3
POPSWhy Canada is the best haven from climate change As might be expected, developed nations score best. Canada is top, followed by Ireland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The United Kingdom is in 12th position, just behind the US. The surprise in the top 20 is Uruguay, which is listed ninth, and the only well-placed nation not to be in the club of countries which are rich, or Western (and usually both).
12
POPSD-Day June 6th 1944 - Sixty eight years ago today Allied land forces that saw combat in Normandy on D-Day itself came from Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Substantial Free French and Polish forces also participated in the battle after the assault phase, and there were also contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway. Other Allied nations participated in the naval and air forces. - sixty eight years ago today.
1
POPSCanada Smartening up? Perhaps!
In a speech last month, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said, "While many are worrying about filling their gas tanks, many others around the world are struggling to fill their stomachs, and it is getting more and more difficult every day ... In just two months, rice prices have skyrocketed to near historical levels, rising by around 75 per cent globally." And it's the same story for other grain The world cannot solve global warming by starving the hundreds of millions of people who are desperately poor. A way must be found both to fight climate change and increase the global food supply. That is why the United Nations has called for a five-year moratorium on biofuel production and urged its members to explore the possibility of deriving biofuels from agricultural waste and nonfood crops. Jean Ziegler, United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, says that using food crops to create biofuels when much of the world can barely afford to eat is "a crime against
9
POPSRemember the Milkman? He's back You KNOW you're getting old when you can remember your milkman. When I was a kid in Winnipeg, Canada, our milkman's name was Scotty. I can't remember his horse's name. And yes, Scotty delivered milk with a horse drawn ice-cooled van.
2
POPSGreen group hits at Canada over oil sands The increasing of greenhouse gases over the arctic is the surest way of setting off the methane bomb, an intense warming cycle ignited by the methane emitted rotting melted tundra. We are talking extreme folly here.
9
POPSGay for Today A remarkable website, revealing the lives and works of fascinating gay or bisexual men from "recent" history (19th C to present day). Featured by birthday, but also categorized by personal characteristics and/or work. "Some of the people featured are highly significant figures to the gay community for their creativity or activism." "Some are highly significant figures in their fields - art, music, science, literature, politics, whatever - who happened to be gay. Sometimes their homosexuality is irrelevant; often it has a part to play in creating that sense of difference or 'otherness' that marks out the genius, the maverick, the innovator. Sometimes, the friendships created by shared homosexuality have created or been significant in whole movements - dance , poetry, writing, art and music all have examples of this." "If you are gay, know your culture. If you are not, know that your world would not be the same without us." Kudos to Peter Rivendell for creating Gay For Today
4
POPSThis logo is your guarantee. (Fair Trade Products - Transfair Canada) I *try* to make sure I buy fairly traded produce, coffee, sugar, etc whenever I can. If you are in Canada, this Logo is your guarantee that you are getting a fairly traded product. FYI: A pound of Fair Trade Coffee usually costs the same if not less than a pound of coffee from other specialty stores.
Newest Clips
see Newest Clips
Pops
Comments
Tags
1
Most Pops
Print
Save
Turn on live update