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What will negotiations looks like in Cancun for December’s COP 16? If I’ve learned anything at all about the Conference of the Parties model and politics in general, it’s that there is always a lot more to the story than we ever get to see. An even bigger Yikes: a document was left on a computer that addressed [...]
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Pilgrimage to Burn’s Bog: It’s happening April 25th! You can read about it on the website: http://pilgrimage2burnsbog.org/ or on the South Delta Leader. It will be a fantastic event that enourage all of you to participate in! “Join us on April 25, 2010 for a pilgrimage to Burns Bog, a free multifaith event to see [...]
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This Saturday was an awesome time to get out to the Chilliwack Vedder River with the Fraser Valley Conservancy. FVC has an area of the river that they look after and keep clean. It’s called ‘human impact mitigation’ and in addition to it being great stuff for keeping the area clean, it’s a tonne of [...]
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Thousands of flights canceled and hundreds of thousands of stranded passengers…The economic cost to the European tourism industry is expected to be around 1 billion pounds. I have one friend stranded in Kuala Lampur who is wondering when on Earth he is ever going to make it back to the Nederlands! CBC news said this [...]
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Oh incineration…what is there to say? The last time I went to visit an incineration facility was when I was in Copenhagen Denmark on an Energy Tour organized through the COP 15 United Nations Climate Conference. Through a few simple questions, I was told that Copenhagen’s ‘greenest’ incinerator produces 1 tonne of toxic ash for [...]
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Last month I had the pleasure of judging the 2010 BC Green Games. It was so cool to see students from elementary to secondary school age being innovative and coming up with great ideas for protecting the local environment in addition to carrying out normal everyday functions! The winners have just be released…make sure to [...]
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Climate Change negotiators are meeting in Bonn Germany this weekend for further discussions following the COP 15 discussions with the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). While It would please me greatly to be there gathering information and insight for all of you, I’m currently in BC. Instead I’ll share some of the [...]
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A new independent media journal: The Commonsense Canadian with Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis was recently created. Check out my article on today’s issue of THE CANADIAN: Canada in Copenhagen
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The incineration issue isn’t new, however, the topic now concerns Metro Vancouver! Please remember to send an email to Metro Vancouver Directors this week if you want them to take waste incineration off the table as part of our regional waste management plan. If you write to waste.incinerators@writewild.net your email will be forwarded to all [...]
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It’s so cool when an ‘expert’ is willing to challenge their own theories. While procrastinating and watching TED Talks, I came across this fantastic presentation…. Environmental scientist David Keith claims that Climate Change is solvable. I agree. He also mentioned that ‘it’s bad’ but there are ‘winners and losers.’ About four months ago (has it [...]
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Opposing Garbage Incineration a “No Brainer” People around the world are looking for meaningful things they can do to stop climate change and its source. Carbon intensive energy production is the low hanging fruit for those seeking to make a difference. People are fighting to shut down coal fired power plants in China, the USA, [...]
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