consumption, drug ads, 2007 victories, transport films, No Olympics tour

[angela bischoff]

"I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more
truly artistic than to love people."  Vincent van Gogh

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What's Your Consumption Factor?
by Jared Diamond

The average rates at which people consume resources like oil and metals,
and produce wastes like plastics and greenhouse gases, are about 32 times
higher in North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia than they are
in the developing world. That factor of 32 has big consequences.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/opinion/02diamond.html?ex=1199941200&en=6e301caad83f09fe&ei=5070&emc=eta1

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Warning: Drug Ads Can Make You Sick
By Terry J. Allen, In These Times
Posted on January 3, 2008, Printed on January 3, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/72357/

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Victories in 2007
It's easy enough to recount what went wrong in 2007.

But it wasn't all bad. Not only did grassroots movements and citizen
campaigns -- and sometimes governments responsive to public demands --
defeat and resist countless corporate power grabs, they won some vitally
important, affirmative victories.

Full article in the Multinational Monitor
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog/

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A YEAR OF RESISTANCE
rabble.ca's "in cahoots" partners led the charge this year against
unjust power, environmental destruction and privatization. See the most
popular stories of the year from their perspective.

http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=65776

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Check out this amazing alternative transport website called StreetFilms
http://www.streetfilms.org/
It contains hundreds of videos (online) of car free streets, bicycles,
pedestrianization, transit, etc. as well as links to all the best
transport blogs, advocacy, media, newsletters etc.

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No Olympics on Stolen Land! 
Great Lakes & East Coast Speaking Tour

With the 2010 Winter Olympics scheduled to occur on unceded Coast Salish,
St‚at‚imc and Squamish territory in two years, the spectacle surrounding
them continues to wreak havoc on Indigenous people, poor people, and the
Earth. In the spirit of resistance to colonialism, with the 2010 Olympics
as a main target, Kanahus Pellkey of the Native Youth Movement and Native
youth Dustin Johnson are touring throughout the Great Lakes and East Coast
in January and February 2008.

Tour Dates:

Windsor 	Saturday January 19
Guelph 	Sunday January 20
Six Nations	Monday January 21
Toronto          	Tuesday January 22
Hamilton        	Wednesday January 23
Six Nations    	Thursday January 24
Peterborough 	Friday January 25
Tyendinaga   	Saturday January 26
Sharbot Lake	Sunday January 27
Kingston   	 Monday January 28
Akwesasne  	Tuesday January 29
Kahnawake  	Wednesday January 30
Kahnasatake   	Thursday January 31
Ottawa            	Friday February 1
Montreal         	Saturday February 2
Penobscot      	Sunday February 3
Portland          	Monday February 4
Boston            	Tuesday February 5
Binghamton    	Wednesday February 6
Ithaca              	Thursday February 7


To get involved, help out, or ask questions, contact:
healingtheearth at resist.ca.

For further reading, see:
http://www.no2010.com
http://www.2010watch.com
http://www.harrietspirit.blogspot.com

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U.S. drug companies spend almost twice as much on marketing and promoting
medications than on research and development, a new Canadian study says.

"These numbers clearly show how promotion predominates over R&D in the
pharmaceutical industry, contrary to the industry's claim," the authors
write in this week's peer-reviewed journal Public Library of Science
Medicine.

CBC news
<http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/01/03/drugs.html>http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/01/03/drugs.html

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ECO-REPORTING/ECO-JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITY

Opportunity: Young Reporters for the Environment
Organization: Environmental Defence
Location: across Canada

Environmental Defence is launching Young Reporters for the Environment in
Canada. Pass this message along to any young people you know who might be
interested.

Joining Young Reporters for the Environment is easy. It's open to all
students across Canada from grades five/six up until the end of high
school. You can join anytime. It's not limited to just the school year.

All articles and photos sent in by March 15, 2008 will be eligible for the
Young Reporters for the Environment International Award.

For more information:
<http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/campaigns/youngreporters.htm>http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/campaigns/youngreporters.htm

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