Caring For Our Environment Isn’t Optional
I’m on a (low-carbon) holiday for the next while, with little access to a computer, so please accept my apologies for delayed responses or posting of comments. All should be…
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“I Have A Dream”: How Great Leaders Inspire Us
An inspiring TED talk from Simon Sinek, motivational speaker and author of Start With Why about how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” This…
Ending Fossil Fuel’s War On Us And The Planet
I’m on a (low-carbon) holiday for the next while, with little access to a computer, so please accept my apologies for delayed responses or posting of comments. All should be…
Saturday At The Movies
Need a lift this morning? This should do it!
What Up, Steve?
This is a Friday shout-out to all those Canadians who, like me, are fed-up with the undemocratic and oily ways of the Harper government. Thanks from this northern Ontarian to…
Millions of Canadian Taxpayer Dollars Are Spent On Tar Sands PR
Apparently the current federal government can’t afford to spend taxpayer money on climate action or giving affordable healthcare to the poorest and most vulnerable among us, refugees, but it can…
Greedy Lying Bastards: Exposing The Fossil Fools Who Put Profit Before Human Lives
* One of the few-and-far-between perks of being a climate blogger is that occasionally I get access to books and movies before the general public does. This past weekend I…
How Our Secrets Steal Our Lives
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust. Here’s a fascinating TEDx talk by South African trainer and speaker Bruce Muzik whose “passion is having people experience unprecedented freedom and happiness, through…
Canadian First Nations Leader Takes Tar Sands Fight To Europe Ahead Of Key Council Vote
via Friends of the Earth Europe & Bill Erasmus, Dene National Chief A leader of Canada’s Indigenous peoples gave a dramatic eyewitness account of the environmental and social devastation associated…
Saturday At The Movies
Kleenex warning!
In Honour of International Women’s Day, Let’s Stop Harming and Start Helping
Reblogged from 350 or bust: It’s International Women’s Day, a good time to reflect on the fact that women around the globe are, and will be in the future, disproportionately…
Ecosystem Collapse: A Clarion Call For A New Way of Being Human
* It’s been three and a half years since I began talking about, blogging about, and working for action on, climate change. It took me a while to call myself…
Reaching Across The Climate Divide: Transforming The Way We Engage
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust. Simran Sethi talks about engaging with people who seem to be our polar opposites.
Saturday At The Movies
No wonder there’s so much confusion about the science of climate change out there! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI8UPHMzZm8
We Could Have Stopped Climate Chaos But We Were Too Damned Cheap
What a beautiful Friday morning in my part of the world. The sky is blue and clear on a minus 16 degree C March 1st day. I’m watching two pileated…
Limiting Scientists’ Free Speech: A New Canadian Tradition
Ah, Rick, I love you, and your honesty and willingness to use your celebrity to remind Canadians what our nation has come to under Stephen Harper. Thanks! * Wondering what…
It’s Not Working: A Wake Up Call For Baby Boomers
I was lucky enough to hear TEDx Vancouver when it was livestreamed in October. I knew then that I wanted to post Dr. John Izzo’s talk as soon as it…