Greenspiration News: climate, hoax, H1N1
Bischoff Angela
greenspi at web.ca
Thu Oct 22 23:59:34 EDT 2009
Greenspiration News
As the climate changes, so must our consciousness. And our words into
actions.
- Tooker Gomberg
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What are you doing this Saturday?
In three days, millions of people around the world will gather in
support of protecting our planet. How will you be involved?
So far, 4,000 events are planned for the Oct. 24th international day
of action on climate change -- including hundreds in Canada. From St.
John's, Newfoundland to Tofino, B.C., people are organizing street
parties, concerts and pumpkin carving festivals to celebrate a better
future for all. Find an event in your neighbourhood: http://www.
350.org/action-list?country=ca
Join thousands of Canadians who have sent a message to Canada's Prime
Minister and leaders of the opposition in support of a fair,
ambitious and binding agreement at the UN climate summit this
December. http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/Projects/
Climate_Summit/
Watch David Suzuki's special climate message on Youtube (and then
create your own!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SWs_2jVOc8
Together, we can be part of the solution.
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Dow Unveils Solar Shingles
Dow Chemican has unveiled a residential roof shingle in the form of a
solar panel designed to be integrated into asphalt-tiled roofs. The
solar shingles can offset between 40 percent and 80 percent of a
home’s electricity consumption.
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/dow-unveils-solar-shingles/
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Danish Island Is Energy Self-Sufficient
Samso Is An Ecological Fantasy Land That Is Carbon-Neutral
To harness the wind, of which they have plenty, they built wind
turbines. To harness public good will, they sold shares in those
turbines to the islanders so the machines produce local power and
local profits.
To provide heat, they burn locally grown straw in central plants that
produce super hot water and pump it through underground pipes into
peoples' homes.
It's not only more efficient than running individual furnaces, it's
carbon neutral. The net greenhouse gas emissions from these plants?
Zero.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/08/eveningnews/main2549273.shtml
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The Yes Men Strike Again!
Daring hoax exposes limits of instant journalism
Already in the news for its hard-lobbying opposition to U.S. climate-
change legislation, the pro-business Chamber dropped reporters' jaws
with what appeared to be a turning-point announcement - that the
organization now accepts that "without a stable climate, there will
be no business."
The dramatic reversal was conveyed instantly, led by the Reuters
agency, and minutes later it was picked up by the New York Times and
Washington Post Web sites.
But by the time Fox Business News jumped in with real-time analysis,
the real U.S. Chamber of Commerce burst into the news conference,
together with red-faced representatives of the National Press Club,
to debunk the proceedings as a hoax.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/713670--potter-daring-hoax-
exposes-limits-of-instant-journalism
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Controversy heats up as cities look to incinerators to solve waste woes.
"Dioxins are particularly problematic because they are linked to
certain cancers. They also cross the placenta and have been linked to
birth defects. When you start burning waste with any chlorine
compounds in it, which all plastics contain, you get high dioxin
formation"
http://www.canada.com/Controversy+heats+cities+look+incinerators+solve
+waste+woes/2109755/story.html
Domestic and international vendors are aggressively promoting their
“energy-from-waste” incinerator technology to Canadian municipalities
as a way to manage solid waste. Mass-burn incineration or
gasification proposals are now being considered in: Durham Region
(Southern Ontario), Metro Vancouver, City of Ottawa, Port Hope
(Southern Ontario) and Red Deer (Alberta).
Incinerators emit hundreds of pollutants, including carcinogens, to
air, land and water. Health Canada states that the biggest source of
dioxins and furans, which are persistent carcinogens that accumulate
in our bodies and in the environment, is the large scale burning of
municipal and medical waste.
Learn more at the Prevent Cancer Now website: http://
preventcancernow.ca/
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New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage From Autos
Transportation's effects on public health are rarely discussed by
policy-makers, but they remain very real -- and the National Research
Council (NRC) put a number on them Monday, reporting that cars and
trucks have about $56 billion in "hidden" health costs that are not
reflected in the price of oil or electricity.
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010651.html
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For this activist, the only good treatment is no treatment
“It took me almost 20 years to understand my forced psychiatric
incarceration and forced treatment in political terms, 20 years to
understand that I was not a ‘mental patient' but a political prisoner
of psychiatry,” he says.
And, for three decades since, Don Weitz has been a leader in the
small but vocal anti-psychiatry movement.
Mr. Weitz, for his part, does not even accept that conditions like
depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia exist. “All
psychiatric labels are a fraud – they're forms of character
assassination,” he says. “Lots of people act weird. They're
different. It doesn't mean they have a disease.”
The evidence, he says, is that drugs such as anti-psychotics don't
cure anything – they act as a “chemical lobotomy.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/breaking-through/for-
this-activist-the-only-good-treatment-is-no-treatment/article1326968/
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Only 12% of Germans say they will have H1N1 vaccine after row blows
up over safety of adjuvants
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/oct21_2/b4335
Swine flu, better natural immunity than artificial one
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/339/oct21_2/b4335
Profit Driven Swine Flu Propaganda
The pharmaceutical industry, with public health officials and the
mainstream media acting as a mass marketing team, is about to pull
off the biggest profiteering scheme in the history of the world. The
swine flu hoax, perpetrated on a global level, will generate unheard
of profits from a non-existent pandemic.
http://www.naturalnews.com/027294_swine_flu_vaccines_H1N1.html
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Inanna Publications and Education Inc. is proud to announce the
release of a new anthology:
Societies of Peace: Matriarchies Past, Present and Future
edited by Heide Goettner-Abendroth.
Societies of Peace: Matriarchies Past, Present, and Future celebrates
women’s largely ignored and/or invisible contribution to culture by
exploring matriarchal societies that have existed in the past and
that continue to exist today in certain parts of the world.
Matriarchal societies, primarily shaped by women, have a non-violent
social order in which all living creatures are respected without the
exploitation of humans, animals, or nature. They are well-balanced
and peaceful societies in which domination is unknown and all beings
are treated equally. This book presents these largely misunderstood
societies, both past and present, to the wider public, as alternative
social and cultural models that promote trust, mutuality, and
abundance for all.
Contrary to common belief, which misunderstands matriarchy as
“women’s rule,” these societies are based on a tradition of gender
equality, negotiate their political decisions through consensus, have
intelligent rules to ensure a peaceful life, and are balanced both in
regard to gender and with respect to the generations, and which
demonstrates an ecologically appropriate way of dealing with all
living beings. The example of matriarchal societies can inspire us to
find better social and cultural models for the solution of many
contemporary problems.
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Transport Futures 2009: Road Pricing & Public Acceptance Workshops
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 - 1:00pm to 5:30pm
Special half-day workshop for NGOs, community groups, activists and
students
Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Special "Early, Early Bird" Rate: $90.00 (until Oct. 23rd)
www.transportfutures.ca
Can changing the way we pay for our roads encourage multi-modal
transportation choices, decrease traffic congestion, improve air
quality and generate dedicated revenues for renewing aging
infrastructure? International research and experience has shown that
putting a visual price tag on roads, like we do with other public
utilities, can motivate more sustainable transport choices while
ensuring that road users pay directly for multi-billion-dollar
transportation plans and infrastructure – including transit, cycling
and pedestrian facilities. But how do governments charge a user fee
for roads when mentioning the words “toll” or “congestion charge” or
“tax” raises a multitude of public concerns and opinions?
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The myth of the chemical cure
Taking a pill to treat depression is widely believed to work by
reversing a chemical imbalance.
But Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, of the department of mental health sciences
at University College London, says they actually put people into
"drug-induced states".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8138893.stm
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