Tag: earth
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Ontario Greens: “Will push government to protect people and places we love”
(Queen’s Park): Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner is calling for an end to political gamesmanship at Queen’s Park. Instead, Schreiner wants the minority legislature to move on legislation that protects food and water, democracy and local jobs during the fall session. “Greens will push the government to protect the people and places…
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10 Year Old Eco Blogger Hannah Alper
Dear Silo, you’ve probably heard me talk about my daughter Hannah in the past. She has been called many things: “The future of social media”, “Eco-Warrior”, “Changemaker” and “Activist”. At 10 years old, she is all of these things. And now, she can add Free The Children’s “We Day” speaker to the list. There will be…
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Fight Stress With Shinrin Yoku Forest Bathing
Stress is ever present in current society, both personal stress and workplace stress contribute to the well documented link, between stress and chronic conditions. The most recent data available from Statistic Canada’s – National Population Health Survey, demonstrates that personal stress is predictive of the development of a chronic health condition over the next four…
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Green Party Emphatic No To Proposed ‘Tar Sands Oil’ Pipelines In Ontario
Ottawa – Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is pledging to fight two oil pipeline projects through Ontario. Joining Ottawa South candidate Taylor Howarth on a campaign tour, Schreiner and Howarth raised concerns about the health, environmental and economic effects of TransCanada Corp.’s proposed east coast pipeline, which travels through Ottawa, and Enbridge’s proposed Line 9…
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Harvesting Wild Leeks
It’s coq-a-leeky time. For the past several years my friend House and I go out to our secret spot in a nearby woods and harvest wild leeks. They grow three quarters of the way down a steep hill so the element of danger grows stronger every year with aging limbs. Let me tell you, it’s…
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Fined $2K For Possessing Living Snakehead “Frankenfish”
A Chatham man has been fined $2,000 for illegal possession of snakehead fish. Yung-Chieh Liu pleaded guilty to illegally possessing live invasive fish. In addition to the fine, two snakehead fish were also forfeited to the Crown. Justice of the Peace Malcolm Rogers heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Blenheim, on April…
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Ontario Greens seek Experimental Lakes petition signatures UPDATE Liberals agree to fund
(Toronto, Ontario): The Green Party of Ontario has launched a campaign calling on the Ontario government to take over the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) from the federal government. In less than a day over 700 people have written emails to the Finance Minister Sousa demanding the ELA be included in the upcoming…
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81 GMO’s Made By Gene Splicing Not Labeled In Canada
It is worth noting that South of the border an important proposition was recently defeated. Proposition 37 as it was named, was a vote given to residents of California, for mandatory labelling of genetically modified food products. Given the distance between here and California you may wonder, what is the relevance? Since 1996, 81 genetically…
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Letters To Silo- Concern Over Canada-China Treaty Agreement
Hello Silo, I think this is a very, very important non-partisan political issue. I believe it is imperative to get the word out to all Canadians. I hope The Silo will give it some publicity. It is about the Canada-China Treaty Agreement. This is a letter I got from Elizabeth May after I sent an…
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First Nations reader sends letter outlining FIPA Canada-China trade concerns
November 1, 2012 His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D. Governor General Your Excellency: I am going to start with this quote i read today “I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to…
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Holland Marsh Peaker Plant
“The cost of moving gas power plants for political reasons is more than financial. It erodes confidence in our government and our democracy. It leads to cynicism and turns people off politics.It’s a sad day for democracy when jokes are flying around Queen’s Park that the going rate for a Liberal seat is $40 million.…