The "Age of Fire" – It’s Here
You have to work really, really hard not to see it, this Age of Fire. You have to be really, really young not to remember a world where this wasn’t…
2019
Mark Carney – UN Climate Envoy
Ex-governor of the Bank of Canada, outgoing governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney is to be appointed the UN’s special envoy on climate action and climate finance. Speaking…
The true reason I haven’t been involved in political activism for a while: not time shortage but fear of being wrong.
Life is complicated. I look back at so many things I used to believe and I don’t hold those beliefs anymore. The knowledge of how my beliefs have changed makes…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Laurie Macfarlane writes that contrary to the dogma of budget scolds, the truly reckless course of action is to fail to invest…
maya moore’s quest for justice
Long ago (in internet terms), in the early days of what we then called the Blogosphere, one of the primary functions of blogs was to share other posts and articles…
retro blog part 1: maya moore’s activism
Long ago (in internet terms), in the early days of what we then called the Blogosphere, one of the primary functions of blogs was to share other posts and articles…
Klein Redux
If you want to know where Alberta is headed, take a look at the speech Jason Kenney delivered to the United Conservative Party faithful in Calgary. Sarah Rieger reports: Alberta…
Building bridges west?
I am not a fan of Toronto member of parliament Chrystia Freeland. While properly impressed by both her CV as a journalist and her books, I do not see her…
Top 10 Films of the 2010s
I don’t really write about movies on this blog (lately I haven’t written much of anything), but with the decade coming to a close, I figure why not take a…
Top 10 Films of the 2010s
I don’t really write about movies in this blog (lately I haven’t written much of anything), but with the decade coming to a close, I figure why not take a…
VanDusen Festival of Lights set to sparkle for 35th year
November 29 2019 The enchanting VanDusen Festival of Lights (FOL) is set to sparkle for another holiday season starting tomorrow. And tickets are selling fast. More than a million lights…
Nov. 30: Our Seventy-Five Years of Failure to Make a Better World.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-belt-and-road-central-europe-1.5370854 Like it or lump it, China has made huge economic progress since 1945. And, unlike the U.S., that progress has also benefited the huge numbers of Chinese who were…
North Cowichan Council To Consider The Following Far Reaching Resolution
This motion is to be discussed and debated as the last item of business of the December 4th Council Meeting, December 4th, 1:30 PM in Council Chambers. NOTICE…
It Can Be Done
I was surprised that the concept of the New Green Deal has been around for over a decade. Far more ambitious than the Green Shift once proposed by Stephan Dion,…
What’s More Dangerous – Climate Change or Our Political Leadership?
A recurring theme on this blog has been the precipitous decline in political leadership in Canada and many other nations during the neoliberal era. Professor, historian and celebrated futurist, Yuval…
Follow The Money
Paul Krugman writes that the Republican Party, officially known as the GOP — The Grand Old Party — is actually the COP — The Corrupt Old Party: The G.O.P. is…
Saturday Photo: Jade Plant in Full Bloom
First let me say that I kill orchids, and can’t get African violets to bloom. Don’t know why, but after several years of trying, I’m faced with defeat on that…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Olivia Bowden reports on new research showing that the harmful health effects of air pollution are even worse than previously known. – But…