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…
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Energy Efficiency Hour
Earth Hour has been implemented incorrectly the last few years. It’s time to change that, and use the time to make a concrete contribution to energy efficiency that lasts .…
Organizing the Personal to the Structural
My personal motivations for participating in movement-building stem from a steady process of feeling empowered through collective action with climate justice organizers. I wish to share my experience to help…
Parade of Disgraceful Conservatives
The Conservative Party of Canada could use better people to back it, and its ideology. The current support crowd online has some pretty obvious, and significant flaws: threatening lawsuits (both…
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…
Out of Sorts
Don’t know if it’s the crazy weather, but just feeling a little whacked today. Got up this morning, all burstin’ to write an epic post about the RNAO’s new best…
The Parable of the Prius
I was at a talk on dematerialization a few weeks ago, and one of the speakers told “the parable of the Prius” to illustrate Jevon’s paradox that efficiency gains do…
Water Wars Warning
Hillary Clinton looks at water and doesn’t like what she sees. The US Secretary of State warns that competition for increasingly scarce water supplies may will fuel terrorism, political instability…
Sir, your room in the ice hotel is currently flowing down the St. Lawrence River
A couple of years ago, the biathlon (normally includes cross country skiing) at the B.C. Winter Games had to be replaced by haha the "summer biathlon".This year, if you had…
Sir, your room in the ice hotel is currently flowing down the St. Lawrence River
A couple of years ago, the biathlon (normally includes cross country skiing) at the B.C. Winter Games had to be replaced by haha the “summer biathlon”. This year, if you…
Sir, your room in the ice hotel is currently flowing down the St. Lawrence River
A couple of years ago, the biathlon (normally includes cross country skiing) at the B.C. Winter Games had to be replaced by haha the “summer biathlon”. This year, if you…
Sir, your room in the ice hotel is currently flowing down the St. Lawrence River
A couple of years ago, the biathlon (normally includes cross country skiing) at the B.C. Winter Games had to be replaced by haha the "summer biathlon".This year, if you had…
Sailing Into Uncharted Waters
You don’t have to like it but you’re going to have to live with it. Climate change is setting in – hard. It’s already here and we’re going to have…
Enbridge Pipe Dreams and Nightmares
CCPA released today a report by yours truly on the economic costs and benefits of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. In particular, I take aim at the outrageous claims…
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…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” ~ Martin Luther
This getting a bit creepy…
… seriously. 26 degrees in MARCH??? Look, I know that I go on and on about the weather – I am a Canadian, after all – but is this not…
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…