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Day 92 – The Age of Stupid
92/365 (April 2, 2010) – We watched The Age of Stupid last night, and it was a bit of a jolt. We try hard to reduce our impact wherever we can, but it’s pretty obvious from this documentary that the majority don’t. Worth a watch, maybe you’ll change some little thing. I can’t fathom why the governments don’t get behind…
Read more »What Century are we in?
Tragedy strikes a small, poverty stricken country in the Caribbean, an earthquake devastates parts of the island of Hispanola and destroys homes, history, and lives. And one man gets on his podium and says, “The Devil did it”. This is another example of why religion can be so dangerous. The television evangelist claimed that The Haitians reached an agreement with…
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Stewards of the Land, My A$$
I don’t get it. The city needs to widen the causeway through Stanley Park and the entire city is up in arms because 22 trees are to be removed. In a park with over half a million trees (OK a lot less since the windstorm), 22 trees at the edge of the road are a minor issue. And I think…
Read more »Walk in the Woods
I love living in North Vancouver. Partly because I need to be near the ocean, partly because…. it’s not quite Vancouver … I am separated from Vancouver by the water and a large forest (Stanley Park). But also partly because I am so close to the real forest. North Vancouver is sandwiched between the mountains and the ocean and dissected…
Read more »Careful What you Talk About….
We were headed up to the Shuswap for a family wedding this past weekend and as we passed down off the Coquihala connector and into Westbank we were talking about the fires that roared through the area across the lake 6 years ago. it devastated the hills and the forests of blackened trunks still stand as a testament to the…
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Butt, butt, butt….
I can’t speak to the addiction that I know smokers have, except that it’s an expensive one (financially and physiologically). I’ve never smoked in my life, except for all that second hand smoke I’ve inhaled over the years because friends smoked. I’ve never understood the appeal of sucking horrible chemicals into one’s lungs and then sharing them with others as…
Read more »Harmful Chemicals
I find it quite amazing how long some studies take to get a reaction from the masses. Take the BPA (Bisphenol-A) scare recently. A few months ago a report came out that BPA was considered to be a carcinogen. Sure, like everything else…right? Well, yes and no…this one is pretty integrated into many of our lives. What got the media…
Read more »Drowning in plastic bags
I received a forwarded presentation from a family member the other day. We’ve been trying valiantly to reduce our waste and making every effort to reduce our use of plastic bags for the past few years. But this presentation really reinforced things for us. Here are some statistics contained within it. Data released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency…
Read more »The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
OK, so this is about the most frightening thing I have ever heard of! I was out for dinner with a colleague and he mentioned this huge swath of plastic garbage in the Pacific somewhere between the North American Mainland and Hawaii. A sailor chose to head into an area that most captains don’t traverse since it is known for…
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