Ms Smith Goes To Washington To Lobby For A Price On Carbon Pollution
Life feels incredibly busy these days; not only is it gardening season, there’s so much happening on the climate front as well as personally that it’s hard to keep up.…
Christine
Happy Father’s Day
Here’s a shout out for all the dads out there, and especially the three in my life – my husband, my father, and my father-in-law. You are all awesome, and…
Saturday The Movies
Great video from a BBC documentary:
Dirty Energy Ushers Us Into New, and Disturbing, Territory
How much more damage to our land, water, and climate are we willing to tolerate before we just say no to this economic system of death? * This week in…
The Link Between Good Food & Good Health
It’s TED Talk Thursday on 350orbust, and I’m reposting this talk from TEDx Austin 2011. I’m presenting about GMO/GE foods at a regional diabetes conference this week, and as part…
Fearless Summer Heats Up
* There have been five arrests this week of people protesting the presence of SWN Resources Canada on traditional Mi’kmaq territory in New Brunswick. The protests are being led by…
Whistleblower Snowden: NSA Surveillance Will Lead To “Turnkey Tyranny”
This incredibly brave young man’s story needs to be shared far and wide. 29 year old Edward Snowden, through The Guardian newspaper, went public as the NSA whistleblower yesterday. His…
The Harper Government: Making The North Pole Safe, For Oil Companies & You
The Alberta tar sands aren’t only environmentally friendly, they’re good for the ozone layer, they will stop illiteracy and alleviate erectile dysfunction; and that’s just the tip of the melting…
Ottawa: Buying Ads Is Easier Than Rooting Out CPC Corruption
Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate’er it touches. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab What a week in “Ottawapiskat”! In Canada’s capital city the embattled government of Stephen Harper is…
First Nations & Tar Sands: “Our Backs Are To The Wall”
From the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: * More links: Indigenous Environmental Network Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance NoKXL Tar Sands Action
Keystone XL: Nightmare In The Making
* Think it can’t happen? Remember Mayflower Arkansas, where residents of a residential suburb woke up to a sea of dirty oil around their homes. More links: Alberta Oil Spill:…
Sell Your Crap. Pay Your Debts. Do What You Love.
This week’s TED Talk features Adam Baker, founder of ManVsDebt, a blog which focuses on a simple message: The first step to living a life of passion and purpose is…
The Obama Tar Sands Pipeline
Is the Keystone XL pipeline really what President Obama wants to leave as his legacy, for future generations to remember him by – and curse him for? * Meanwhile climate…
Saturday At The Movies
Kleenex alert!
Google Goes Solar, Harper Government Faltering, And Other Good News
Anybody else need some good news on this Friday, the last one in May? There certainly enough bad news out there, but here’s a few bright spots: * As a…
Face The Nation Faces The Reality Of a Warmer World
Is the mainstream media waking up to the reality of climate catastrophe just as our climate jumps the shark? Earlier this week on CBS’s Face The Nation, Climate Central’s Chief…