Posted in Kenya, climate change, global warming, vanishing wildlife, tagged climate change, drought, food shortages, global warming, human population, hunger, overpopulation, wildlife on October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
BLOG ACTION DAY
A powerful guest post by blogger Not Honey
No one likes to talk about human overpopulation as the number one crisis facing our planet. Environmentalists and wildlife protectors may not like to talk about it because they likely have children, and there’s the idea that having as many kids as you want is a [...]
Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, tagged climate change, environment, global warming, greenhouse gases, the age of stupid on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watch the trailer.
(click play, then go to the youtube link)
On September 21st / 22nd, a 90 minute film about climate change set in the future, will launch internationally.
Go to the Age of Stupid website and find out more.
Posted in climate change, elephants, endangered species, extinction, palm oil, vanishing wildlife, tagged Africa, bushmeat, climate change, elephants, extinction, habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, orangutans, palm oil on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A quote from an article by author Edward Hoagland, age 76, published in Harper’s Magazine, March 2009
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, climate change, environment, global warming, vanishing wildlife, tagged Africa, Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Canadian mining companies, climate change, climate crisis, Elizabeth May, Harper, Obama, U.S.A. on June 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It is abundantly clear that people and governments are not reacting appropriately to the catastrophic consequences of climate change.
In North America, Obama’s administration appears to be bowing to pressure and backtracking on climate action while Canada remains a moral renegade obstructing climate talks so it can continue to wallow in the filth of the Alberta [...]
Posted in climate change, food, palm oil, pesticides, tagged animal cruelty, climate change, deforestation, orangutans, palm oil, rainforest, vegan cheese, vegetable oil on June 15, 2009 | 8 Comments »
A fabulous guest post from co-blogger Nothoney
That’s right, vegans. If you’re going ga-ga over the new vegan cheeses such as Teese and Daiya, you’re just as guilty of animal cruelty as if you were eating blocks of dairy cow cheese. Not to mention the negative effects on human health …
Vegan cheeses are mostly oil, which [...]
Posted in Canada, climate change, environment, seal hunt, tagged arctic mammals, arctic pollution, Governor General Michaelle Jean, Inuit, seal hunt, seals on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Toronto Star published an article stating that the Governor General’s chowing down on a raw seal heart has given Inuit leaders hope that southern palates will take a shine to arctic meats such as seal, caribou and muskox.
With 58% employment in the region (stated in the article) who can blame them for having such [...]
Posted in Canada, climate change, seal hunt, tagged European Union, Governor General, Michaelle Jean, Newfoundland, Nunavit, seal hunt, seal pups on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today in the news, our Governor General Michaelle Jean was in KUGLUKTUK, Nunavut (in Canada’s far north arctic region) speaking to students and while there she helped skin a seal and ate a piece of its heart, “raw,” as per this news item from the Canadian Press.
Then she “expressed dismay that anyone would characterize the [...]
Posted in climate change, global warming, tagged climate change, environment, global warming, pollution on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More than 6,000 people gathered at Ostende on the Belgian coast to participate in the production of this powerful video clip.
After you’ve watched the clip, do something, ACT NOW! Send the clip to politicians in your own country, and send the clip to friends, family, and colleagues.
More information can be found [...]
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, climate change, tagged Alberta Tar Sands, climate change, dirty oil on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The title of this post is an apt description from Grist Magazine of the relationship that fuels the Tar Sands filth in Alberta, Canada.
Grist has just published a good article on the Tar Sands project with some illuminating photos. Please check it out.
And most importantly, I would ask all Americans to stand up to stop [...]
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