We Are The Many
Occupy yourself with this powerful video by Makana, a popular Hawaiian recording artist. At the APEC summit in Hawaii this past weekend Makana made a bold and courageous statement. He…
climate change
Five Years Left
The most clear warnings are getting more clear. Either we stop emitting so much green house gas, or we permanently change our climate. Are we screwed? With the people we…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“It is understandable that a realist would despair. And if I was to retreat into self-absorption I would find a small plot of land where I would never have to…
The Night is Dark, and We are Far From Home
On this Remembrance Day, here’s the choir of Wells Cathedral singing Lead Kindly Light: Lead, kindly Light, amid th’encircling gloom, lead thou me on! The night is dark, and I…
#NOKXL! Score One For Our Children’s Future (For A Change)
It’s official – break out the champagne!! The U.S. State Department just announced that it would delay making a decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline until after it…
International Energy Agency: Rising Fossil Energy Use Will Lead To Irreversible & Potentially Catastrophic Climate Change
The International Energy Agency released the 2011 World Energy Outlook yesterday. What is almost as interesting as the report itself is the coverage of it in the MSM. Here’s a…
Thanks, But I’ll Pass
That seems to be the attitude of the world's political leaders today in the face of warnings that our civilization's last best opportunity to avert devastating climate change is slipping…
Hey Guys, Is This Warning Clear Enough for You?
By "guys" I'm referring to the 'day late, dollar short' Liberals who seem intent on taking a well-deserved dirt nap.It's a warning. From the International Energy Agency. It couldn't be…
Today’s War On Everything News
I’m going to run out of titles for these daily wraps for my radio program in a hurry. I’m hoping the links and videos are of use and get sent…
Today’s War On Everything News
I'm going to run out of titles for these daily wraps for my radio program in a hurry. I'm hoping the links and videos are of use and get sent…
Today’s War On Everything News
I’m going to run out of titles for these daily wraps for my radio program in a hurry. I’m hoping the links and videos are of use and get sent…
What I learned at the Climate Action Network’s Conference
Friday, November 4, 2011 On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week I was in Montreal, where I joined with elected officials, civil servants, labour activists, e...
Mark Ruffalo On Opposing Keystone XL Pipeline: I Look At My Kids and I Say I Can’t Betray Them
I’m looking out the window of my home office today, rejoicing at the sprinkling of snow on the ground. Yesterday rain fell outside, while a confused fly that should have…
The Reformers Remain Out of Step With Canadians
Now that Stephen Harper has his majority, he has been pushing through the Reform Party agenda at lightening speed.If you want to know what that agenda looks like, read anything…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it. Karl Popper
Saturday Movies
A magical chance encounter with an amazing natural phenomena, a “murmuration” of starlings:
In The Face Of Winter, A Movement Blossoms
Despite the police harassment, the arrests, the confiscation of tents and supplies, as well as the imminent arrival of winter, the Occupy movement continues to grow. Although the mainstream media…
So How Are We Doing?
Action, not words. That might be the long overdue message our leaders need to hear on climate change. The US Energy Department reports that recent greenhouse gas emissions have increased…
What’s so great about Local Food
I suspect that the local food movement is one of those ill thought out environmental ideas that, like ethanol, actually may do more harm then good, especially from a global…
Rethinking “Business As Usual”
As the heads of state for the G20 countries gather in Cannes for their annual conference, where the economy will be high on the agenda, I thought it would be…