Archive for Ecology & sustainability

Elizabeth May doesn’t think now is the best time to be shoveling money to the richest corporations on earth.

Full statement:

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Richard Muller has led a team of statisticians and physicists to review temperature data, hoping to debunk climate science.  The project was funded by oil billionaire Koch brothers.  But as careful scientists, Muller’s team have instead been forced to admit at a Congressional panel that the data seem to indicate the opposite — climate change is real and the work of climate scientists has been accurate.

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors: we borrow it from our children.

I am inspired by the visionaries who populate the Green Party and the hope and the fear that drives us all.  But getting anything done about it requires simple hard work.  And that’s what this campaign is all about.  Hard work by dedicated people making careful steps for the better.     Read more »

Within days, a man-made environmental catastrophe could be initiated in one of the most environmentally fragile countries on earth: a massive coal mine in Bangledesh is poised for approval despite a years-long protest movement to stop it.

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Saturday, 2011 March 26, 2 pm to 4 pm
Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St East

Film and discussion on “The Power of Community”. See how the collapse of the Soviet Union cut Cuba’s oil and food supplies, affecting transportation and their entire livelihood. Learn about their creative community solutions. Our discussion will relate to obstacles to our own local resilience and food sources, and possible solutions. Presented by Transition Toronto and East End Transition Enthusiasts. FREE admission. Cookies provided while supplies last.

RSVPs appreciated to transitiontoronto@gmail.com or 647-208-1810. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/TransitionToronto/.