Harper’s Budget: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Maintained, Conservation Groups Targeted
While I’ve been traveling in southern Ontario this past week, with little time to spend on the internet, it seems that I and my fellow Canadians have fallen down the…
Christine
Saturday At The Movies
* Giant Red Planet.com
I ♥ Climate Scientists
A fun video from Granada, Spain, in honour of World Meteorological Day last week. What could be better than sending some love to hardworking climate scientists, with the Alhambra in…
Climate Change Conspiracy Revealed
* Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: Expert Credibility In Climate Change Open Secrets: Senator James Inhofe, Top Industry Funders
Is The Climate Really Too Big To Fail?
350.org has a new campaign to bring home the reality of climate change to people in North America. They are asking people to “connect the dots ” on 5/5/12 by…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
But when I said that nothing had been done I erred in one important matter. We had definitely committed ourselves and were halfway out of our ruts. We had put…
Saturday At The Movies
Via Firedoglake, The Austin Lounge Lizards perform “Too Big To Fail”: * More links: Austin Lounge Lizards
Election Fraud in Canada?
On this Friday I’ll let Rick Mercer have the last word on the state of democracy in Canada:
Obama: It’s Time To End Subsidies To Big Oil
In President Obama’s address last week, he made it clear that it’s time America ends the $4 billion in annual subsidies to oil companies that are earning historic profits, and…
The Harper Government’s “Friends With Benefits”
In September 2009, at the G20 summit, Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined world leaders in committing to end government handouts to climate polluters. But the Harper government is still paying…
Goodbye Finn
Today our family said goodbye to Finn, our 10 year old Norwegian Elkhound. He was a good companion, and will be missed. May your heaven be filled with squirrels to…
Are You Hungry For Change?
Yesterday, I asked the question: what if our dysfunctional relationship to food is connected to the dysfunctional relationship we have with our ecosystem? Can we really properly care for our…
Our Food, Ourselves
Considering that most of the people reading this blog will be part of the lucky global minority who eats at least three times a day, it is astonishing how little…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” ~ Martin Luther
Ethical Oil: The Puppet Rap
This Saturday gem comes from creative folks over at The Tyee: Why is everybody all bitchin’ bout the bitumen? Don’t you like rich men turnin’ into richer men? Solomon, whose…
Saturday At The Movies
This weekend’s movie is dedicated to my lively sister-in-law Sharon, lover of all things “piggy”
Global Warming Debunked
Well, okay, maybe not so much debunked as, well, confirmed. Oops – it turns out we should still be worried, and working our butts off to preserve this wonderful world…
Healing Ourselves, Healing The World
I recently read the following quote: “life is a series of events that we’re not quite ready for”. Life is difficult; sometimes just getting out of bed in the morning…
Woodworth Will Get His Day in the Commons
I’m sure you remember what Stephen Harper said during the election campaign last year. Well, that was one big fat lie, as expected. Stephen Woodworth is an MP who has…
It’s A Mystery
Nothing in life ever stays the same, so why should this blog be any different? Since 350orbust was created in November of 2009, in response to 350.org’s “International Day of…