A YouTube video "My response to an email circulating to '300 million people!' about boycotting major gas companies - I'd just like to take a moment and comment on the flaw of this plan."... --- In this video Cassandra... (read more)

Sharon Astyk on what we can gain from home-grown food - "- Better Food - Fresher, better tasting, straight off the plant food money literally cannot buy! - Better Health - More nutrition in just picked vegetables,... (read more)

"I used to worry for my grandchildren. Now there is a fairly high probability that I will experience the more severe effects of climate change at first hand." - Jeremy ------ Matt Price (of Environmental Defence) and Allan... (read more)

George M. on why we shouldn't ask others to "save the planet" - "One psychological response to climate change is to find language and images that create distance - to suggest that it will affect... (read more)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98rXCoEk6vE http://www.bikeforest.com/?p=77 http://www.blogto.com/arts/2007/12/vidto_pedal_power_vs_toronto_police/ http://www.ecofriend.org/images/bicytaxi.jpg Bike machines can be semi-motorized, they can be enclosed (rather than leaving riders exposed to the wind and what not), and they can be collaboratively peddled; we have a lot of options. ------ Update... (read more)

Some information that I received yesterday from the Council of Canadians via a local chapter mailing list:   About economic manifestations of oil supply shortages - According to an energy report released today by CIBC World Markets, Canadians... (read more)

Kurt Cobb on services, assumptions, and oil depletion - "Unfortunately, most people, especially those in North America, equate their cars with transportation. They may also equate air-conditioners with a cool environment in summer.... (read more)

Hi everyone, I've started another weblog - http://tobanblack.net/blog/ In the future I'll still be posting to Relocalize.net though. Most of what I post here will be from the other weblog outside of Relocalize.net, though I'll make minor... (read more)

Why aren't the big investment banks investing more money in renewable energy? (If you want to check out sources, you'll have to go to the URL original at the end of the article.) By Matt Savinar, posted... (read more)

Franchises take away and obstruct localization, and Wal-Mart is at the forefront of this franchising and the anti-localization that it entails. The documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price addresses these issues (among... (read more)

This is an ad running in Ottawa and Calgary papers put out by the Avaaz team (see below). If you haven't signed this petition yet, there's still a few hours left - go to http://www.avaaz.org/en/another_canadian_climate_crime/9.php?cl=46187661 Here are... (read more)

Part of Luz: Girl of the Knowing - Episode 4               by Claudia Dávila ("Fran") (in Toronto) Claudia's work is important because she's grappling with oil & gas depletion in a fresh way -- a... (read more)

A version of a speech given at the December 8th International Demonstration on Climate Change in London. This version is much longer and slightly edited. I’ve also added web links, as well as reading... (read more)

Plains Rd United Church, Plains Rd Burlington, 7:30pm Local engagement is the best antidote to despair and indignation at the inertia of our governments towards the twin crises of peaking energy supply and climate change. It... (read more)

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/printer_062707T.shtml Paul Hawken: How to Stop Our Political and Economic Systems From Stealing Our Future By Terrence McNally AlterNet.org Tuesday 26 June... (read more)

New Jersey High Court Hands Wal-Mart a Setback In a setback for Wal-Mart, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a lawsuit claiming off-the-clock violations could proceed as a class action on behalf of... (read more)

We did it, showed the new sequel to the world-changing End of Suburbia, to a crowd of 40+ at the library in Burlington last night. Greg Greene and Dara Rowland, producer as well as the... (read more)

A couple of interesting links I found today: http://www.greenontario.org/index.html http://www.smartgrowth.on.ca/index.htm... (read more)

On Wed May 9th SB participated with the Florence Mears Public School parents and staff to host a local showing of An Inconvenient Truth. This is one of the more progressive public schools, it seems to... (read more)

Test logos for BurlingtonCan: test options for Burlingtoncan's logo We're finalizing an new logotype for our group. logo options AttachmentSize new logo 070504.jpg27.4 KB ... (read more)

A new webbased service to share slide shows and powerpoint presentations is at http://www.slideshare.net/mbrownlee/boulder-going-local-2007. In particular check out Boulder Relocalization group's presentation to go public with the message. I really like it. BUY LOCAL FIRST! EAT... (read more)

Monbiot: I have one purpose in writing Heat: to persuade you that climate change is worth fighting. I hope I have been able to demonstrate that it is not - as some people (notably the... (read more)

This is a comprehensive site with a lot of great content (I have yet to get through half of it) http://socialwork.arts.unsw.edu.au/tsw/... (read more)

A curious and inspiring video about what it takes to convert desert (salted) dirt to productive soil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohI6vnWZmk... (read more)

Thinking about the future is complicated at the best of times, but with more information and more awareness it becomes 'brain freeze'. Here's a way to put your thinking into a reasonably clear framework. It is... (read more)