The much anticipated U.N. GEO 5 Report came out today. At this point, is anyone surprised by its findings? * Only 4 of 90 international environmental goals making significant progress * Climate change, fish stocks showing little or no progress Time is running very short, U.N. Under-Secretary General and UNEP
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NEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Naomi Klein’s TED Talk: “Addicted To Risk”
Ms. Klein gives a thoughtful and timely talk about our oil addiction. A whole lot of information you won’t find in your local fishwrap.
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Naomi Klein’s TED Talk: “Addicted To Risk”
Ms. Klein gives a thoughtful and timely talk about our oil addiction. A whole lot of information you won’t find in your local fishwrap.
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Naomi Klein’s TED Talk: "Addicted To Risk"
Ms. Klein gives a thoughtful and timely talk about our oil addiction. A whole lot of information you won’t find in your local fishwrap.
Continue readingearthgauge: An unprecedented letter to PM Harper from former Fisheries Ministers
Four former ministers of Fisheries and Oceans – from both Progressive Conservative and Liberal governments – took the extraordinary step of writing an open letter to “Prime Minister” Stephen Harper this week. They expressed their deep concern over the changes to Fisheries regulations in the omnibus Budget Implementation Bill C-38,
Continue readingearthgauge: Earthgauge Radio May 31 2012: Shark conservation and Capital Velo Fest
Download: earthgaugeradio-podcast-may31-2012-sharkconservation.mp3 On Earthgauge Radio this week, we’re taking a look at shark conservation and the Ottawa bike festival called Capital Velo Fest. The award-winning film Sharkwater will be screened this Tuesday, June 5 at 7:00PM at the Mayfair Theatre in Ottawa (a CKCU co-presentation) I have three interviews for you
Continue readingearthgauge: Sharks and bikes on Earthgauge Radio tomorrow at 7:00-8:00 AM on CKCU
On Earthgauge Radio this week, we’re talking about shark conservation and the Capital Velo Fest. The award-winning film Sharkwater will be screened this Tuesday, June 5 at 7:00PM at the Mayfair Theatre in Ottawa (a CKCU co-presentation) so we’ll be talking about shark conservation with Gabriel Wildgen, a campaigner with
Continue readingearthgauge: Earthgauge Radio May 24 2012: Special program on Canada’s changing North
Download: earthgaugeradio-podcast-may24-2012-arctic-special.mp3 On Earthgauge Radio this week, we’re taking a look at issues facing Canada’s rapidly changing northern regions. I have three interviews for you on today’s special show: Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), the national organization representing Inuit Ed Struzik, author of The Big Thaw: Travels
Continue reading350 or bust: Raised Beds And Riots
Another Monday and my hugelkultur piles aren’t done; in fact they are growing daily; I didn’t realize they were like rabbits, and would start reproducing at a crazy rate! As any of you gardeners out there know, when it’s time to get the garden ready, there’s no rest until it’s
Continue reading350 or bust: Thirty Minutes To Change Your World
The Spring of Sustainability is a three-month series of events that allows callers to interact directly with world-class visionaries by phone or webcast, for free. Since the end of March, this amazing series has brought visionaries like Vandana Shiva, Hunter Lovins, John Robbins, and Van Jones to people all over
Continue readingearthgauge: Canadian government will be up to old tricks at Rio+20 Earth Summit
In case you were wondering how the Canadian government is preparing itself for the upcoming Rio +20 Earth Summit, a small excerpt from an otherwise unrelated article in Grist provides some indication. The article is about Earth Summit bureaucracy but in illustrating her point about the mind-numbing multilateral meetings going
Continue readingearthgauge: Connecting the dots on climate change
The international day of action to Connect the Dots between extreme weather and climate change took place on May 5 in locations all around the world, including many events here in Canada. Check out this great video from 350.org, which captures the highlights of some of these events. As Bill
Continue readingearthgauge: Earthgauge Radio May 10: Pedal power! The two-wheeled revolution is coming…
Download: earthgauge-radio-podcast-may10-2012.mp3 On Earthgauge Radio this week, we’re talking bikes. After all, May is Bike to Work month so I have three cycling-related interviews for you on today’s program: Jess Wells, Program Coordinator at Envirocentre, which is coordinating activities for Ottawa Bike to Work month. Caron Cheng of Mountain Equipment
Continue readingearthgauge: May is Bike to Work month in Ottawa!
In case you’re looking for additional reasons to jettison your car and haul out the bike, the video below from EnviroCentre Ottawa makes a convincing case. Save money, improve your health, help reduce pollution, the list goes on (and on). May is Bike to Work month so let’s get to
Continue readingopenalex: Experimental Cities
[Below is a post that I just wrote for sustainablecitiescanada.ca. I’ve been thinking about this idea that cities can function as laboratories for developing policies for a while now. It’s an interesting alternative or complement to more traditional top-down approaches to planning. But beyond novelty, I think if used well
Continue reading350 or bust: Live Long And Prosper, Already
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the amazingly popular Star Trek series, was a man ahead of his time. Here is one of the things he to say about humanity and our problems (with one editorial comment from me!): “I believe in humanity. We are an incredible species. We’re still just
Continue reading350 or bust: Earth Day: Carl Sagan On Global Warming
Via Climate Crocks, Carl Sagan on global warming on Earth Day 19990. Note that Sagan’s C02 numbers reflect the 1990 numbers, not current ones. And when he says that the U.S. generates 21% of the gasses that are responsible for greenhouse effect, he means the extra gases that contribute to atmospheric
Continue reading350 or bust: Things Happen, But It’s Time To Connect The Dots
Thailand has the worst flooding in its history, only a month after Central America has the worst flood in its history, a month after Vermont has the worst flooding in its history in the same year that the Mississippi river has the worst flooding in its history. And Queensland in
Continue reading350 or bust: A Cry For Change
Reposted from April 4, 2010. Brian McClaren‘s Holy Week: Meditation 6: Wherever there is death … wherever hope is buried … wherever evil triumphs over law, and wherever law triumphs over grace … wherever injustice, unkindness, and arrogance are winning … just wait. It’s not over yet. * More links:
Continue reading350 or bust: The Earth Is Full
For TED talk Tuesday, here’s Paul Gilding, author of The Great Disruption: Why Climate Change Will Bring About The End of Shopping And the Birth of A New World. At TED 2012 Gilding addressed the issue of whether or not we humans have used up all our resources. While the first
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