I am privileged to have once met and interviewed The Honourable Jack Layton. He was introducing three local candidates at Bar Bobards on boulevard St-Laurent during the 2006 election. At…
I am privileged to have once met and interviewed The Honourable Jack Layton. He was introducing three local candidates at Bar Bobards on boulevard St-Laurent during the 2006 election. At…
A letter to Canadians from Jack Layton, leader of the NDP and the leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament. It is dated August 20, two days before…
This video has nothing to do with climate change, except as a reminder not to lose our sense of humour in these trying times. If it helps, you can imagine…
tnh ds.jpg Getting people to believe that they really can make a difference in the struggle to the save the planet from human folly can be just as important as…
While I’m away on a canoe trip this week, I will be posting articles from the 350orbust archives. This was first published in June, 2010. Via “Nothing New Under The…
Funny cartoon… Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Miscellaneous material to start your week. - The Halifax Chronicle Herald pushes back against the Cons' and Libs' anti-Bloc witch-hunt: For partisan reasons, involvement with the Bloc has become a…
I can hear the Ministry of Natural Resources helicopter already up in the sky on this hazy Red Lake morning. The smoke from nearby forest fires continues to drift into…
I believe a blade of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ~ Walt Whitman
With tongue firmly in cheek, here’s a recent clip from the satirical news site The Onion: If you’d like to watch more from The Onion on global warming, click…
Blacklisted Canadian artist Franke James is becoming a mosquito in the ears of the Harper government. Several weeks ago, I wrote about the Harper government’s interference in the European tour…
This week, the world lost a leader in sustainable business practise. Ray Anderson, founder and Chairman of Interface Carpets, passed away on August 8th. After reading Paul Hawkens’ The Ecology…
Those of you who follow this blog will know that my family and I spent last week canoeing in the Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in northern Ontario’s boreal forest. It…
Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Floyd Norris' column on the gap between stagnant wages and soaring corporate profits. But let's add Digby's take as to what we can expect…
“A good friend is a connection to life, a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” ~Lois Whyse
The oceans are starting to feel the impact of human’s polluting the planet in many different ways, including ocean acidification and the huge garbage patch in the Pacific. Here is…
Assorted and environmentally-themed content to end your week.- Lloyd Alter highlights the Cons' contrasting treatment of environmental scientists (who are being fired in droves) and oil lobbyists (who figure never…
For the past decade, Canada’s GHG emission targets were framed by the Kyoto Protocol, in which Canada committed to a 6% reduction in emissions by 2012 relative to 1990 levels…
Xavier Kataquapit is originally from Attawapiskat, Ontario on the James Bay coast. In his popular newspaper column, Under the Northern Sky, he writes about his experiences as a First Nation…
