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…
climate change
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…
Now For The Real Scary Stuff
All Hallow’s Eve is over for this year and tomorrow, in many countries, is the Day of the Dead or All Souls’ Day. So today might be a good day…
It’s Climategate II! Except It’s Not.
Kate at Small Dead Animals is virtually peeing herself with excitement: the lyin’ bastards have been caught again! Data manipulation! Climate change is a hoax! Etc.! She quotes from a…
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: ****************
Canadian Embassy Coaches Diplomats To Promote Tar Sands, Overstate Environmental Protection Efforts
Picture 1.png The Canadian government, on the provincial and federal level, needs to tag team on tar sands public relations, according to an internal Canadian Embassy document reported on by ...
The "climate change caucus"—good news on two fronts
An initiative championed by Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan has borne fruit in the House of Commons. Dr. Duncan proposed a "climate change caucus" consisting of members of all parties, and…
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…
The Daily Show Notes Irony of Koch-Funded Study Affirming Global Warming is Real
Last night's entire first segment of The Daily Show focused on the recent study funded by the Koch Brothers that confirmed (again) that climate change is indeed a reality -…
Open Access Research: Cities and Climate Change
It may be an urban legend, by they say that the average academic article is read by a grand total of 6 people. That's not an inspiring thought, especially for…
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…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Marc Lee reminds us that income disparities are only a small part of the picture of an increasingly unequal economy - with wealth inequality…