outside
English - September 18, 2020 16:52 - 19 minutes - 45.3 MBBooks Arts Health & Fitness canada photography rmb adventure alberta books britishcolumbia canadianliterature climbing environment Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Elizabeth May is one of the hardest working people in politics. She is the Green Party MP for the Saanich-Gulf Islands and served as leader of the Green Party of Canada from 2006-2019. She also has a long record as a dedicated advocate for social justice, the environment, and human rights.
Her book Paradise Won: The Struggle to Create Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve details the epic 12-year struggle to stop logging this unique global ecosystem.
Coming up on the park’s 30 year anniversary, we spoke with Elizabeth May about Paradise Won, bringing back into focus this remarkable story of the power and importance of Indigenous rights, and to talk about how activism can spur average citizens to action in order to fight climate change and protect fragile ecosystems everywhere.