Martha Kostuch embraced her friends and her enemies. That was the wisdom and the generous nature of Alberta’s most enduring environmental advocate, who died in April.

            During her 30 years as a friend of the environment, Martha learned how to bring together people and groups with opposing views, and get them to work effectively on solving some of Alberta’s biggest environmental problems. She empowered people, and she believed in the power of consensus.

            Not that Martha suffered fools gladly, especially those foolish enough not to have done their homework on environmental issues. She always did her homework. She…

By Kim Sanderson

           EnviroLine lost another good friend in July with the passing of John Lilley, a long-time member of the Alberta editorial advisory board and well known to many in the province’s environmental community.

           John fought cancer off and on for more than 10 years, before his body lost the battle on July 10 at his home in Sherwood Park. His sense of humour, his free spirit and, most of all, his positive attitude were with him to the end and deeply inspired everyone around him.

           Trained as a fisheries biologist, John had many friends and colleagues across the…