CRE-Montréal
Créé en 1996, le CRE-Montréal est un organisme à but non lucratif qui regroupe des organisations préoccupées par la réhabilitation, … Continue reading CRE-Montréal
Brave B.C. talks true carbon tax
PATRICK BRETHOUR From Friday’s Globe and Mail October 26, 2007 at 6:08 AM EDT VANCOUVER — Stephen Harper and Stéphane … Continue reading Brave B.C. talks true carbon tax
The Prize of the Pole (2006)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/prize-pole When explorer Robert Peary sojourned to the Pole he not only left a historic legacy but a personal … Continue reading The Prize of the Pole (2006)
Time to remove phosphates from detergents / Il est temps d’éliminer les phosphates dans les détergents
(Ottawa) A bill introduced in the House of Commons today is vitally necessary to protect waterways, according to Sierra Club of Canada. The bill to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, introduced by Bloc Québécois MP Guy André, aims to ban detergents that contain phosphates.
Conservation Groups Call for Release of Habitat Report, Parks and Funding to Save Grizzlies
Calgary: Local and national conservation organizations are calling on Alberta’s Sustainable Development Minister, Ted Morton, to release the scientists’ report outlining core grizzly habitat areas to his Grizzly Bear Recovery Team and the public. To make up for the five years of lost time during the protracted recovery planning process, they are asking Morton and the Minister of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture, Hector Goudreau, to quickly move on establishing three wildland parks, which encompass core grizzly habitat long known to be important to the bears’ future and which have already gone through various assessment and review processes.
Save the Rupert River
This initiative was started by three Cree communities in the James Bay area – Nemaska, Waskaganish and Chisasibi which have … Continue reading Save the Rupert River
Could the queen of green be mean?
Supporters call Elizabeth May driven, generous and inspirational. But even some in her own party call her duplicitous, a bully … Continue reading Could the queen of green be mean?
The remarkable transformation of Saint Suzuki
The poles are melting, species vanishing. It’s a great time to be David Suzuki — but revolution seldom comes easy.
KEN MACQUEEN | October 25, 2007 |
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The David Suzuki – Patrick Moore Feud: A History
From student-teacher, to buddies, to adversaries Ken MacQueen | Oct 26, 2007 | 11:47 am EST <!– Ken MacQueen –> … Continue reading The David Suzuki – Patrick Moore Feud: A History
New species gets funny name
I’ve been called pond scum before, but never before has it been quite so accurate.
Researchers have discovered a new species of fly in the wet tropical rainforests of Costa Rica and Panama. They named the fly Dixella suzukii – after me. That’s right, no great whale or fierce jungle cat for this fella. I’ve been immortalized as a fly. A pond-scum sucking fly at that.
The Water Bearer (2006)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/water-bearer 32 years of dictatorship left the country of Indonesia underdeveloped and severely deprived economically. But a revolution is … Continue reading The Water Bearer (2006)
Cry Sea (2007)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/cry-sea Off the coast of Senegal and under the thickness of night both Senegalese and European fishermen ready themselves … Continue reading Cry Sea (2007)