The Joys of Mushroom Hunting
It is becoming increasingly clear how important the links between food security, decreasing our carbon footprint, and eating local are. Although for decades industrial agriculture has been touted as the…
Christine
Gentlemen – Happy Father’s Day!
“It is a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you; when he comes down from the mountain and you see he’s this man…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
There are so many societies in which the elite made decisions that were good for themselves in the short run and ruined themselves and societies in the long run…. Similarly,…
Some Saturday Fun – Tag, You’re It!
This climate hawk is taking the day off – hope you enjoy this video, too, while you enjoy your Saturday!
Bangladesh Surpasses Solar Energy Goal of One Million Homes, Sets New Target
I’ve declared today to be “Good News Friday” on 350orbust. It doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of bad news out there, but today we’re going to focus on some…
David Wins Against Pesticide Goliath
Fellow climate hawk Lori from over at Adventures In Climate Change recently shared how wonderful this new documentary, A Chemical Reaction, is. At the risk of raising the ire of…
White Water, Black Gold
You can’t practice abstinence while running a brothel. Yet politicians of almost all stripes talk simultaneously about developing the Alberta oil sands while getting serous about reducing carbon emissions. Sound…
Eating Local Is Delicious With Rhubarb Kuchen
Here in northern Ontario where I live, rhubarb is the first harvest from the garden that we look forward to. In anticipation of a meal of homemade pasta and grilled…
Outrage in Calgary Over GAP Images
I wonder why the folks from the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) are so shocked (shocked!) to discover that they are not welcome to shove their medieval beliefs down…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” ~ Albert Einstein
The Owl And The Kitty Cat
Hope you’re enjoying a relaxing weekend. Here’s some Saturday fun to add to it; Fum is the cat and Gebra the barn owl. They are both about one year old…
Hug A Climate Scientist Today!
Today is officially “Hug a Climate Scientist Day”, a reminder that climate scientists are our friends! Don’t forget to do so, virtually, or in reality if you happen to have…
Analysis of Britain’s Shape After Sea Level Rise, Ken To Barbie “It’s Over”, And More News
It’s Friday, and I’m just wrapping up two very time-consuming work projects, which means I’m in the mood for some good news, and a good laugh – come to think…
Remember, We Shouldn’t Make Connections Between Climate Change And All The Extreme Weather Events We’ve Been Experiencing Lately
From an op-ed by Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plomomedia.com: The transcript of the original article: “Caution: It is vitally important…
The Trouble With Carbon
More from The Agenda With Steve Paikin, this week broadcasting from the Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 – Ingenuity in Energy Solutions being held at the University of Waterloo. Last night’s…
The Problem We’ve Created
The world needs to reduce carbon emissions. While oil and gas were cheap, there were few incentives to seek newer, cleaner and renewable resources. But time is now the biggest…
No Comment: Campaign Life Coalition
“Then we have the enormous demographic cost of the 3.2 million Canadians killed by abortion since 1969. By now, these individuals would be in the workforce, paying taxes and generating…
Linda Gibbons is Set to Continue Her Crusade
Ugh, what a surprise. Two days after being released from jail, Gibbons revealed in an interview with the National Post (the only paper that bothers reporting about her legal troubles)…
Eating Local Is Delicious
Where we live in northwestern Ontario we don’t have access to a lot of local market gardens or farms. But what we do have on our doorstep are lakes full…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill