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Severn Suzuki’s World Vision for Sustainable Future
June 26, 2012
Powerful message from Severn Suzuki speaking at the Rio+20 Summit calling for a unified world vision for a more sustainable future. “History is not made by those who stand silent, or by those who d...
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The Solution To Climate Change
September 24, 2010
Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams‘ new book MacroWikinomics explores how mass collaboration is radically changing all aspects of society. One passage from the chapter on solving climate change real...
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Dirty Oil, And The Alberta Tar Sands
February 3, 2010
Dirty Oil, a documentary film that explores the controversy surrounding the development of Alberta’s tar sands, the battle between industry, government, local communities, environmentalists and the...
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Petropolis, Aerial Perspectives Of The Alberta Tar Sands
February 3, 2010
Petropolis, a documentary filmed primarily from a helicopter gives an unparalleled view of the world’s largest industrial, capital and energy project, the Alberta tar sands. Canada’s tar sands are ...
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H2Oil, The Tar Sands And The War For Water
February 3, 2010
“We are creating an environmental catastrophe that will take centuries to recover from…if we recover at all.” – David Suzuki The documentary H2Oil tells the story of one of the most significant and...
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The Truth About The Tar Sands
February 3, 2010
“We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.”...
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Portugal, Embraces Alternative Energy
November 7, 2008
I always get disappointed when I hear politicians like Stephen Harper claim that we have to choose between the economy or the environment, but we can’t have both. CBC Dispatches recently had an in...
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Zoom Airlines Calls It Quits
August 29, 2008
Zoom Airlines just announced they are calling it quits, effective August 28th, 2008. Zoom Airlines sincerely regrets to advise its customers that it has suspended operations with effect from 19:00 ...
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The Eden Project
August 18, 2008
While visiting Cornwall this weekend, April and I checked out the Eden Project, the world’s largest greenhouse with two massive bio domes. One dome recreates the climate of Mediterranean and anothe...
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Windbelt, Cheap Generator Alternative, Set to Power Third World
October 29, 2007
Came across an amazing video this week, Shawn Frayne talking about his invention the windbelt. Based on the same principle that caused the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to collapse in 1940, the windbelt u...
alternativeenergy environment
Bring your own grocery bags to Superstore, get PC Points
May 18, 2007
Every reusable grocery bag you bring to Superstore to use, you now get 50 PC Points. It is a nice incentive for consumers to bring their own bags, about also saves Superstore money, a win-win situ...
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