tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320953212012-01-25T16:36:39.269-05:00However destructive the policies of the government and the methods of the corportations may be, the root of the problem is also found in private life. We must learn to see that every problem that concerns us as conservationists always leads straight to the question of how we live. The world is being destroyed, no doubt about it, by the greed of the rich and powerful. It is also being destroyed by popular demand.. t r i s h g a r l a n d .http://www.blogger.com/profile/09152653185435271558noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32095321.post-8256196339369859362007-02-11T19:05:00.001-05:002007-01-11T22:08:34.927-05:00

Up until very recently I didn’t think that eating meat on a regular basis was such a bad thing. I always thought meat was something I needed in my diet in order to be healthy and energized. However as I strive to lead a simpler life, one with a smaller impact on the environment, I have made the change to actively reduce my meat consumption. There are many reasons why people decided to remove

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The World Meteorological Organization announced initial assessments indicate 2006 was the sixth warmest year on record since the American Civil War. 2005 was the warmest. With no snow and spring-like temperatures this “winter”, there’s not much to stop 2007 from reigning warmest year ever. In fact, a couple of weeks ago scientists discovered that the Ayles Ice Shelf — 66 square kilometers of it

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Hey, I found a site that is currently hosting the movie An Inconvienent Truth. If you haven't seen it yet, now's your chance.http://movies.peekvid.com/s3959/Also, sorry about not being able to blog as much as I would have liked to over the holidays. It was a very busy time for me. Working to save money for travelling while going to school is tough. But I promise there is more posts coming very

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I'm staying out of the malls this season for three reasons:1) They are busy, hot and people sometimes get a little pushy under those conditions. And I especially don't enjoy seeing the rows and rows of a full parking lot surrounding every entrance.2) Malls are designed to encourage spending. The amount of crap that is purchased to celebrate this time of year is unneeded and excessive. The money

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I know this goes without saying, but alas the holiday season is back again. There are decorations everywhere to remind us of this. They’re the first sign that this time of spending is here. I actually witnessed Christmas decorations being put up in a Zeller’s on the night of Halloween. Next comes the bi-weekly heavy pile of flyers in your mail box showing all the sales and opportunities for you

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I went to see this documentary at Princess Cinema here in Waterloo. In my movie review this movie gets a 9/10 (very high in my books). It was more than I expected to see. To be honest, there aren't many films which I can sit through, especially when in the theatre, but throughout this film I couldn't even blink.The impact humans have on this earth is immense. At some of the scenes I was close to

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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION OPENLY ADDRESSES FEMALE MENSTRATION IN A FRANK AND HONEST MANNER. THOSE WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE NATURAL CYCLE OF ALL HEALTHY WOMEN… YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. I think it is fair to say that in this culture it is taboo to discuss a women’s monthly menstruation openly. After all, it’s sad but true but it would be inappropriate for me to write this article

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The Tesla Motor Company has recently "sold out" their 2007 stock of their new electric car. I went to see Who Killed the Electric Car a couple months ago, and it just made me realise how much actual power oil companies have. Every single electric car was destroyed in hopes that the world would forget the electric car and all its glory. Well, thankfully, this brave and innovative car company has

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If you're interested in studying or are already researching sustainable agriculture, consider entering an abstract for a presentation at this upcoming conference - Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge: New Ruralism and other Strategies for Sustainable Development at Berkley, CA, April 5-6, 2007.Abstracts are due DECEMBER 1, 2006.check out the site!I wrote a 250 word abstract about this time last

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Now that a lot of my university colleagues are graduating shortly, search this site for "good jobs". Don't give up your values just for the money. With all those brains in your head and feet in your shoes, you can go in whatever direction you choose (i think Dr. Seuss wrote that).Cheers.http://www.planetfriendly.net/gwd.php?id=3166

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The current impact that the global population has on this earth is undoubtedly unsustainable. There are too many indicators telling us that this is true such as global warming, soil degradation, deforestation, war, species extinction, increasing number of forest fires, declining fisheries, massive economic polarization and social inequalities. The international drive to become “westernized” or a

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Last Saturday, 25,000 protestors took to the streets of London, England demanding firm action on climate change from all political leaders. The marchers included people of all ages, social groups, ethnical backgrounds and religions. This vast range in diversity is unlike the young hippy crowd of the 1960’s. Climate change is becoming more than just a green issue, it’s also a global peace and

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There are anywhere between 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags consumed every year. And I believe it. I work in a health food store and I am shocked at how many people don’t remember their reusable bags. But then of course there are the customers that always remember and even re-use old bread bags for their bulk flour and oat purchases.A person's use of a plastic check-out bag can sometimes be

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Host: UW Sustainability ProjectTuesday, November 7, 2006 at 2:00pmandWednesday, November 8, 2006 at 11:00pmVenue: SLC Great Room - UW CampusEmail:uwsp@uwaterloo.caFun games and prizes, speakers and movies to help you learn about climate change and what you can do about it.Speakers and games run from 2-6pm each day with back-to-back"An Inconvenient Truth" on Wednesday at 7 and 9pm.

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www.seachoice.orgHungry for fish tonight? Check out this site before you eat! Your dinner tonight may be a result of damaging fishing practices or fish farming. Be a smart consumer and help push the fishing industry into higher envrionmental standards. I've only recently began to question where my seafood was actually coming from. I think its only fair. I mean we all know where our wine comes

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We all know our cars pollute, but we often forget that our food travels long distances too. A lot of our fresh food is shipped in from all over the world. Some call this “eating oil” when you consider that 80% of our produce in Ontario is shipped in from outside the province on planes and trucks. Corporate agribusiness has made it more financially appealing to grocers to buy from subsidized

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This blog is for everyone in Waterloo looking to eat LOCAL!!! YAY!(For everyone else, please leave a comment and not where to find local food in your community, so that others will be informed. Also, if i have missed any in Waterloo Region, please let me know)Markets:St. Jacob's Farmer Market:From the official site: stjacobs.com/html/shopping-farmersmarkets.htmlWhen:Thursday &

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We really don't need to build over the moraine. We have to stop this development.Get your tickets for dancing at the Starlight NOW. The Waterloo Moraine Dancers (WMD)and Waterlooians.ca spokesperson (David Wellhauser) will attempt a 24 dance-athon to protect important groundwater rechagre areas of the Waterloo Moraine for future generations. Updates will be logged on the site throughout the day.

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This is a message urging everyone to get downtown Toronto this Saturday for one of Ontario's largest marches supporting the Stop the War Coalition.Billions and billions of dollars are diverted everyday to support the war effort when really we need to re-re-route that money and spend it on researching alternative energies and feeding out homeless, sick, and elderly here at home.I went to the last

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Hey, I just wanted everyone living in Waterloo to know that you can get a FREE composter. Since the Region of Waterloo doesn't collect green composting bins like many other cities in Ontario, their answer is to give away free composters. The composters come with a free booklet on how to compost and what to compost. Its fun and you get free soil for your vegetable garden in the spring. PLUS!

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Avian flu; growth hormones; GMO’s; pesticides; use of human manure; antibiotic animal resistance; mad cow disease; water and air pollution; inhumane treatment of livestock- these are just a few of the buzz words often associated with large scale agriculture practices. The images of industrial farms and their unhealthy produce, diseased meat, environmentally degrading farming methods and the lack

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*I work at Eating Well Organically and this list is posted on the wall in the store. I've been researching organic foods and I think its a great list of reasons to eat the "organic way". This list is full of excellent facts and insightful knowledge from studies from all over the world. Please note that some of the data is a little old (latest 2002) so not all the figures are up-t0-date. Enjoy!1

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I've heard a couple people exclaiming that global warming can't be happening because it's snowing already. Well... global warming doesn't necessarily mean that the earth is going to get a lot warmer right away. Weather will become increasingly sporadic and drastic. This week, Tuesday here in Waterloo was 20 degrees outside, two days later it's snowing. Global warming is happening and we all have

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We all do something in the bathroom that is rarely if ever the topic of discussion amongst friends, colleagues, family or even acquaintances. I am talking about consuming large amounts of fresh water on a daily basis and generating needless waste.Conserving water is something of great importance. If all the water on the earth could be collected and condensed into a bucket, the fresh water

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Since the movie An Inconvenient Truth inspired me to write this blog/column, I am directing you to the website associated with the movie. There are lot of super easy tips for reducing your impact. But i do encourage you to look thoroughly through the whole page. There is a lot of really good information on global warming:http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/And here is the beloved

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For a global perspective on water use and scarcity visit the World Water Council:http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/For a Canadian perspective on water use, visit the Canadian environmental Law Association:http://www.cela.ca/faq/cltn_detail.shtml?x=1508To get a sense of the inequalities in our global water consumption visit the UNESCO page:http://www.youthxchange.net/main/ff2b215_

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There are three line-ups at the University of Waterloo which are infamously long; the one outside the Book Store at the beginning of each term, the Wednesday night wait into the Bomber, and the line-up at any one of the Tim Horton’s on campus. I wouldn’t be surprised if over the course of a year the amount of coffee sold here at UW could fill the PAC swimming pool. But it doesn’t end with just us

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We see them everywhere. At one time they were chiefly associated with tree-hugging hippies, but now have become such a craze that is seems like everyone has a Nalgene. The marketers of these popular water bottles definitely are good. They have undoubtedly become a campus staple. For some they are an extension of their identity covered with stickers and political quotes. Some girls seem to have a

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Driving is something I never really liked for so many reasons. The fact that I’m naturally a nervous driver doesn’t help. I also truly despise sitting in traffic, amongst other individuals in their carbon spewing cars, watching the rising prices of gas at the corner station. My bank account balance doesn’t like that either.So when my 1994 Dodge Spirit stopped running in April, I decided to not

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I daringly decided to write this column after three eye opening events took place in my life over the past summer. Firstly, I so fortunately got the chance to attend a planning student conference at UBC in Vancouver in June. At this conference I gave a presentation titled “Sustaining the Discussion of Sustainability”. I charged everyone who came to my presentation to go home to where ever they

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For those of you who are not sure what exactly sustainability is, I have listed some well known definitions. I should note that there is no single concrete definition of the word and is open to interpretation depending on its application.This is the most commonly quoted definition and it aims to be more comprehensive than mostBrundtland (1987): Sustainable development is development that meets

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