Le New York Times écrit qu’une étude, mandatée par les autorités locales de la santé, a trouvé un haut niveau de concentration de substances toxiques et cancérogènes dans les poissons, l’eau et les sédiments en aval des sables bitumineux
Le New York Times écrit qu’une étude, mandatée par les autorités locales de la santé, a trouvé un haut niveau de concentration de substances toxiques et cancérogènes dans les poissons, l’eau et les sédiments en aval des sables bitumineux
Donna Dillman fait une grève de la faim jusqu’à ce que Dalton McGuinty impose un moratoire sur les opérations minières pour l’uranium.
From Mike Nickerson:
As Donna moves through the fourth week of her hunger strike, (started October 8th) some of us are starting to worry. What of Donna’s four children and three grandchildren? Does she not sense the tremendous loss they would feel if there is no progress toward a moratorium on uranium mining and their
mother/grandmother comes to harm?
For thirty years Donna has looked out for things that might hurt her off-spring. Saying NO to uranium mining is more of the same. The danger she sees in uranium poses a far greater risk than falling off a fence or playing with sharp knives. It is a threat to her children and grandchildren and, is an example of what threatens all children and grandchildren. I am moved to tears as I read some of the letters of admiration and gratitude that are flowing in,
thanking Donna for making her stand.
Letters supporting Donna’s call for a moratorium on uranium mining can be sent to:
Premier Dalton McGuinty
Main Legislative Building
Room 281, Queens Park
Toronto, ON, Canada
M7A 1A1
The Green Party of Canada released today its Vision Green. The policy document lays out the plan for the kind of Canada we want in 2020 and how we get to that point. It is a breath of fresh air and provides visionary leadership, not for the next four year, but for the next forty years. Here are some of the solutions addressing the various issues it covers:
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As we shift away from the industrial economy that brought us highly processed food, the service economy will bring us healthier food.
Certain common artificial food colourings and additives are fuelling hyperactivity in children, a British study has found.
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While some children in the test groups showed little or no response, the results were still significant enough for Britain’s Food Standards Agency to issue a warning several hours after the study’s release urging parents of hyperactive children to avoid foods with multiple additives.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/09/06/additives-lancet.html
Le blogue “Environnemental” a reproduit un article dont je cite içi:
Des analyses réalisées par plusieurs ONG américaines et canadiennes laissent à penser que les pays où la durée moyenne du temps de travail est plus grande sont globalement plus polluants et que le manque de temps de loisirs induit des types de consommation et de divertissements qui entraînent des effets pervers en termes de développement durable.
– http://www.bulletins-electroniques.com/actualites/42954.htm
Dans ce vidéo, Bonnie Bucqueroux fait un interview avec Dr. John Biernbaum qui explique les options que nous avons pour manger plus en santé et réduire notre impact sur la planète
The alternative to the longstanding American food policy of “cheap and lots” is to eat locally, eat seasonally and eat organic. Filmmaker Bonnie Bucqueroux and her dog Schmoopsie look at the sustainable agriculture movement, including a visit to Michigan State University’s Student Organic Farm, where Dr. John Biernbaum discusses the options people have to grow their own food or to buy from local growers.
La réforme fiscale écologique est un aspet clé de l’économie verte. C’est un mécanisme qui fonctionne à votre avantage, vos sous, nos petites entreprises et les fermiers du Canada. Elle reflète 3 des 6 valeurs vertes du Parti Vert du Canada:
From Wikipedia (reference not yet cited though):
There is also a growing body of research that correlates cancer incidence with the lower levels of melatonin produced in the body when people spend more time in bright-light conditions, as happens typically in the well-lit nighttime environments of the more developed countries. This effect is compounded in people who sleep fewer hours and in people who work at night, two groups that are known to have higher cancer rates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cancer&oldid=103892538
In these desperate times of climate change, I read this word of advice on Tooker & Bishoff Greenspiration site: http://www.greenspiration.org/memorial/letter.htm
So what advice can I offer? Stay rounded. Do the activism, but don’t overdo it. If you burn out, or tumble into depression, you’ll become no good to anyone, especially yourself. When you’re in this state, nothing seems worthwhile, and there’s nothing to look forward to.
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I never really understood what burnout was. I knew that it affected active people, but somehow I thought I was immune to it. After all, I took breaks every now and then and went travelling. And all my work was done in partnership with Ange, the great love of my life.
But in the end, when burnout finally caught up to me, it was mega, and must have been the accumulation of decades of stress and avoidance. And now I find myself in a dark and confusing labyrinth trying to feel my way back to sanity and calm.
Some good, very informative links about sleep:
More about insomnea:
Recently, scientists have come to recognize that sleep is regulated by two entirely different systems. The knowledge that we have two roughly parallel forces guiding our need for sleep has opened the bedroom door to multiple ways of treating insomnia.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/rss/index.php?term=pto-20031028-000007&page=1
If you can’t get yourself out of bed when your alarm goes off, this is likely due to a lack of self-discipline. If you have enough self-discipline, you’ll get out of bed no matter what. Motivation can also help, but motivation is short lived and may only last a few days. Discipline is like a muscle. The more you build it, the more you can rely on it. Everyone has some discipline (can you hold your breath?), but not everyone develops it. There are a lot of ways to build discipline – you can read the whole six-part series on self-discipline to learn how. Basically it comes down to taking on little challenges, conquering them, and gradually progressing to bigger ones. It’s like progressive weight training. As your self-discipline gets stronger, a challenge like getting out of bed at a certain time will eventually become trivially easy. But if your self-discipline has atrophied, it can seem an almost insurmountable hurdle.
Tips from an insomneac:
http://www.to-done.com/2006/01/tips-for-sleeping-better/
I’ve pieced together various bits of advice I’ve received over the past few months. They have not only helped me get to sleep faster, but helped me get a better night’s sleep.
How to become an early riser:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser-part-ii/
The most common wrong strategy is this: You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. So you figure out how much sleep you’re getting now, and then just shift everything back a few hours. If you now sleep from midnight to 8am, you figure you’ll go to bed at 10pm and get up at 6am instead. Sounds very reasonable, but it will usually fails.
Paraliminals
http://www.stevepavlina.com/paraliminals/?s=1
Self-discipline: What I require is to get away from the computer before sleepiness sets in.
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/06/self-discipline/