I have chosen to leave half of my estate to the Sierra Club of BC Foundation and I would like to tell you why I am doing so.

I teach ethics, including environmental ethics, to young adults. In the process of doing research for these courses and in teaching them, I have become persuaded that the most important ethical issue confronting my generation, and that of my students, is environmental degradation.

In addition, I believe that I have another, and special, reason for giving to Sierra Club BC. As a British Columbian, I have had the privilege of spending my life in a particularly beautiful and unspoiled part of the world. Since this environment has enriched my life profoundly, I have a duty to try to preserve it for my students and others who will come after me. There can be no better way to do that then by leaving a bequest to a foundation that is dedicated to conserving this environment into the future.

It would be very difficult for me to stand in front of my concerned students, and to try to instill hope in them, if I couldn’t tell them that I have taken some action to protect B.C.’s beautiful wilderness.

I believe that making a bequest to the Sierra Club of BC Foundation is one of the finest choices I have made in my life and I am very proud of having made it.