Dr. Mark Winston is giving a lecture at Douglas College on Wed., April 2!!!!!!!

 Heads Up!

From the Douglas College Website:

Dr. Mark Winston, Director of Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue, presents HOW DO WE KNOW?  Scientific information and public policy: GMOs, pesticides and the demise of bees on Wednesday, April 2, 1-2:30pm, Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre, (Douglas College, New Westminster) Reception to follow.  Join Dr. Winston as he probes these connected issues and illuminates a way forward for science to more effectively contribute to public discourse.


Douglas College is 1 block north of the New Westminster sky train station.

Tracing the Roots of Colony Collapse Disorder

There has been a lot of press lately about the possible link between neonicotinoids and Colony Collapse Disorder. Although I agree with the movement to ban neonictotinoids, what drives me crazy is that every other day someone is announcing a eureka moment of having discovered the cause of CCD, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Sorry folks, I don't believe it's that simple, and neither does scientist Dr. Doug Yanega in his guest post on Bug Girls' blog. Here is an organic farmer's perpective on neonics at The Fanning Mill and a relevant episode on CBC radio's The Current.