Saturday At The Movies
Saturday Night Live had some fun spoofing the second presidential debate last weekend:
climate change
1000 youth converge in Ottawa to demand just solutions to climate and economic crises
by We Are Powershift From October 26 to October 29, 1000 youth from across the country will converge at Power Shift 2012 in Ottawa to galvanize a broad movement pushing…
The Canadian Progressive covers Power Shift 2012
The Canadian Progressive’s publisher and progressive political blogger, Obert Madondo, will be reporting on the 4-day Power Shift 2012 conference taking place in Ottawa and Gatineau on October 26-29, 2012.…
Creation In Peril: Protect What You Love
Tomorrow I’m going to be spending much of the day at Creation in Peril: Protect What You Love, a conference on faith and the environment. This is one of the…
Canada-China Investment Treaty Threatens Canadian Security, Sovereignty, And Democracy
What Stephen Harper has proven in his six year tenure as Prime Minister of Canada, particularly during his 18 months leading a majority government in the House of Commons, is…
Three Reasons why Obama’s Second Term will be a Transformative One
The Great Storyteller Not only America but the rest of the world would benefit from President Obama being voted in for a second term, because that term will be a…
Canadians Answer The Call To Defend Our Coast While Climate Silence Reigns South of Border
It was a cool rainy day in Victoria, British Columbia yesterday, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from coming out to the B.C. Legislature to show both the provincial…
BC’s Natural Gas Strategy nothing more than a fairy tale
I have an oped in Saturday’s Vancouver Sun. The editor wanted me to focus on the claims of economic gains for BC, so the piece ended up being a complementary…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“If you can find money to kill people, you can find money to help people.” ~Tony Benn (Former UK MP)
Can’t Make It To Victoria To Defend Our Coast? Be Part of A “Flash Phone Mob”
Hundreds, if not thousands, of Canadians are going to be gathering in Victoria, B.C. today to take a stand against the Northern Gateway Pipeline that Enbridge, and our current federal…
It’s Time To Get Real About The Risks Of Dirty Energy
Tomorrow is the day that the largest tar sands protest in Canadian history is to take place, in Victoria, British Columbia, to defend our coast from the dangers of Enbridge’s…
The Dalai Lama Calls for Climate Change Action by All World Leaders, Even Ours
Maybe Steve Harper should stop taking orders from his Beijing mandarins long enough to listen to the Dalai Lama. Speaking at MIT, the Dalai Lama warned that every nation will…
It’s All About Food – and Zombies
Okay, maybe we don’t need to worry about zombies but we should certainly consider future food shortages, not to mention the pesticide-laced food and genetically modified food (GMO) we are…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe *
Saturday At The Movies
This is fun, whether or not you are Canadian:
Upholding the Law, Protecting the Land, Sharing the Wealth
Friday, October 12, 2012 A recently announced agreement between the Province of British Columbia and the Gitanyow Nation is of deep significance not only for the people, the land, and…
A Women’s Look At The Alberta Oil Sands: It Ain’t Pretty
From October 9 – 16, the Nobel Women’s Initiative is visiting Canada’s oil sands to get women’s perspectives on the impacts of this huge oil extraction project to the local…
McKibben On Maher: Climate Denial Smack-Down
Two of my favourite Bills talk climate change, along with the Republicans at the table. It is, as 350.org posted, a seriously awesome “smack-down” – climate science and reality versus…
Crops in the North?
Why not? With a warming climate, this might be an opportunity for daring and hard working northern entrepreneurs! This guy, from Norman Wells, NWT, grows a potato crop alongside an…