Towards a new economy and a new politics
by Gus Speth


In Brief: The U.S. political economy is failing across a broad front—environmentally, socially, economically, and politically. Deep, systemic change is needed to transition to a new economy, one where the acknowledged priority is to sustain human and natural communities. Policies are available to effect this transformation and to temper economic growth and consumerism while simultaneously improving social well-being and quality of life, but… Continue

Please check this out and maybe send the attachment to the county wardens at the addresses indicated. Grey County is already taking action on including bike lanes on any new road surfacings, Let's ask Bruce to do the same...Donato Cianci, Dorle Eppler, Janet Jephcott


From Doug at Bikeface Owen Sound

To all cyclists ...please take a moment and read the following

Its time for some real change and real action to improve the safety of cyclists in this province and in… Continue

I recently conducted a quick sidewalk poll asking people for the definition of democracy. Most of the answers fell into two broad gene

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I must agree that something must be done for nature now....

As a reminder...I have embedded photos of the region...just to show the beauty the encircles us all...








subtle small steps towards protecting our environment must be replaced by large scale movements towards environmentalism. The warnings from nature come by increased instability in weather, poisons trapped in the our entire water supply, increased expansion of the human population into what s… Continue

Affirmative Action for Nature will move us towards a Just and Prosperous Society

“What now remains compared with what then existed is like the skeleton of a sick man, all the fat and soft earth having wasted away, and only the bare framework of the land being left.” From Plato’s Critias written around 360 B.C.

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Have your say! Probably for the first time ever, a Grey Bruce-wide survey is being undertaken to assess the level of satisfaction with local politicians and service delivery. The survey results will be posted later and will be made available to local media. Go to www.SurveyGreyBruce.ca, click on the municipal elections link (takes you to SurveyMonkey). The survey will take about 4-5 minutes. No personally identifying information will be collected.

GBSusNet has been created as a Not for Profit entity to support environmental and other sustainability initiatives, where needed, across the grey bruce region. Currently the group is hosting a Youth 4 Water career fair at a high school in Walkerton as part of the 10th Anniversary of the Walkerton Water Tragedy. Other projects are in the works including a regional sustainability assessment. We've had lots of good input over the first year from individuals and groups interested in collaborating

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Youth Summer Employment, Leadership, Education and Love for Nature

“To the degree that we come to understand other organisms, we will place a greater value on them, and on ourselves.” Edward O. Wilson, “Biophilia”

“How do we find authentic hope in the face of climate change, the biological holocaust now under way…and the void of world leadership adequate to the issues?” David Orr, “Down to the Wire: confronting climate collapse”

Our community and world urgently need transformational leaders,… Continue

The entire article on planetary boundaries can be read by visiting the below website.

Please be part of the Sunday, June 6 biodiversity symposium that is listed under events at local motive project.

http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/docfeed/planetary_boundaries.pdf

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Greetings!

I am a Saugeen Shores-based Mental Health and Poverty advocate.

My broader interests are in shaking up the top-down model of governance and administration, with the aim of dispensing with arbitrary hierarchies altogether—or at least, of finding ways to work around them. My immediate concerns are to address numerous user-related problems in accessing community services in and around Saugeen Shores.

Important resources are located as far afield as Kincardine or Walkerton. Agencies, o… Continue