Occasionally, here at Pro-Woman, Pro-Choice, we receive inane e-mails and comments, which are usually from anti-choice men who feel the need to lecture us on the evils of feminism and how the movement is responsible for everything that is wrong with th…
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Fetal Rights Legislation in the US and Canada
When I started this blog back in April (even though it had been on my mind prior to that for months), I decided that I wanted to focus on reproductive rights within the Canadian context as my main subject. I felt (and I still do) that there aren’…
Continue reading350 or bust: Climate Change Wake Up Call: Eat Local, Eat Fresh, Get Healthier
A fellow climate activist recently said that climate change is a gift to humanity, if we choose to accept it. What I understand from that is that climate change is a massive wake-up call that we humans need to change the way we are interacting with our…
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. ~Frederick Douglass
Continue reading350 or bust: Love Makes The World Go ‘Round
Hope you are enjoying your Saturday – here’s a cute video that shows mother cat and her kitten snuggling together during a nap. Here’s hoping you fit in some cuddling and napping during your day too!
Continue reading350 or bust: Alberta Tar Sands Destruction: Haven’t We Killed Enough Indigenous People On This Continent?
“With everything in my heart I said I don’t want the death of the Lubicon and Chippewayan Cree on my hands. Haven’t we killed enough people on this continent already?” This was the question posed to a Republican Congress Person …
Continue readingNo Comment: Anti-”Zerb” Edition
Have you noticed most women who are against support abortion such as lesbians and Toronto Star columnists are childless, they would rather kill a baby then [sic!] raise one. —Not Zerbisias
Continue readingPodcast on Reproductive Rights in Canada
The always amazing Canadian news site rabble.ca has posted a podcast by People’s Health Radio: From birth control, to abortion, to access to information and education, what’s happening with sexual health for women in Canada? We talk to Greg…
Continue reading350 or bust: It’s Time To Stop Spinning Our Wheels On Climate Change
Much of the UN climate negotiations that went on in Copenhagen in December, 2009 was just so much hot air and spinning of wheels without any movement towards a liveable planet and a sustainable future for our children. But maybe things are changing. …
Continue reading350 or bust: “We’re Not Growing Quality, We’re Growing Crap”
I’m taking a sabbatical from writing for a while – for how long, I don’t know. I do know that I need a bit of a change/break. In the meantime, I’ll be posting food and gardening related links and videos, as it is summer and the li…
Continue reading350 or bust: The Joys of Mushroom Hunting
It is becoming increasingly clear how important the links between food security, decreasing our carbon footprint, and eating local are. Although for decades industrial agriculture has been touted as the way to feed an increasing, and increasingly hungr…
Continue reading350 or bust: Gentlemen – Happy Father’s Day!
“It is a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you; when he comes down from the mountain and you see he’s this man with weakness. And you love him as a whole being, not as a figurehead.“ ~Robin Williams in …
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
There are so many societies in which the elite made decisions that were good for themselves in the short run and ruined themselves and societies in the long run…. Similarly, in the United States at present, the policies being pursued by too many weal…
Continue reading350 or bust: Some Saturday Fun – Tag, You’re It!
This climate hawk is taking the day off – hope you enjoy this video, too, while you enjoy your Saturday!
Continue reading350 or bust: Bangladesh Surpasses Solar Energy Goal of One Million Homes, Sets New Target
I’ve declared today to be “Good News Friday” on 350orbust. It doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of bad news out there, but today we’re going to focus on some feel-good stories to start the weekend off. From a country …
Continue reading350 or bust: David Wins Against Pesticide Goliath
Fellow climate hawk Lori from over at Adventures In Climate Change recently shared how wonderful this new documentary, A Chemical Reaction, is. At the risk of raising the ire of Francis, our anti-documentary curmudgeon, I’m posting this link to…
Continue reading350 or bust: White Water, Black Gold
You can’t practice abstinence while running a brothel. Yet politicians of almost all stripes talk simultaneously about developing the Alberta oil sands while getting serous about reducing carbon emissions. Sound like a crock? It is. Mitchell Ande…
Continue reading350 or bust: Eating Local Is Delicious With Rhubarb Kuchen
Here in northern Ontario where I live, rhubarb is the first harvest from the garden that we look forward to. In anticipation of a meal of homemade pasta and grilled eggplant that’s planned for tonight (thanks to Michael who is willing to shar…
Continue readingOutrage in Calgary Over GAP Images
I wonder why the folks from the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) are so shocked (shocked!) to discover that they are not welcome to shove their medieval beliefs down students’ throats outside of high schools in Calgary. Stephanie Gra…
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” ~ Albert Einstein
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