David Suzuki Shuns NDP on Carbon Tax

Yet more proof that under our current political leadership, people are choosing the least worst option, rather than the best option. Yesterday the David Suzuki Foundation and two other groups, officially shunned the BC NDP due to their key platform promise to eliminate the Carbon Tax. Traditionally the NDP has always been a supporter of …

Pick Fruits with the least Pesticide!

EWG FoodNews just found a very handy document (PDF download here)… it’s a list of the 12 worst, and 15 best, fruits when it comes to pesticides: What’s the Difference? EWG research has found that people who eat the 12 most contami- nated fruits and vegetables consume an average of 10 pesticides a day. Those …

Trudeau era Minister helps bring Alternative Energy to Ucluelet BC

Very cool Alternative Energy news out of Ucluelet and the Alberni Valley Times today (dead link). (Here is a link still active in 2024) With an interesting link to a long past era. The Pacific Coastal Wave plan is to build a demonstration project which will generate up to four megawatts (mw) of electricity, using …