Dispatches

The story of Lake Winnipeg needs a better telling. It deserves better than the lackadaisical stewardship it has received. It craves more than the news release-driven reporting which typifies this — and most — environmental stories. Many people want to know how to adjust their lives so that the lake can flourish. We want to know how the lake can once again become more than a managed aquaculture project.

Eighteen months ago I started working on this piece about the lake. I wanted to answer three questions:

Those questions still need answers and to find them, I need your help.  Over the weeks ahead Dispatches will be posting the interviews I have conducted with the “usual suspects”.  I am hoping that by putting this all out there as ‘raw’ material then together we can hone a compelling narrative. Call it a co-creation, or collaborative journalism.

The lake needs people who can swim together towards a broader understanding of what constitutes health. This body of water cries out for respect for who and what it is, regardless of its ‘services’ to humanity. We benefit because the lake is whole.  A step towards that renewal is to write a new  story. To finish that script I need co-creators. Will you be one of them?

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These are strange days. There are more questions than answers. The volume south of the Canadian border is so loud it's often hard to hear ourselves here in this country. Yet we have stories to tell and interesting people to meet. We have intriguing innovations and... dare I say it... even some good news periodically. My hope is that you will join me on Dispatches for reporting from our country with an emphasis on environmental issues, innovations and the fascinating. Hosted by Canadian journalist Bramwell Ryan, Dispatches chases a better understanding of the world and the ideas shaping our culture. Welcome to the exploration.

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