Wanna know what climate change “looks like”? Well, here you go: Extreme weather events are textbook examples of an effect that an overall warming of the planet will have. But since at least 1988, climate scientists have warned that climate change would bring, in general, increased heat waves, more droughts,
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Those Facebook Games
Facebook games are getting more, and more easy all of the time. Just see how long it takes you to solve one of the typical Find-A-Word game images that goes around. Here’s my contribution to the game-spam. Share it once you find the solution! Spread my meme!
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: New Documentary "Rational Middle": Oil and Gas Advertising in Disguise
Rational Middle Logo.jpeg The "Rational Middle Energy Series," directed and produced by Gregory Kallenberg, is hot off the film rolls and has already been screened at an influential venue: the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival. Kallenberg also directed and produced the documentary film "Haynesville: A Nation’s Hunt for An Energy Future,"
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Ethics committee talks social media without Del Mastro
I had a few committee meetings to choose from while I was in Ottawa last week, and attending the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics meeting on Tuesday made sense. And not just because it was hearing witnesses on a study of the privacy issues around social media. I was hoping
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: FreedomWorks Creates Error-Filled Site To Accuse EPA Of "Killing Jobs"
EPA Kills Jobs Facebook Ad.jpg FreedomWorks, the sister organization to the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP), has launched a new website and advertising campaign to convince American voters that the Obama administration and the EPA are out to destroy American jobs. FreedomWorks has been instrumental in creating the Tea Party in
Continue readingLeDaro: Facebook has serious problems
Facebook dilemma. An Exile from the Kingdom of Me -Thomas Beller Whenever I try to sign into my Facebook account it asks me for my phone number and then a government-issued I.D. What is this – airport security? I have given up on the Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg grow up. There
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Breastfeeding Makes Sane People Crazy
Why does any discussion of breastfeeding makes people a little insane? I don’t exclude myself: even I get a little agitated. Here are some examples of what I mean: Exhibit A: a recent post on breastfeeding at KevinMD.com sparked a small flame war in the comments. Barbara Bronson, an RN wrote there: A
Continue readingThings Are Good: Daily Social Well-Being Challenges
MeYou Health is an online community that is trying to get people to make small changes everyday that add up to big change. They have a suite of apps for Facebook and iPhones that remind you to drink water or partake in a daily challenge. When you think about it,
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: U.S. Chamber Front Group Holds “Whine And Blame” Facebook Party – Nobody Shows Up
American_Free_Enterprise_logo1.jpg American Free Enterprise, a front group of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, held a complaint session on Facebook on Tuesday afternoon to let Americans vent about “who is to blame” for rising gas prices. Unfortunately for the group, few people attended their virtual party. The pity party was an attempt
Continue readingTrashy's World: Using FB and Twitter…
…seems to be becoming popular as direct lines to an omnipotent, omnipresent being. And I’m getting quite bored with it all. Specifically, I’ve had quite enough of Facebook updates, Twitter tweets that go something like this: “I know 99% of my friends won’t re-post this, but please do if you
Continue readingThings Are Good: WeTopia: A Facebook Game that Funds Good Projects
We’ve looked at Facebook games that promote goodness before, and now we can WeTopia to that list. Instead of taking all those in-game purchases as profit WeTopia gives to charities that do real-world good. Thanks Kathryn!
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Facebook is NOT The Internet – The Internet IS The (Social) Network
In the beginning there were BBSs (Bulletin Board Systems). In a foreshadowing of things to come, almost immediately following the invention of the Personal Computer (PC) they became communications devices as BBS systems were set up for hobbyists to use to share information and home-written programs. At this time PC
Continue readingOccupy Ottawa: Conservatives Bill C-30: Upset Canadians #TellVicEverything
This week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews, attacked the Internet and Canadians through Bill C-30. He insulted Canadians, and threatened their right to online privacy and a host of individual freedoms. …Read More
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Conservatives Bill C-30: Upset Canadians #TellVicEverything
This week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Public Safety Minister Vic Toews attacked the Internet with Bill C-30. And Canadians’ right to online privacy and a host of individual freedoms. But Canadians – and the Internet …Read More
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Slack-tivists All
People who click “like” on Facebook to show support for a cause are slacktivists, you on the other hand with your “Support Our Troops” bumper sticker, breast cancer ribbon fleece and poppy laden dashboard are not. Slacktivism is a pejorative term that refers to easy and simple gestures, relatively symbolic
Continue readingThings Are Good: Sustainable Power for Facebook
Greenpeace has worked with Facebook to convert Facebook’s coal-powered datacentres to environmentally friends power sources. In April 2011, a Greenpeace report, How Dirty is your Data?, calculated that 53.2% of Facebook’s electricity was generated by coal. Energy consumption by datacentres is growing rapidly and each of Facebook’s US datacentres is
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2011-12-11 02:07:00
PERSONAL MOLLY DEBATES THE INSANE Most of Molly’s “action” is now over at her Facebook site. Over there there is an interesting “debate” if you can call it such. The substance concerens the “torching” of a cop car by supposed anarchists at a recent demonstration about the rigged Russian election.
Continue readingCarbon49 - a blog on sustainability for Canadian businesses: Integrating Corporate Responsibility Into Brand: GM vs Zipcar
There is a powerful opportunity for brand managers to integrate corporate responsibility commitments into brand platforms to win consumer loyalty. General Motors and Zipcar both ran recent campaigns in universities to win over students. One car company shows they understand their target audience while the other shows a disconnect. You
Continue readingThe Skwib: The Tyranny and Creativity of a Word Count
On the other hand, a really specific (short) word limit can force one to be more creative and improve the text. I love the Blaise Pascal quote: “Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.” In English: “This
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