Greenspiration News: sustainable activism

[Angela Bischoff]

Greenspiration News

Angela’s guest blog about sustainable activism and activist burn-out - a workshop
 
New Rules for Radicals: 10 Ways To Spark Change in a Post-Occupy World - awesome piece

Good articles on the NDP leadership candidates: http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/01/03/NDP-Leadership-Candidates/
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/01/10/NDP-Leadership-Candidates/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100112
Book Review of The Trouble with Billionaires

Wealth, Power and the Future of the Planet: 4 Arguments Against the Extreme Concentration of Wealth

First Environmentalism – Then Socialism! Climate change detonates the ideological scaffolding on which contemporary conservatism rests. There is simply no way to square a belief system that vilifies collective action and venerates total market freedom with a problem that demands collective action on an unprecedented scale and a dramatic reining in of the market forces that created and are deepening the crisis.


Backing Out of the Kyoto Accord – with Rick Mercer, 1 minute video

Rick Mercer's take on radical enviros - worth a watch, 1 minute video

Kyoto: The Conservative government's shameful action
Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas
Climate Crisis Compilations - EcoSanity - the best climate links

Federal documents spark outcry by oil sands critics

Pipeline supporters need to remember 'the elephant in the room' - Oilsands growth is incompatible with PM's own climate-change promises

Mayor Ford ends the 'war on the car' and starts one against motorists

Are Slower Cities Better for Bikers, the Air, and Our Mental Health? Cities around the world are considering radical new speed limits on cars -- slowing down in the name of progress.

Cycling For Everyone - The best cycling infrastructure in the world is in the Netherlands - 7 min. video
 
4 Creepy Ways Big Pharma Peddles its Drugs - Big Pharma uses ads that sow hypochondria, raise health fears and sell diseases to adults and their children.
 
Pink Ribbons Inc, in theatres Feb. 3 Pink Ribbons, Inc. looks at the pervasive impact of breast cancer fundraising. Every year, millions of dollars are raised, but where  does all the money go, and what is actually achieved? The film offers a completely different take on the pink ribbon “success” story that has overtaken North America, with insight from leading doctors, activists and social critics, as well as women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Pharmageddon is the story of a tragedy - new book by Dr. David Healy	
Breast cancer screening cannot be justified, says researcher - Book argues harm outweighs small number of lives saved, and accuses mamography supporters of misconduct 

Civilized to Death - video documentary of Canadian colonialization and First Nations people 
part 1 http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2012/01/23/civilized-to-death-part-1/
part 2 http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2012/01/23/civilized-to-death-part-2/

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