RAVEN Rural Action & Voices for the Environment

22/02/2022

Samuel LeGresley has a passion for permaculture. After lots of conversations with friends about permaculture and how to build community,

14/02/2022

Commentary by RAVEN's Tracy Glynn, Susan O'Donnell, Daniel Tubb...

As a research project committed to rural social justice in New Brunswick, RAVEN (Rural Action and Voices for the Environment)

12/02/2022

The Irving newspapers have published another editorial calling for tax cuts to landlords as the only solution to the housing crisis, but this time with unsubstantiated claims about population growth causing homelessness, and a racist cartoon, write Aditya Rao and Tracy Glynn.

The Irving papers want rural New Brunswickers to blame your newcomer neighbour instead of, well, the Irvings. Brunswick News published

08/02/2022

RAVEN's Kim Reeder is the lead author on this report, a good read for anyone thinking about our energy future in New Brunswick.

Many people and groups want NB Power and the provincial government to plan a nuclear-free renewable energy future in the

08/02/2022

RAVEN's Amy Floyd worked with the Young Agrarians to produce this fantastic resource, available as a free download. Please share!

A new land access guide is available for anyone who has no land in New Brunswick but wants to be

07/02/2022

By RAVEN's Amy Floyd...

The origin story of Earth to Belly Homestead is one that we don’t see often in New Brunswick, but hopefully

13/12/2021

We have many choices in New Brunswick for generating the energy we need now and in the future. All our

06/12/2021

Writer and activist Susan O'Donnell is the co-editor of "Letters from the Future: How New Brunswickers Confronted Climate Change and Redefined Progress." She...

02/12/2021

https://nbmediacoop.org/2021/11/01/29241/
Today the RAVEN project is giving every MLA in our Legislative Assembly a copy of this visionary book with an invitation to follow-up on the ideas. We live in hope!

With the climate changing and a pandemic transforming life as we knew it, the future now seems very uncertain. But

30/11/2021

Video by Susan O'Donnell of the RAVEN project at UNB wins an environmental journalism award!

A video published by the NB Media Co-op about the plans by NB Power, the provincial government and two nuclear

28/11/2021

RAVEN student Rose He, the leader of the UNB fossil fuel divestment campaign, writes about the rally last week in Fredericton: Hands off the Wet'suwet'en.

Gatherings in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders have been taking place across Canada, including in Fredericton on Nov. 23 when

22/11/2021

The RAVEN project is pleased to be part of this exciting publication, published today!

Environmental groups across New Brunswick issued a call for action today. The climate emergency requires radical improvements in our treaty

01/11/2021

Today's the big day, launch of our new book! Info in the article below on where to buy or order it. Check out the video!

With the climate changing and a pandemic transforming life as we knew it, the future now seems very uncertain. But

01/11/2021

03/09/2021

Another update and analysis by RAVEN's Kim Reeder.

Responding to the call for feedback related to local governance reform, the New Brunswick Local Service District Association has just

02/09/2021

RAVEN's Kim Reeder continues her analysis of the local governance reform process...

The Higgs government has stated its intention of "modernizing the local governance system" in New Brunswick, but its reform proposals have

23/07/2021

RAVEN's Amy Floyd writes about our recent study visit.

Early morning on June 20th, people from the Fredericton and the Miramichi headed to Pleasant Ridge in unceded Mi’kma’ki territory

21/07/2021

There was no way anyone could have predicted what New Brunswick could have accomplished in the last two decades. Just

29/06/2021

New Brunswick is one of Canada's most rural provinces, with well over half of residents living in a rural setting.

23/06/2021

RAVEN's Amy Floyd writes about building your own rain garden...

Last fall I wrote an article about food forests, and this summer I want to introduce you to another simple,

20/05/2021

A RAVEN field trip organized by Amy Floyd. Limited to 15 people so if you're interested, best to register soon!

Learn about how Farming Co-operatives can work in New Brunswick with La coopérative Ferme Terre Partagée in Rogersville

06/05/2021

https://raven-research.org/voices-from-new-brunswicks-future-call-for-young-writers/
Call for young writers: Letters from the future New Brunswick

28/04/2021

In case you missed it! The video of Monday's panel session, hosted by RAVEN with 7 co-hosts, has been published by the NB Media Co-op.

Why is the nuclear industry afraid to tell the truth? Why are they afraid to say: “Nuclear power is very

22/04/2021

RAVEN's Kim Reeder continues to write about rural local governance.

The Legislative Assembly meets in person. Upcoming municipal elections are planned for mid-May offering both in-person, and mail-in ballots. However,

20/04/2021

Canada's Nuclear Policy and Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
When: April 21, 2021 10am ET (11am Atlantic)
Where: https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyofCanada
Panel:
Jenica Atwin, Member of Parliament, Fredericton
Gordon Edwards, PhD, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
Susan O'Donnell, PhD, Researcher & Adjunct Professor, University of New Brunswick

08/04/2021

RAVEN supports the UNB and STU divestment campaign

Here’s our first alumni feature! Kevin Gallant is an engineering alumni from UNB, and he supports the UNB divestment campaign. He has helped form a Clean Energy Tech Council to help push for net-zero projects. Kevin believes that through fossil fuel divestment, the University of New Brunswick will set new standards for clean energy and clean energy.

08/04/2021

Kim Reeder's latest article on the rural governance review.

On the morning of April 6, the Province of New Brunswick released a green paper called, "Working Together for Vibrant

04/04/2021

Want to learn more about the proposed nuclear reactors (SMRs) for New Brunswick? Read our briefing paper prepared for Mike Holland, Minister of Energy and Resource Development.

Briefing Paper: The Proposed Nuclear Reactors for New Brunswick You can read or download the briefing paper in pdf format, with reference links embedded in the text:In English, here.In French, here. The paper presents considerations for the two proposed nuclear reactors (SMRs) for New Brunswick, and...

20/03/2021

A world without nuclear and fossil fuels is possible today .. unless you believe the lies of politicians and industry proponents who are wasting time and money protecting the status quo.
"Since 2009 hundreds of researchers worldwide from 13 research groups have published hundreds of papers on the feasibility of a 100% RE system and reached an important milestone on February 9 2021 with the publication of a 10 point Joint Declaration of The Global 100% Renewable Energy Strategy Group co-signed by 46 researchers . "
https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/861f4c22-6d88-4fe1-936c-905aa096a43e

The evidence is in, the benefits of clean energy and the efficiency of a 100% renewable energy system versus fossil fuels are clear; the investment in renewables is paid for several times over by the economic, social, health and environmental savings. 100% Renewable Energy is achievable On the ev…

10/03/2021

RAVEN's Kim Reeder published this new story this morning...

The effort toward local governance reform has had a long, and mostly unsatisfying, history in the province. Ongoing provincial efforts