The History of Climate Negotiations In 83 Seconds
While the east coast of the U.S. continues to deal with the impacts of Frankenstorm Sandy, and the global food prices rise because of a climate destabilized by our carbon…
Economy/Climate
Black Friday: Rise Above It
“Today, humanity faces a stark choice: save the planet and ditch capitalism, or save capitalism and ditch the planet.” – Fawzi Ibrahim Tomorrow is Black Friday in the U.S. (and…
Naomi Klein: Do The Math, The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Destroying Our Future
Naomi Klein was out in the shattered neighbourhood of Rockaway Park Queens last weekend, participating in the Occupy relief efforts there. In this interview she underscores the importance of both…
Rolling Jubilee: Occupy Turns Tables On Banks, Frees Debt
A bailout for the people, by the people: Occupy is buying up distressed debt from the banks for pennies on the dollar, and then – instead of extorting it out…
A Women’s Look At The Alberta Oil Sands: It Ain’t Pretty
From October 9 – 16, the Nobel Women’s Initiative is visiting Canada’s oil sands to get women’s perspectives on the impacts of this huge oil extraction project to the local…
David Suzuki & Jeff Rubin Address Our Economy’s Disconnect With Reality
I had the good fortune this week to be in the audience during Dr. David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin’s Eco Tour stop in Winnipeg, part of a cross-country book tour.…
Olympics 2012 & The Global Goodwill To Address The Serious Threat Of Climate Change
It’s day 11 of the summer olympics in London. While I have the utmost respect – indeed, awe – for the women and men who are willing to sacrifice countless…
Summer of Climate Drought & Climate Science Don’t Budge Senate Climate Deniers
* Virtually all of America’s corn and soy farms are now in drought disaster areas. Food prices globally are already rising as a result. This is what the very beginning…
TED Talk Thursday: There’s A Green Brain Inside Every Climate Skeptic
Journalist and educator Simran Sethi discusses why and how we engage, and how we can listen to, and learn from, other points of view. Everyone concerned about climate change, and…
Global Warming: Most Of Us Say Catastrophe, Big Oil Says Opportunity
I’m back from a short canoe trip on a small lake just an hour’s drive from our house. The weather was warm & dry, the conversation lively, the food delicious…
Change Is Coming: This Dinosaur Economy Is Going Extinct
With over half of the U.S. in a drought, concerns about what this will mean for food prices. Farmers are starting to feel the impact, and consumers will soon, too.…
Summer of 2012: North Americans Begin to Harvest Climate Chaos They’ve Sown
A friend and newly graduated family physician told us a story about a young man who came to his clinic for medical advice. The young man was having a hard…
Colorado’s Burning, Sicamous is Flooding: Connect The Climate Change Dots
* The flooding in Minnesota and British Columbia, the out-of-control fires in Colorado, the intensifying drought in the U.S. Midwest, are just a few of the indications that our climate…
Enbridge’s Slick New Ad Campaign Flounders
I spent last week taking an intensive course in citizen advocacy at the Canadian School of Peacebuilding in Winnipeg. It was a great week – I learned a lot and…
Health Warning Attached To Rio+20 Text: If You Care For The Future Of This Planet, This Document Will Make You Sick
Here in Canada, it’s hard to tell that there is even an Earth Summit happening in Rio De Janeiro at all. A quick scan of the major papers, from one…
Rio+20: Our Leaders Toy With Us
The Rio+20 conference was officially launched yesterday, where world leaders – minus some heavy hitters like US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel,…
Happy Planet, Happy People: A Radical Idea Whose Time Has Come
How much happiness do we get for our planet plundering? Is it possible to rethink the status quo at this point in human history, especially considering the alternative? * The…
Scientists: Catastrophic Tipping Point Looming
The evidence continues to pile up: humanity’s uncontrolled appetite for slashing, burning, and polluting is rapidly pushing the earth’s ecosystem to a tipping point that will have disastrous consequences for…
Canadian Democracy in Disarray
* There is mounting alarm and opposition across Canada, even among many conservatives, about the Harper government’s omnibus budget bill, Bill C-38. Yesterday Parlliamentary Speaker Andrew Scheer (a Conservative MP…