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The Saugeen Trading Community

The Saugeen Trading Community is a regionally based monetary system located in the Grey & Bruce County region of Ontario. The STC endeavours to meet economic and social needs of the local community by providing a vehicle for the exchange of labour and goods. We promote self-reliance, community, responsibility, local autonomy and ecological sustainability. We support the spirit of cooperation and celebrate the diversity and abundance of skills and resources we have to offer each other.

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The LocalMotive Project forms a model of economic re-localization, guided by the principles of community, resilience, and participation.

 

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Being Green is ‘doing’ green out-of-doors this spring

Being Green is ‘doing’ green out-of-doors this spring “According to the Environmental Protection agency, Americans burn 800 million gallons of gas each year trimming their grassy yards. One gas mower running for an hour emits the same amount of pollutants as eight new cars driving 55 mph for the same amount of time.” Union of Concerned Scientists

“Only by moving away from fossil fuels can we both ensure a more robust economic outlook and address the challenges of climate change. This…

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Posted by Douglas Nadler on April 30, 2012 at 10:12

Reasons to Celebrate - Reason to Protest

There are two reasons that Canadians should be celebrating this month, and one that gives cause to lower our heads in shame.
First the good news... the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was signed, April 17 some 30 years ago and is going strong. Had it not been for the enshrinement of our rights and freedoms by Pierre Trudeau back in the 80s, than the power over the people of Canada of a majority federal…
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Posted by David Wood on April 17, 2012 at 13:56 — 1 Comment

Battening Down the Hatches: staying afloat in the new Canada

“I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that”.

Thomas Edison (1847–1931)

 

“When we burn fossil fuels and release the CO2 into the atmosphere, we are saying “I am willing to impose tremendous climate risk on future generations living throughout the world, so that I personally can be 2% richer today.” I believe this to be fundamentally…

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Posted by Douglas Nadler on April 15, 2012 at 22:53

May 5th Tree Planting for 350.org Campaign to "Connect the Dots"

Community Tree Planting on May 5th connects us to Climate Action



“Connect the Dots is a project of 350.org and our partner organizations, to shine a spotlight on the connections between extreme weather and climate change…We’ll kick off the project with Climate Impacts Day on 5/5/12, when thousands of communities around the world come together to take action to Connect the Dots and call for urgent action to stop the climate crisis” Bill McKibbon



”There is a spiritual…

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Posted by Douglas Nadler on April 1, 2012 at 14:28

Using confrontational words makes Canada’s government a bully.

Using confrontational words makes Canada’s government a bully.



“Unfortunately, there are environmental and other radical groups that would seek to block this opportunity {B.C.’s pipeline} to diversify our trade. Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources

“To judge from Oliver's nasty little letter, those vast pits of bitumen across Alberta aren't just dirtying the sky, they're starting to do some damage to the country's soul.”Bill McKibbon 350.org green…

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Posted by Douglas Nadler on January 30, 2012 at 10:49 — 9 Comments

Cracking the Myths of the Methane Industry: Come out and see “Gasland

Cracking the Myths of the Methane Industry: Come out and see “Gasland”

“Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a means of natural gas extraction employed in deep natural gas well drilling. Once a well is drilled, millions of gallons of water, sand and proprietary chemicals are injected, under high pressure, into a well. The pressure fractures the shale and props open fissures that enable natural gas to flow more freely out of the well.” Josh Fox, Film maker of the documentary, Gasland…

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Posted by Douglas Nadler on January 3, 2012 at 16:31

Polar Bears’ Plight and Occupy Wall Street Confront the Corporate State

“We know that the Canadian Government's domestic and international climate policy has been bought by the fossil fuel regime.” Cameron Fenton, Director of Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, writing from Durban, South Africa’s U.N. Climate Summit

The 1999 movie, “The Matrix”, starts off with it coming to light that humans have trashed the planet and the computers, who now run Earth, believe the planet is better off with the subjugation of humans. The computers run the planet like our…

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Posted by Douglas Nadler on December 5, 2011 at 14:21

George Monbiot on Wealth

George Monbiot: The 1% are the very best destroyers of wealth the world has ever seen



Our common treasury in the last 30 years has been captured by industrial psychopaths. That's why we're nearly bankrupt



guardian.co. Monday 7 November 2011



If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire. The claims that the ultra-rich 1% make for themselves – that they are possessed of unique intelligence or…

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Posted by Douglas Nadler on November 8, 2011 at 8:30

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