The following is a guest post from WorldOceansDay.org. This is an important event and deserves our attention so I am reposting it on Earthgauge. World Oceans Day, the UN-designated day for the global community to celebrate and take action for our shared ocean. This year, take a moment to make
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Accidental Deliberations: Toxic Sludge is Good Enough for You
I don’t actually doubt Joe Oliver’s sincerity in claiming that as far as he’s concerned, people will soon be able to drink from tar-sands tailing ponds. But I do suspect that mostly has to do with the Cons’ pathetic idea of water safety, rather than any reasonable belief that Canadians
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Fracking Industry Trying To Keep Doctors Silent About Chemical Dangers
doctor silence.jpg Polls conducted in recent years show that close to 80% of Americans trust their doctors. They believe, rightly so, that their personal doctors are looking out for their patients’ best interests, and that doctors will do what is necessary to get patients healthy. But what happens when a
Continue readingearthgauge: “Dark Age” for Canadian Science
In yet another example of the Canadian government’s antipathy toward science and hatred of all things environmental, check out this article from the excellent journalist Andrew Nikiforuk. Here’s an excerpt: Just as citizens flocked to their cottages and launched their boats, the government of Stephen Harper pulled the plug on
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament in Review: April 30, 2012
Monday, April 30 featured discussion of two opposition motions dealing with the federal government’s responsibility to ensure the safety of Canadians. And on both fronts, the Cons went out of their way to disclaim any such role for our public servants. The Big Issue Jack Harris started off the safety
Continue reading350 or bust: Water: A Wake Up Call
If you drink water, Last Call At the Oasis is a movie you should see, according to film critic Christopher Campbell. The movie …presents a powerful argument for why the global water crisis will be the central issue facing our world this century. Illuminating the vital role water plays in
Continue readingcartoon life: Ocean Views eBook lost at sea
Update May 8 2012 ”Thank you for submitting your request to update your content. Your change request has been denied.” 🙁 Are there no hints? Suggestions? Guidelines? The Ocean Views eBook can be downloaded directly from here. Filed under: art, book, digital, drawing, drawings, good stuff, illustration, iPad, painting Tagged: art, cloud, illustration, iPad,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Why Tibet Will Never Be Free
This map says it all: The Tibetan plateau is key to controlling the headwaters of just about every major river in East and South Asia. China controls Tibet, it controls most of the water that it and its neighbours depend upon. As written on this blog for years, it was
Continue readingThings Are Good: Getting Water from Air
With water wars becoming a concern for nations around the world a small French company has come up with a way to get water out of thin air. Well, humid air, and it’s for more than just providing peace it’s a way for many communities to get off the grid
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Exposing the Gas Industry’s Myth of ‘Recycled Water’
fracking-photo-drink.jpg Reposted with permission from EcoWatch.org (a fantastic site that you should bookmark and visit often) Authored by Mackenzie Schoonmaker and Mike Dulong from Riverkeeper Every time the gas industry fracks, the public loses. We forfeit an enormous amount of fresh water from our rivers, lakes and streams, and we get
Continue readingcartoon life: Ocean Views eBook
The Ocean Views eBook can be downloaded directly from here. It seems to be stalled stubbornly under review, so may not be available through the iTunes book store. Once you have the download completed, drag the file onto iTunes, then sync your iPad. The objection—repeated boilerplate—from review staff is that: “Books must
Continue readingcartoon life: Ocean view #23
This is the last of the series. Repainting from photos was an interesting exercise. Early re-worked images had none of the freshness of the in situ work. The photos bound the image, somehow. Even as I tried to retain the freshness and brightness, this one, to me, still clamps on
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Continue readingcartoon life: Ocean view #17
Interestingly, from here on to the end, the quality of the images changes. These are references from photographs, whereas the previous images were drawn in situ, live, plein air. Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
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