A 100-page UN report points out that Climate Change is a global emergency that seriously threatens life, as we know it, for every human being on Earth. We are now facing a triple whammy-we have to pay to reduce greenhouse
Your produce can feed needy in Barrie
Cherries being picked today in a Barrie back yard will feed families who use the food bank. FruitShare Barrie launched this week, with volunteers reaching up in local trees to pluck ripe fruit to be shared jointly with the owner,
FruitShare – helping out those in need in Barrie
Barrie’s backyards could be ripe for the picking. A new FruitShare program is being launched this week, and will use volunteers to pick fruit from residential trees — then distribute it among tree owners, Barrie Food Bank and the pickers
Tar sands an integral part of the fatal fossil furnace
Tar sands an integral part of the fatal fossil furnace submitted by Erich Jacoby-Hawkins A recent study by my friend, Nobel-recognized Canadian climatologist Andrew Weaver, created a tornado of spin supporting tar sands expansion.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Small Steps Towards Big Change
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Small Steps towards Big Change by Cassidy Thedorf I once heard a proverb, “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” How true this is. Many of us are realizing
Green Year Resolutions
by Heidi Andres Its 2012 and a start of a brand new year. Most of us have New Years resolutions and I am not any different. I want to do everything I can in the upcoming year to ensure that I
Have yourself a merry local Christmas
What is the real cost of nuclear power?
What disturbs me most about nuclear power is that the waste produced by nuclear facilities will remain long after the company no longer makes money. Who then will pay to clean up the mess or at least store the waste?
Home retrofit program worth cashing in on
The Conservative Government vs. The Canadian Census
The Conservative Government vs. The Canadian Census by Peter Bursztyn July 27th 2010 Canada has been collective census data for at least a century. Moreover, Statistics Canada’s data (population, economic, health, environmental, etc) has won a reputation for excellence