The Price We Pay

If you own a home, you know that sometimes you have to spend a little now to save a lot later. That leak in the roof? You can patch it for a few hundred bucks or wait until it turns into a torrent that costs thousands to repair. It’s the same deal with the climate change. So says a new report from Tufts University which finds that the cost of doing something is far lower than the price of doing nothing.

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The cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you..

Finally. After 3 years, I’ve finally finished the 44 Scotland Street trilogy by Alexander McCall Smith. I bought the first book during an unexpected ten hour delay in the Glasgow Airport a few years ago, and only discovered the other books recent…

Liberals to pitch ‘bold’ green agenda

The Liberals are poised to propose a ‘green shift’ in taxation policy this week, saying Canadians are ready for bold moves to save the environment.

B.C. Hydro plan alarms air-quality officials

Metro Vancouver’s air-quality officials are prepared to rewrite B.C. Hydro’s pollution licence if it goes ahead with a plan to dramatically increase operations at its Burrard thermal generating plant…

The peaceful revolution in farmers’ markets

A peaceful revolution is taking place across North America.
While it is neither underground nor covert, it may soon be quashed
by local and provincial policy-makers. They potentially could…

Honda fuel-cell car rolls off assembly line

Honda Motor Co. kicked off production Monday of its newest fuel-cell
car, as the automaker gears up for the battle to dominate the market
for next-generation vehicles.

Metro Vancouver declines to appeal Houweling greenhouse ruling

Metro Vancouver will not seek judicial review of an Environmental Appeal Board decision concerning Houweling Nurseries Ltd.

In a letter to Delta council–which is part of tomorrow’s council

Another blog

I am sorry if this blog has had less content lately. If you want to catch up on what I have been up to there is now a new blog called “Adventures in Renovation”. There are three posts there already, which brings it up to date. I am going to try and keep track of [...]

Bonnaroo: Last Day

The sixteen of us from Seventh Generation, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Yestermorrow Design School, and Do Your Part looked a bit weary this morning. Five days of Bonnaroo-ing is documentary in and of itself. We have some interesting stories…

We have signed up 3,000 folks who have pledged to reduce their footprint by 10% by 2009 and who have taken the green footprint plunge…

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Midwest Floods, Tornadoes Due to Colliding Air Masses