Why Climate of Joy?
At the same time that there’s these extremes going on in the planetary level, we have new science that’s telling us that this physical world that we can see and…
climate emergency
Importing From China, Part Two: We Need A Green New Deal, Not An Orwellian Police State
What is the state of China and the West? Here is a brief synopsis and overview. This much, at least, should be perfectly clear: switching off fossil fuels – with…
Canada, Climate Emergency and Economic Cataclysm: A Proposed Response In Brief
Or, On Trolls and Concision, Sound-Bite Culture, and The Importance of Thinking For Yourself (Please see my recent essay, titled, Canada, eh?, for part one of this present meditation)…
NORMAL is Cancelled Due To COVID Pandemic
“Capitalism’s shield has been breached — we can now see its soul,” writes Brad Zarett in a recent article first published in Medium. Brad writes about avoiding the trap of…
Some Heavy Lifting
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Elizabeth May: Vote as if your life depends on it
Winnipeg, Aug. 15, 2019: “We need people to vote as if their life depended on it, because it just might.” — Elizabeth May. Photo: Paul S. Graham Elizabeth May came…
What Are We To Make of Justin Trudeau?
To a few, he’s the best person ever, a truly decent man and a great prime minister. To a different few, he’s the worst person ever, utterly corrupt, even venal.…
Andrew Scheer’s Bigot Problem and the Green Wave That Isn’t
In normal times, in a different Canada, a story about Andrew Scheer's monster bigot problem would be enough to end his political career.For his bigotry couldn't be more disgusting, or…
Climate Emergency: Arctic Sea Ice Bombshell
* As Joe Romm at ThinkProgress points out, this should be the story of the week/year/decade: Now the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the UK’s primary agency for funding and…
Decentralization Or Collapse
To halt the decline of our civilization and stop our race toward ecological, economic and social collapse, we must sow and create a paradigm shift, a shift in the dominant…