2011-10-28 The study that shows why Occupy Wall Street struck a nerve (Have and Have-not Nation)

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Oct 312011
 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-study-that-shows-why-occupy-wall-street-struck-a-nerve/2011/10/27/gIQA3bsMNM_story.html?wprss=rss_opinions Eugene Robinson for The Washington Post The hard-right conservatives who dominate the Republican Party claim to despise the redistribution of wealth, but secretly they love it — as long as the process involves depriving the poor and middle class to benefit the rich, not the other way around. That is precisely what has been happening, […]

2011-10-28 Paul Martin on Natural Capital, CBC Radio podcast, very good discussion

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Oct 302011
 

Note:  This interview with Paul Martin is not directly about Paul Hawken’s book “Natural Capitalism” (Hawken who also wrote “Blessed Unrest”).  http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=3492 .  Paul Martin on Natural Capital http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/10/28/paul-martin-on-natural-capital/?mid=516   Friday October 28, 2011 Former Prime Minister Paul Martin tells us about a concept called natural capital, an idea that would see our water, forests and […]

2011-10-29 It is all right here: The Third Industrial Revolution – an interview with Jeremy Rifkin.

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Oct 292011
 

Rifkin’s most recent books:  The Empathic Civilization and The Third Industrial Revolution. The interview makes one painfully aware of the lack of enlightened political leadership in Canada.  The back-up plan:  we have to become informed ourselves.  Drive the change from the bottom-up, if it’s not coming from the top-down. The Third Industrial Revolution — an interview with […]

2011-09-27 Study debunks myths on organic farms

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Sep 292011
 

 http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Study+debunks+myths+organic+farms/5462520/story.html#ixzz1ZTzV4Okf By Paul Hanley, Special to The Star Phoenix,   The results are in from a 30-year side-by-side trial of conventional and organic farming methods at Pennsylvania’s Rodale Institute. Contrary to conventional wisdom, organic farming outperformed conventional farming in every measure. There are about 1,500 organic farmers in Saskatchewan, at last count. They eschew the […]

Excellent article uses the Poisoning of Minamata (mercury) to explore complex web of poisons

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Sep 242011
 
Excellent article uses the Poisoning of Minamata (mercury) to explore complex web of poisons

The Poisoning of Minamata     by Douglas Allchin It started out quite simply, with the strangeness of cats “dancing” in the street–and sometimes collapsing and dying. Who would have known, in a modest Japanese fishing village in the 1950s, that when friends or family members occasionally shouted uncontrollably, slurred their speech, or dropped their […]

2011-07-29 FIRST NATIONS WIN FEDERAL COURT CASE FOR PROTECTION OF CARIBOU IN THE TARSANDS.

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Jul 302011
 

First Nations respond to victory in Federal Court caribou case Court finds federal environment Minister acted unlawfully in refusing to recommend emergency order for woodland caribou July 29, 2011 – Victoria, BC – Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Beaver Lake Cree Nation and Enoch Cree Nation received a favourable judgment from the Federal Court of Canada […]

2011-04-23 ONE disease, different manifestations. Proposal: “Disease” organizations form a coalition against poisons.

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Apr 232011
 

These three related postings affect our survival on this planet.  They were all written during the election period:  2011-04-23  ONE disease, different manifestations. Proposal: “Disease” organizations form a coalition against poisons. 2011-04-23  Science and logic. Depression is DETERMINANT of heart disease?… Depression and heart disease are both SYMPTOMS of poisoning. You have one, you may have […]

2011-02-22 Korten, David

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Feb 222011
 

–         David Korten   http://www.davidkorten.org/  “We humans are Creation’s most daring experiment with reflective consciousness. This gift is the source of our distinctive capacity to choose our future as an intentional collective act. For some 5,000 years, we have demonstrated our ability to use this capacity foolishly at an enormous cost to ourselves and to other […]

2009-12-24 NUKE: The University has soul-searching to do while it still has a soul to save.

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Dec 242009
 

from Dec. 24th R-Town News:  The University Needs Some Soul-Searching about Sustainability  By Jim Harding Can we learn about the challenge sustainability presents our universities, from the roles professors play in public policy?  On November 26th Uranium Development Partnership (UDP) member, physics Professor Mathie lectured as if he was presenting “the basic science going on […]

2009-07-23 NUKE: Adriane Carr, Western Energy Corridor, Bruce Power not building in Ontario

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Jul 232009
 

CONTENTS  (1)  ADRIANE CARR, SASKATOON-REGINA, AUG 5-6 (WED-THUR) ON NUCLEAR  (2)  CANADA-U.S. WESTERN ENERGY CORRIDOR DOESN’T SAY … (3)  LEAD-UP TO INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING IN COPENHAGEN IN DECEMBER  (4)  BRUCE POWER WITHDRAWS APPLICATIONS FOR NEW BUILD (BRUCE C AND NANTICOKE) IN ONTARIO  (5)  NUCLEAR ENERGY THREATENS ONTARIO’S GREEN FUTURE.  COST OF NEW NUCLEAR REACTORS […]

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