Ecology Ottawa's Executive Director Graham Saul was recently featured in a CBC investigation on grassroots environmental organizing.
The web-based feature began:
Environmentalists shift focus to more grassroots, less government - Facing a less friendly government, green groups leave Ottawa in pursuit of public support
Global warming is not the only kind of climate change environmental groups in Canada have had to deal with in recent years.
They've also been dealing with a major shift in the political climate that has forced them to read more...
Listen to the radio coverage:
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See the TV coverage:
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