Alberta environmentalists take it to US

This advertisement from Forest Ethics,
the Mikisew Cree First Nation
and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
appeared Tuesday in USA Today. (Forest Ethics)

According to the CBC, "An anti-oilsands advertisement placed by an environmental group and two northern Alberta First Nations appeared in Tuesday's edition of USA Today, the most widely circulated newspaper in the United States."

Check out Local Bounty

Local Bounty began one year ago as a forum for connecting local chefs who want to serve Saskatchewan food with the farmers, gardeners, fishers, orchardists, etc., who produce it. Chef Anthony McCarthy is this year's artisan taking Saskatchewan produce and melding it into an experience for our taste buds.

Local Bounty Saskatoon
March 8, 2009
The Saskatoon Club

Image of Darwin

A lovely creation from Neoformix made of 10,000 images of animals. A larger image is available on his website.

One Million Acts of Green

Does anyone know where this image comes from?


In 100 days, Canadians performed 1,000,000 acts of green and counting. Keep it up Canada!

Saskatchewan Resources

Cartoon by Nick D Kim, lab-initio.com. Used by permission

Reduce Carbon Dioxide by 15%

Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues – the stalks and such left after harvesting – and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations.

That is a significant amount of carbon, the process can be accomplished with existing technology and it can be done year after year, according to Stuart Strand, a University of Washington research professor. Further the technique would sequester – or lock up – the carbon in seafloor sediments and deep ocean waters for thousands of years, he says. http://www.labspaces.net/95162/Some_of_Earth_s_Climate_Troubles_Should_Face_Burial_at_Sea

How does a society collapse?

So according to my reading of Diamond, a society collapses because its decisions about how to handle 5 major types of crisis result in extreme depletions of population and resources.

Saskatchewan is facing decisions about climate change, loss of trade and economic erosion such as loss of water, soil, minerals and forest. How do you think our decision makers will respond to this crisis?