When British Columbia residents heard that Nestlé was only being charged $2.25 per million litres to bottle up our water and sell it back to us, we were furious.
I, for one, wanted to do what this panda is doing.
We weren’t just angry because Nestlé has a terribly track record in their dealings with developing nations.
We weren’t just angry because B.C. is “renting out” access to our water for far less than other provinces.
We were angry because water is a part of B.C. culture. Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Economy, environmentalism
Tagged $2.25 per million litres, access, Alberta, Alberta drivers, B.C. residents, bad track record, BC culture, beach, British Columbia, california, camping, Canada, CBC, climate change, commodity, debate, developing nations, drought, Economics, fees, freshwater, furious, ground water, legal, NAFTA, Nestle, North American Water and Power Alliance, pollution, precedent, protected land, provinces, public control, Rocky Mountain Trench, sell, sue, Sum of Us, summer, Sun Belt Water Inc, swimming, threat, U.S.A., water, water access, water control, water exports, water policy, water sovereignty, WTO
So I watched this documentary last night:
Before watching Cool It I expected it to be just like Expelled, which, in my opinion, had a very strong right wing agenda. I don’t want to imply that everything “right-wing” is innately propaganda, or that the left isn’t just as capable of creating its own propaganda, but I disliked Expelled‘s attempt to undermine evolution by framing all creationists as victims. So I wasn’t really watching this film with much of an open mind, but by the end was actually impressed. Just a heads up, from this point on there are spoilers galore. Continue reading
Posted in environmentalism, film, review, science
Tagged agenda, algae, Annie Leonard, biofuel, Bjorn Lomborg, cap and trade, climate change, Cool It, debate, developing world, documentary, Economics, environmentalism, fossil fuels, geo-engineering, Global Warming, Green solutions, Kyoto, politics, pollution, solar power, Story of Stuff, wave power, wind power
On January 12, 2014 Canadian singer Neil Young spoke out against the Alberta Tar Sands on his “Honour the Treaties” tour to “raise money for the legal fight against the expansion of the Athabasca oil sands in northern Alberta and other similar projects, in Toronto.” I’ve included the video for you to see for yourself below.
Since deciding to speak out Young has been under a considerable amount of criticism. A radio station in Fort McMurray has responded with a “No Neil” day. They’ve been trying to get the #notawasteland hashtag trending on twitter and banned his music on their station. One of my favorite journalists (that’s sarcasm, FYI), Rex Murphy, insists that Young is a “man who cannot distinguish the nuclear bombing of city from a worksite [and] is plainly in need of rest and instruction.” A spokesperson for the Canadian government responded by saying that “Even the lifestyle of a rock star relies, to some degree, on the resources developed by thousands of hard-working Canadians every day.”
I first heard about Young’s controversial statement on CBC radio as the host asked callers to respond with their opinion. The reoccurring theme coming from callers seemed to be “what does he know”. As a young person I found it especially frustrating when callers would insist that youth would now follow Young’s cause in droves, because you know us young people, we just do whatever celebrities tell us to. Continue reading
Posted in Canada, environmentalism, money, news, politics
Tagged #notawasteland, Athabasca, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN), Canada, Canadian Government, CBC, celebrity, censorship, China, controversy, Economics, first nations, For McMurry, Google, H2Oil, Honour the Treaties Tour, Jennifer Lawrence, journalism, land, media, Neil Young, New Prosperity Mine, news, oil sands, Rex Murphy, tar sands
There’s a common misconception that Communism is about an all-powerful government controlling the economy. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Despite our railing against Ayn Rand and laissez-faire economics, the end-boss that Marx actually described was the inevitable merger of big business and big government into one inbred monster. The whole point of the glorious people’s revolution was to get rid of both the plutocrat and the politician, though obviously between Stalin, Pol Pot, and Joe McCarthy, things all went terribly wrong. “Marxism” became a buzz-word for the very things it was opposed to, and the whole movement got set back a century. It’s not easy being red.
Even so, every once in a while, we manage to chalk up a point for the good guys.
This particular victory comes to us from Fort Collins, Colorado, where it was announced yesterday that the New Belgium Brewing Company has become 100% worker owned!
ARISE YE WORKERS FROM YOUR SLUMBER! ARISE YE PRISONERS OF WANT!
That’s right- owned and democratically run by the people who actually do the work. Behold the nefarious Communist agenda for America!
Now in case you’re wondering exactly who these guys are, there’s a chance you might be more familiar with some of their products- such as Blue Paddle, Snow Day (seasonal), and their most famous, Fat Tire.
This is a really, really good beer…
Now in addition to being a much needed triumph for the proletariat, New Belgium has plenty more commendable points worth mentioning.
For example:
All of which I imagine go just like this…
We live in a world full of vile contemptible companies who do vile contemptible things and never get the derision and disgust that they so richly deserve (cough, Nestle, Coca-Cola, Monsanto, Nike, Caterpillar, Unilever, Marks & Spencer, cough). If those evil dirtbags can’t be publicly condemned, then perhaps we can at least swing to the other side, and offer some well-earned praise to people doing it right.
New Belgium Brewing Co., here’s to you, comrades!
Posted in bizarreness, Economy, environmentalism, Fame Day, food, politics
Tagged Alcohol, Beer, benefits, Caterpillar, Coca Cola, Colorado, communism, Communist, Eco-Friendly, Economics, employment, energy efficiency, Fat Tire, Fort Collins, Green, holidays, Lennin, Marks and Spencer, Marxism, Marxist, methane power, Monsanto, Nestle, New Belgium, New Belgium Brewing Company, Nike, Plutocrat, red, socialism, socialist, Stalin, unilever, wind power, work, Worker Owned
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