France threatens to take their wine and cheese and leave the party

France is threatening to pull out of G20 talks without real changes to world financial regulations. Christine Lagarde told Hardtalk that President Nicolas Sarkozy would not sign any agreement if he felt “the deliverables are not there”. Strengthening financial regulation will be one of the key issues at the G20. France wants a stronger global …

Our little town, Port Alberni, is at the forefront of this Transition

After todays Public Forum on Climate Change and Sustainability, I really do think that Port Alberni is at the leading edge of what *really* needs to happen on the way forward. The simple fact that 3 out of our current 6 councillors plus the Mayor and all of the senior management of the City were …

Live Blogging the Public Forum on Climate Change in Port Alberni

Echo Center 7PM tonight is the Public Forum on Climate Change in Port Alberni… I didn’t realise they had Internet in here until now… I’ve missed the 1st speaker, who was amazing… but he will be back for QA and i will start with the second speaker who is talking right now. The current speaker …