Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jordan Brennan examines the close links between strong organized labour and improved wages for all types of workers: U.S. scholars have found that…
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Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ethan Corey and Jessica Corbett offer five lessons for progressives from Naomi Klein’s forthcoming This Changes Everything. – Following up on this…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Eve-Lyne Couturier discusses the rot in the state of Canadian labour negotiations, as workers outside of the 1% are being systematically denied any…
TreeCanada Maps Its Impact
TreeCanada has planted around 80 million trees! They do this because trees make the world a better, healthier place for everybody. They also plant trees to rejuvenate school yards (ones…
Nova Scotia is not ready for fracking
An independent panel commissioned by the government of Nova Scotia to examine the impact of hydraulic fracturing has concluded that Nova Scotia is not read for fracking. The post Nova…
The Elf on the #ReThink Tour
I met “Sustainable Joe” (Stephen) at Hillside this year, and barraged him with questions about his ride. I want one! And, at $5,000, I could probably make it happen. But…
On the Titanic and Tolstoy
I’ve heard this before somewhere, but I can’t find it to give due credit: Coping with climate change is like coping with being a passenger on the Titanic. Some won’t…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Robert Jay Lifton discusses the “stranded ethics” of a fossil fuel industry which is willing to severely damage our planet in order to…
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Climate Change
In a Huffington Post interview, Neil deGrasse Tyson says things will change when people lose their wealth. If we lose the ice-caps, the water around NYC will come up to…
Diamond’s Collapse
A while back, Mound suggested I read Collapse by Jared Diamond, and I finally got to it. It’s a fascinating read particularly for anyone interested in ancient civilizations. Diamond explores…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Matthew Yglesias writes that while increased automation may not eliminate jobs altogether, it may go a long way toward making them more…
Who would you believe—Stephen Harper or Willie Nelson?
Apparently the $24-million of our tax money the federal government spent on an ad campaign to promote Canadian oil and the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington has gone down the…
Cowichan River Water Quality Advisory Lifted
Nice to read good news from time to time. The concern over drought conditions that threatened our cowichan River was troubling and Don Bodger’s report is a comfort. By Don…
Alexandra Morton-Mystery Film On Quesnel Lake
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Kevin Logan accompanied Alexandra Morton on this trip to investigate what Premier Clark would just as soon you do not see. They have provided a great deal…
Liberals refuse to release Mount Polley Mine documents
BC NDP Leader John Horgan Liberals refuse to release Mount Polley Mine documentsTen days after the tailings pond failure, the B.C. Liberals have still not released the most basic documents…
mini-garden update: the eggplant arrives
I grew this! It’s eight inches long, and three more are on the way. What’s ordinary to you veteran gardeners is still miraculous to me. Gardening on a small scale…