Greenspiration News: Adolph Harper loses it

[Angela Bischoff]

Greenspiration News

So this is what we truly believe. This is what reinforces our spiritualities: that no being is greater than the next, that we are part and parcel, we are equal, and that each one of us has a responsibility to the balance of the system.
- Albert Marshall, Mi'kmaq Elder, from an interview in Taking Charge of the Bras d'Or: Ecological Politics in the 'Land of Fog'

Federal Budget

Feds set Canada back 50 years on environment regulations 

How the Conservatives stole environmental protection in broad daylight by Elizabeth May

Tories accused of being ‘one of most anti-environmental governments in the world’

A federal budget that screws the planet for short-term profits

Was this Canada’s last Earth Day? Three key safeguards that ensure your right to safely swim, drink, or fish Canadian waters is protected are all being dismantled by the Harper gov’t

The Canadian Peace Alliance is calling for Peace and Prosperity – NOT War and Austerity 

Budget 2012: Canada won’t spare a penny for clean energy Pembina Institute's response

Federal budget 2012: Health Canada cuts funding to women’s health research groups

How to Get a Majority Government out of 60% of the Popular Vote We are at an impasse in federal politics: a majority Conservative government, rejected by 60.4% of Canadian voters, is pushing through its far-right agenda, measures it could not impose during its two previous minority governments. The proposal set out here for an electoral alliance is supported by a diverse group of people (NDP, Liberal, Green and unaligned).

Prof. Anthony Hall on Cheating in the Canadian Election of 2011 5 min. video

Jet costs an inside joke - Harperites fib about F-35 costs while imposing "austerity" budget. By Linda McQuaig

Adolph Harper loses it – 4 min. video. Prime Minister Adolph Harper is incensed that the Canadian people have the nerve to challenge his cutting $44 million in cultural initiatives, and move towards an American cultural model.

Climate Change

Climate Compilations by EcoSanity – videos, blogs, and more – it’s all here

Eating Less Meat Is World's Best Chance For Timely Climate Change The entire goal of today’s international climate objectives can be achieved by replacing just one-fourth of today’s least eco-friendly food products with better alternatives
 
A Plea for Rio+20: Don’t Commodify Nature

Earth Day march fills Montreal streets - Quarter Million

The True Cost of Tar Sands What does environmental devastation actually look like? Photographer Garth Lenz shares shocking photos of the Alberta Tar Sands mining project -- and the beautiful (and vital) ecosystems under threat. – 17 min. slide show and presentation

Transportation

One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss

Why Bother With 30 Kph Zones?

Otesha Project Bike Tours: Dig into Food Issues from the Seat of your Bicycle!  Grab your bike, your rubber boots, and your desire to understand food security and sustainable food systems on a deeper level.  The Otesha Project is seeking volunteers for spring, summer and fall cycling & outreach tours.   

Transportation without Oil: 23 Steps to a Sustainable Energy Future by Guy Dauncey

Big Pharma

How Psychiatric Drugs Made America Mad Many casually prescribed drugs are fully capable of disabling – often permanently – bodies, brains and spirits.

Legal Drug-Pushing: How Disease Mongers Keep Us All Doped Up By manipulating our fear of suffering and death, big pharmaceutical companies are able to keep us coming back for expensive medications.
 
David Healy: Bad Medicine 12 min. video interview

Age of Anxiety - CBC Doc Zone - 45 min. documentary

Mad in America - Science, Psychiatry and Community - great news and blogs 

Miscellaneous

Eco House for sale in Craik Saskatchewan Watch the video about its development

7 Ways Citizens Are Using Humor and Creativity to Protest Injustice While not a new concept, creative activism does seem to be having a "moment" right now as activists look for ways to draw attention to the recent attacks on our rights.

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