Brockville Climate Action Group

Rex Weyler, author, journalist, father, and co-founder of Greenpeace International, speaks frankly about the last 5 Billion years on planet Earth. This (30 minute) video helps us to grasp the magnitude of human interaction with nature, and how the choices we make today will affect us in years to come.

Ottawa Citizen / Kelly Egan / 24 June 2009

OTTAWA — Stop signs are not only stupid, they're dangerous. So argues Gordon Whitehead, and rather persuasively.

Think of the number of times, in your neighbourhood, you are forced by a stop sign to bring the car to a halt at a deserted intersection.

Braking, looking, waiting, accelerating -- more fuel, more pollution, wear and tear on the vehicle, more travel time -- then do it again a block later, maybe at another deserted intersection. Repeat often, by the millions and millions, across the city, across North America.

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A message from Annie Leonard:

Diverse faith leaders and groups across the country have described a deep connection between their religious values and the message of The Story of Stuff, as well as a desire to do something about it. In response, we're creating Conversion Experience, a four-week study and action guide for communities of faith created in partnership with GreenFaith. We will be developing this exciting new resource over the summer for a September launch and would love your input and feedback. If you are a member of a religious community and would like to review a draft of Conversion Experience or help with field testing, please email Allison at allison@storyofstuff.org.

The Mississauga News / John Stewart / 24 June 2009

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's most profitable oil company, has teamed up with a small Mississauga battery-maker to promote the use of cars that do not consume a drop of petroleum. Out of character, maybe, but officials from the Texas oil titan were in Baltimore Tuesday to launch a new car-share program called AltCar, which is composed of a fleet of 10 low-speed electric cars that will be rented to the public out of the Maryland Science Center.

The zero-emission cars, called the Maya-300, are the creation of Electrovaya Inc. of Mississauga. The company, which has its corporate offices on Royal Windsor Dr., manufactures the lithium-ion battery packs that power the vehicles. They are assembled in Ontario.

Eastern Ontario AgriNews / Glenda Eden / June 2009

SD&G - Eastern Ontario is heading in the right direction and setting itself up to take advantage of future technological advancements in green energy production.

Establishing Bioheat in Eastern Ontario Utilizing Switchgrass and Agricultural Biomass for Solid Fuel, a recent bioheat industry report prepared for the SD&G Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC), spells out what many in Eastern Ontario have espoused - the region is ideal for a warm season pellet fuel industry.