This is a reposting from The Earth Story’s Facebook page: “The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down. “ –Flip Wilson A new publication issued by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in the journal “Nature” has reported that the chances
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350 or bust: Hopes For a New Year
We all have dreams and hopes for a better future. It is good to remember that there is more that connects us than divides us. Let’s hope that 2013 is a time that we the people remind our elected representatives of this fact.
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Three New Year’s Resolutions for Canada
I have never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. The practice always struck me as little more than an excuse to put off self-improvement until next year. But now, with year’s end upon us, and solutions nowhere in sight for the host of problems that we face as a
Continue reading350 or bust: Best of 2012
We’ve made it past the Mayan Apocalypse and are poised enter 2013, a brand spankin’ new year. ‘Tis the season for reviewing 2012. Here’s my personal, and entirely random, “best of 2012″ list: Best NonFiction: * Goodness knows we need inspiration and encouragement in these times, and Andrew Harvey gives
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Seattle Says No To Oil & Gas
It has to be done. It’s no secret that the largest oil and gas corporations yield more power and influence than most governments, but quietly lurking in the shadows are their investors/shareholders. My theory is that a good chunk of the people who vote for Harper have their rrsps/mutual funds
Continue reading350 or bust: It’s a Wrap
Christmas isn’t quite over yet – here’s Sean Quigley from Winnipeg, drumming and singing his heart out in this video that went viral last Christmas:
Continue reading350 or bust: Mary, Did You Know
Kathy Mattea performs this traditional Christmas song in Berkeley:
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
This is a video about what this holiday season is meant to be about – love and compassion, even in the face of intolerance and hate: * EveryoneMatters.2012.com
Continue reading350 or bust: Happy Holidays: Oil To The World & All That
The U.S. National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its updated Arctic Report card earlier this week. Like many other recent reports about the condition of the north, the canary in climate change coal mine, the news is sobering; new records have been set for snow extent, sea ice extent
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Climate change is simple: David Roberts at TEDxTheEvergreenStateCollege
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Continue readingAnother Step to Take: Climate Change, Northern Ontario & Chief Theresa Spence
My last post was about a children’s book on climate change and polar bears. This post is going to be about climate change and Northern Ontarians. There are communities in Northern Ontario where the roads drive over ice. This news article from almost a year ago describing how the roads
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Killing Off Old King Coal While There’s Still Time
If we’re to avoid runaway global warming, we have to get carbon emissions down into the mid to low-40s by 2020. At the moment we’re at 52 and trending upwards. That is 52 gigatonnes, 52 billion metric tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. That’s where we’re at this year.A new report
Continue reading350 or bust: A Revolution in Thinking
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust – enjoy this mind-blowing talk on quantum mechanics by Aaron O’Connell:
Continue readingAnother Step to Take: Tears for Nanertak – a children’s book about climate change
I received in the mail an absolutely stunning hard covered picture book to review. It is called Tears for Nanertak and it is written and illustrated by Skip Hofstrand. As I look through it I can imagine myself wandering the halls of an art gallery admiring an arctic exhibit. The
Continue reading350 or bust: Idle No More: A Drumbeat Is Heard Across The Nation
There are a lot of things I could write about on this crisp winter morning; NOAA’s updated 2012 Arctic Report Card, for example (hint: it ain’t lookin’ good) or the aftermath of the tragedy in Newton Connecticut on Friday, or the (related) fact that American drones have killed nearly 200
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking on compassion and it’s connection to finding purpose in life.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Nothing Convinces Quite Like a Taste of the Lash
The onset of extreme weather events is rapidly culling the ranks of climate change skeptics. Megastorms, droughts, heat waves and floods are prevailing as science never could, especially in the home of denialism, the United States. A poll released on Friday by the Associated Press-GfK found rising concern about climate
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: From Twitter Moots to Chemical Valleys, lawyers are talking environmental rights
Friday, December 14, 2012 On November 20th Team U of Alberta won the world’s second-ever Twitter Moot, arguing that we all have a right to a healthy atmosphere. Meanwhile our friends at Ecojustice and David Suzuki Foundation are asking Canadians to demand environmental rights. Why are more and more environmental
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