Many thanks to Dianne Rhodes for collecting, assessing and donating – excellent material for understanding today’s world. The “library” is at my place; half of it is lent out. Most of the items are available at your local Library, too. Get a video, invite 4 friends to come over and watch it with you! Len is adding a couple […]
The Green Party of Saskatchewan is opposed to all new nuclear development in the province. It regards government funding of Hitachi’s “small reactor” programme and of a “Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation” as a dangerous and irresponsible waste of taxpayers’ money.86% opposition to nuclear waste disposal and storage, only 12% support Deputy Leader Mark Bigland-Pritchard […]
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 […]
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 […]
Just click on the link – Jeremy Rifkin. (A short first part is in French. Then it goes to English.) http://australiancannonball.com/2011/10/21/jeremy-rifkin-a-brighter-perspective-on-nuclear-industry-keep-watching-its-in-english/ Valuable for Canadians, and if you’re in Saskatchewan, it is critical information for voting in Nov 7 Election. Be clear: a vote for the status quo means we will have “small” nuclear reactors in Saskatchewan […]
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 […]
STORY PUBLISHED IN LEADER POST: http://www.leaderpost.com/health/Greens+look+past+record/5309578/story.html Greens look past record By Angela Hall, Leader-Post August 26, 2011 A Regina man with several criminal convictions – including charges related to an incident in which he disrobed and entered the mayor’s office – plans to seek a seat for the Green Party in the upcoming provincial election. […]
SENT: Wed 7/20/2011 TO: (Green Party Sask) Larissa ; Amber; Penny CC: (Green Party Canada) Johan; Robert NOTE for Federal Party: “FYI”. For Saskatchewan Greens, the failure of the Government to refund election deposits is a cost of about $10,000 between the 2007 and 2011 elections. The Government keeps the money when it should be […]
Hi Kendra, These are interesting questions and ideas. I have responded to all but a couple. I do not wish to respond to questions I haven’t thought about, unless there is a principle that is easily apparent and therefore provides direction. My thinking on religion has gone through a number of different stages over the […]
Hello Ken, Tara, Linda M, Varya, Linda H, Karen, Brenda, Tracy, Claudette, Ashton, and Miranda, This is altogether funny! Usually I am sending petitions such as the one you sent me regarding the CBC. Now here I am on the receiving end! It is wonderful to be living amongst so many people who care so […]