Sunday, April 21, 2013

Rob Stewart's Revolution

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Margaret Wente, in her latest discourse , thinks the reason the environment's being ignored is because of all the pessimists making us ...
Saturday, January 5, 2013

A Crisis of Environmentalist Faith

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A couple of sentences from Matthew Altman (from " The Green Onion ") have been weighing on me for days: Ironically, environme...
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Friday, December 7, 2012

On Environmental Intentions

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Cross-posted in A Puff of Absurdity . A week ago, The Globe and Mail published an "essay" on the Facts & Arguments page...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Putting the Brakes on Car Culture

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Cross posted at A Puff of Absurdity because I'm getting a lot more traffic there these days! I love biking and walking everywhere...

On Nuclear Power

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Cross-posted in A Puff of Absurdity The only safe nuclear reactor is 93-million miles away, the sun -    Daniel Hirsch We've got r...
Monday, July 16, 2012

On the Ethics of Wealth

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"There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living." - Thoreau Tony Shin s...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

91 Seconds of Recycling

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I wanted to film all the little things I do around the house that save water, energy, and waste.  I captured it all, and my son put it toget...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

Keeping the OWS Fires Burning

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Occupy Wall Street protesters, the 99%, are pulling up stakes and leaving areas all around the world .  Regardless the perceived problems ...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Animal Welfare Labels

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The U.S.-based Whole Food's Market Inc. is planning a labelling system for their organic grocery stores that informs consumers of the c...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

In Case You Miss Me

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I've started writing in two other places, mainly because I had to learn how to use wordpress.  I'll stick to strictly environmental ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Reduce Weight Gain with This One Life-Changing Tip!

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There's an article in the paper today about kids under five needing a 3-hour daily exercise regimen to prevent obesity.  I'm taken ...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Questionable Economic Models Driving Policy

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Tom Rand wrote in the Globe & Mail today that the climate-policy debate is using an economic model, DICE , that mistakenly views clima...
Sunday, July 3, 2011

The Energy Glut

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Philobiblon wrote a post the way I like to - an annotated summary with page references.  The book's called:   The Energy Glut: The Poli...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Summer Movie List

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ETA - I'm going to use this post as a bookmark of all the movies I loved or hated this summer. First of all, I understand the Provinci...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Avoiding Environmental Toxins: Start Young

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A guest post from Krista Peterson: Cigarette smoke, lead-based paint, pesticides, asbestos, and household chemicals are just a few example...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Strip the Streets

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After being disappointed in We Day, it was a delight to participate in Strip the Streets this weekend.  A couple hundred students from 14 sc...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Me2We Day

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I appreciate the excitement many felt at We Day Waterloo , but I have a few concerns.  I considered sending this to The Record to balance o...