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Toronto's David Miller Joins 100 Mayors at Copenhagen Conference
The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit December 7-18 as Denmark will feature Canadian leadership thanks to Toronto Mayor David Miller who is chair of the C40 group of cities leading the fight... 
created by Tomitheos Linardos | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Canadian Green Party Economist Frank de Jong: Tax=Resource Rent
Frank de Jong served as Leader of the Ontario Green Party from 1993 through to November 2009, when he resigned in order to direct his efforts toward serving the Green Party's national agenda. March 5/6 he presented... 
created by Maireid Sullivan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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The Economy Is a Disaster: We Should Fix It
EXCERPT: However, we can also go the route that has proven successful at keeping unemployment down in Europe: work-sharing. The concept is very simple. Instead of paying workers unemployment benefits when they are not working, we pay companies to keep workers employed, but... 
Can China Turn Cotton Green?
"Ounce for ounce, it could be the most environmentally toxic item of clothing you own." EXCERPT: ... subsidies in the U.S. and countries in Europe and elsewhere (including China itself) depress the price of globally...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Autumn of the Republic?
Three books suggest America has slipped into a polarized state of undermined self-government. None convincingly suggests how we can slip back out.The author of this excellent review suggests that US citizens can come to their "deliberative senses" by avoiding "some of the...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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200 views | 22 recommendations | 0 comments
The Unemployment Game Show: Are You *Really* Unemployed?
Most people are aware that government unemployment statistics are carefully manipulated, but this clever little animated video presents the facts very succinctly in just two minutes. " The U.S. unemployment numbers... 
The Geonomic approach to Climate Change
Frank de Jong has a way of quickly making sense of the political economic chaos we all need to sort through. Here he goes again! And, take a look at the site he has linked to, where Geonomics is clearly explained....
created by Maireid Sullivan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Environmental Sustainability sounds good but is far from reality.
This is basically the letter I sent to people involved in the Copenhagen Summit. The release of garbage leachate on to the streets and lanes of North American communities has become increasingly dangerous to... 
D.E.L.T.A. Rescue: A Sanctuary, Not an Animal Shelter
GLENDALE, CA -- D.E.L.T.A. Rescue became a No-Kill animal welfare facility in 1979, a national status created by our founder and president, Leo Grillo. He is recognized worldwide as being an expert in the field of... 
created by Sharon Raiford Bush | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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1901 views | 1 recommendation | 4 comments
Horse Rescue of America Joins Fight for Wild Horse Freedom
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created by Sharon Raiford Bush | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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The Fate of Cesar Chavez’s Dream
In her important new book, "The Union of Their Dreams - Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement" Miriam Pawel chronicles how a movement to unionize farmworkers failed to realize its...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Irish Tiger
Book review: Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Irish Tiger21 November 2009, The ScotsmanBy DAVID ROBINSON"How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Irish Tiger by Fintan O'TooleIN THE 1980s I lived for half a dozen years in Ireland. It's an easy country to fall... Petition 277: Release of compactor garbage truck leachate on city
October 8, 2009 I am sending this information to you so you can understand one of the major causes of illness in North American cities and towns. In1938 we began to use compactor garbage trucks in North America. The problem is: * These compactor garbage trucks were not...
Hemp Reduces Eutrophication of Lakes and Rivers
Port Hope is trying to overcome the negative and work towards a green future. Will it be enough? Only time will tell. "Stonehedge Bio-Resources Inc. wants to convert hemp into a biomass energy crop. The... 
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