A letter to the municipal goverment in London, Ontario from the Post-Carbon London steering committee: (regarding issues that you can learn more about here and — if you dig through recent posts at the following site —... (read more)

Andy Rowell at the Oil Change blog - "Climate change fuelling refugee crisis" (June 17th) ... "the number of refugees is at a record high, fuelled in part by climate change which is causing conflicts around... (read more)

A speech that I read at a September 6th rally against Wal-Mart. (I since have touched it up a little). ----- Hello everyone. I’m Toban. I’m an organizer in Post-Carbon London, and I’m a Phd student (which I... (read more)

At a September 6th rally against Wal-Mart - --- On Facebook, Teresa T. also has posted other rally photos. If you have a Facebook account, you can get to one of... (read more)

Selections from a set of photos of stencils about bicycling -       Those photos were taken by Martin Reis. Janet lives in Toronto. --- There are more of Janet's stencils at these Flickr pages - http://www.flickr.com/photos/janetbikegirl/ --- Here's another one... (read more)

A community garden photo by "sbcg08" --- A Wall Street Journal video clip about urban farming [via Wild Green Yonder] Most of the video revolves around one guy who farms neighbourhood lawns in Colorado. A "No Impact Man" blog... (read more)

Elizabeth Douglass in The Los Angeles Times - "Why The Oil Crunch May Grow Worse" "Peak Oil: The ‘When’ Doesn’t Matter" -- What I appreciate about this article is - a. The tagline about how "The ‘When’ Doesn’t Matter"... (read more)

Robert Weissman on the G8 agreement on global warming - "Dragged down most of all by the anti-leadership of the United States, the G8 announced a commitment to a 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions by... (read more)

Andy Rowell - "Oil Price 'May Hit $200 A Barrel'" "Do you remember the days when oil was only $100? Although there has been speculation in recent days concerning the oil price, one of the... (read more)

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)

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)

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)

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)

The next best thing to converting lawns to garden or vegetable patch: Clean Air Lawn and Garden (subtitled "Mowing Grass Without Gas") Chelsea-Wakefield (Quebec) cleanairlawns.ca... (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)

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)

We were at the fair, really a tradeshow for wellness products and services, at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Jan 13,14 2007. Although most exhibitors were for-profit ventures, NFPs like ourselves were invited at no charge.... (read more)

Burlington is in a heat wave, no snow, no frost in the ground and 8dgC, so in case you wonder, it's a sign of the times. A dozen 'sustainers' came together for an evening to socialize... (read more)

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We had a rocking good time putting the first film nite together on Dec 4th. Tracey was a delight to work with, things just came together. We had an overflow crowd of over 90 people,... (read more)