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For a tiny bit of exercise this morning, I chose to walk to Broadview Station instead of taking the streetcar. I knew it wasn’t a good sign when I saw the bouquets taped to the pole outside the Pizza Pizza at Broadview and Danforth. I’d like to bicycle, but I’m too much of a chicken. This was a man on crutches, with a walk signal.
I’ve wanted to write for a while about Afghan prisoner issues, but for a while every day brought new revelations. And now for days I’ve wanted to write about the prorogation of Parliament, but I’m honestly stumped about what to say. And obviously I’m heartily ashamed of Canada’s performance at Copenhagen, which earned us the “Fossil of the Year” award once again.
Maude Barlow ties all this together, and more, here.
I watched Avatar with my family on New Year’s Day and highly recommend it. One of my friends described it as a futuristic Pocahontas story that ends well for the natives. He also found it amusing that the substance for which mankind was willing to lay waste to the beautiful moon of Pandora was called unobtainium. Spoilers ahead. Read more »
You are invited to attend the Toronto-Danforth Federal Green Party Association and the Green Party of Ontario’s Toronto Danforth Constituency Associations’s 2009 Annual General Meetings.
One thing is clear from the Canadians selected to inform our negotiating team in Copenhagen — environment minister Jim Prentice has no interest in science, nor the environment. Read more »
I have just read Peter Worthington’s recent piece entitled “Why Dismiss Dissent?” and was completely horrified by the misrepresentations and the complete lack of any journalistic standards.
For example, Worthington states that the Kyoto accord “cannot be effective if the world’s two greatest polluters — China and India — refuse to join”. He seems unaware of the fact that China and India are Kyoto signatories, whereas the United States are not. Read more »
Canada is poised to torpedo international climate negotiations now underway in Copenhagen. Canadians concerned about a future for the next generations can have a dramatic impact by pressing their government today. Read more »
Here’s a letter I sent to the National Post regarding their article on the Munk Debate in response to Terence Corcoran’s highly deceptive post. It wasn’t published.
I can agree with only one statement of Mr. Corcoran’s analysis of the Munk Debate on climate change last week. The audience had no way of knowing fact from fiction.
Fact checking would have revealed that the Monbiot/May side had the facts on their side. Read more »
Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May and deputy leader Jacques Rivard are joining hundreds of Canadians in Copenhagen to press for the international treaty most Canadians voted for and to oppose the dangerous proposals Canada’s official delegation brings to the table.
Over the next 10 days in Copenhagen, the successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol is to be negotiated. This treaty will bind participating nations to emissions reductions, forest protection and economic and technology transfers over the next decade. It has tremendous economic implications for the next few decades and overwhelming human rights implications for the next generations. Read more »
JustEarth and the East Toronto Climate Action Group are co-sponsoring a documentary film screening:
Earth 2100 — the Final Century of Civilization? Thursday, 2009 December 3, 7 pm
South Riverdale Community Health Centre
955 Queen St East (between Pape and Carlaw)
About the film and forum from the sponsors: Read more »
Green Party Holiday and Shopping Party Fundraiser Wednesday, 2009 December 2, 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Ten Thousand Villages, 362 Danforth Ave
(just east of Carrot Common, just west of Chester Station)
Yesterday, I had the privilege of hearing George Monbiot speak live for the second time in my life. It is a very rare privilege because two years ago, shortly after the last time I saw him, when he was on a tour promoting his then newly-published book Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning, he promised himself never to fly again.
He joked that he broke his promise for this trip because it was easier than putting off the pestering Canadians any longer. But he was also clearly here because he was concerned about Canada’s position on climate change and the direction our government was taking both the country and the world.
I was very glad I went. First of all, I was glad simply because it’s inspiring to listen to someone who is so informed, so eloquent and so principled and inspiring. But I was also glad because there’s just so much more that can be said in person than could ever fit into a printed article. It’s relatively easy to make guarded and thoughtful statements when you can erase what you don’t like. To my delight, Monbiot in person presents as even more compassionate and sensible than he does on paper.
To me the most interesting point of the event occurred during the questions that followed, when one person asked about Mr. Monbiot’s opposition to biochar. Read more »
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