Month: December 2006
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When Environmental Destruction Equals Cultural Genocide: The Clearcutting of Grassy Narrows
I spent this past summer in the Grassy Narrows First Nation community in Northwestern Ontario. I went there as part of a joint internship program, working for Forest Ethics and the Rainforest Action Network (RAN). We were there to work with grassroots activists in the community to help combat the corporate onslaught of clear-cut logging…
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A Starting Point
If there’s one thing the Environmental movement has in abundance, it’s moral certitude. It’s accepted that educating people is the way forward, that if we dissolute and decadent Westerners realize the destructive impact our lifestyles have on the Earth, we will change. We swim in a sea of platitudes. Even those campaigning against the environmental…
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The Sidewalk Ends
Oh, environmental activists! You can see doom coming. You know that every Christmas you guys get the PR bashing of a lifetime. It’s natural, too. Every morning on December 25th hundreds of millions of families in white industrialized countries and elsewhere in poorer countries open presents with the backdrop of a fresh evergreen tree in…
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Our Oil Disease
Our disease is global warming and rampant pollution, but you all already know that. Drive down the hill in Hamilton on a warm day and you can see if for yourself. Try and sit outside on a smog day – feel how hard it is to breathe. The cause of our disease is our reliance…
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A Glimpse Around Town
Pathetic lives that waste this gift, A selfish culture where each individual is the tyrant Hastening our decline into winter. If we look at the face of god we would see nothing godly, Because we are god; we create this world in our image.
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Blown Over Woe
Yellowing leaves and fallen beliefs Jet-black ink pens on blue-lined papyrus trees, The green guise of the political lies Our hearsay is their present day passé.
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Campus Sustainability
In case you have not heard, the environment is in some trouble and our unsustainable practices are largely to blame. Sooner or later, we are going to have to realize that in order to preserve the complex web of delicate ecosystems, biodiversity, natural and aesthetic resources, as well as many of the luxuries that we…
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Protect Your Porch
When I move out of my house at the end of April, it – along with its beautiful front porch – will be demolished to make room for another ‘big red person trap.’ Does this seem right? Some animals are lucky enough to choose their surroundings. It would appear also that these animals choose their…
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A Conservative Viewpoint
It has been about a month since the Federal Government announced their “Made in Canada” Clean Air Act. This long awaited environmental plan received nothing but criticism from the 3 opposition parties, forcing a sit-down between Prime Minister Harper and NDP leader Jack Layton. The two agreed to send the bill to committee.
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David Suzuki is a Liar
I’m not going to waste time here beating around the bush. Something very important has come to my attention, and it needs to be shared with all of you: there’s no such thing as global warming. It’s all a hoax. That consensus in the scientific community you may have heard about doesn’t exist. David Suzuki…