Witch’s Fingers And Night Of The Living Duck
Who says climate hawks don’t have any fun? For years I have made “Witch’s Fingers” with my daughters and their friends for Halloween. Now both are university students living away…
Christine
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. ~Elie Wiesel
Saturday At The Movies
“Lord” Christopher Monckton, climate skeptic and scientific ignoramus, shown up to be the pompous idiot that he is by the British comedy show “The Hamster Wheel”:
Occupy Movement Continues To Grow, Highlight Corporate Corruption of Democracy
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Explains How Corporate Greed Is Ruining America: ****************
Save Our Climate Act Introduced in U.S. Congress
It’s been an interesting few weeks on the climate front in North America. With the backdrop of the “Occupy” movement, there were some small changes introduced that hopefully signal the…
Finally, Some Good News Out Of Ottawa: All-Party Climate Caucus Formed
Thanks in large part to the hard work of Kirsty Duncan, Liberal MP for Etobicoke North and IPCC scientist, a new House of Commons “climate change” caucus has been formed.…
The Occupy Movement: A Puny Little “Ant” That’s Messing With The Corporations’ Way Of Life
“You let one ant stand up to us, then they ALL might stand up to us. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever…
A Bushel And A Peck of Tomatoes
We’re still enjoying the bounty of our summer garden in the form of plenty of fresh tomatoes. I’ve been looking for creative ways to eat/cook with them – even tomato…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
My frustration with religion is people who think it’s about four walls: You go in and are righteous and leave church and it doesn’t go with you. I love the…
Mr Burns Stands Up For the 1%
Here’s a comic that is making the rounds these days (I found it on Think Progress): More links: Graph: 147 Companies Control 40% of Global Corporate Wealth Occupy Wall Street…
Shoppers Drug Mart Locations Support Anti-Choice Orgs
It has come to my attention that the same company that happily provides me with birth control pills (and even Plan B) in exchange for my hard earned cash is…
The Importance of Funding for Abortion Services
In light of some skewed statistics coming from Campaign Life Coalition & co., I was happy to come across a very well written essay by Joyce Arthur, Why Abortion Care…
Rally for Abortion Rights Tomorrow
As some of you may know, Campaign Life Coalition Youth is organizing a “protest,” since they don’t believe that women deserve publicly funded health care. More details are here.
David Suzuki On Occupy Movement: The Future Of Young People Is Being Sacrificed To Corporate Agenda
David Suzuki was interviewed at the Occupy Montreal event last Saturday: “We’ve got to take back our country, and take back our democracy..Stop serving the corporate agenda. It seems that…
U.S. Senator: Washington’s Failure To Act On Climate Change Is Blameworthy & The Consequences Profound
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave a powerful speech in the U.S. Senate last week, making a thorough and well-supported argument for immediate comprehensive action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate…
Just a Mom, Here For A Better World For My Kids
More links: The Global 99 Percent March In Hundreds of Cities Worldwide For Social and Economic Justice How Wall Street Occupies Washington
Cold Prairie Winds Not Enough to Drive Winnipeg Occupiers Out of Memorial Park
I happened to be in Winnipeg this past weekend, and so was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the initial Occupy Canada events in that city. The turnout…
Kitikaanikamik, “Where People Come To Grow”
Kitikaanikamik is an Ojibway word that means “the place where things grow”. The Local Foods Initiative (RLLFI) in the northern Ontario town that I live in has applied to the…
The Occupy Movement Goes Global
Yesterday the Occupy Wall Street movement, sparked by a call from the Vancouver-based Ad Busters magazine, started sparking occupations in Canada. From five thousand people in Vancouver, to three hundred…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
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