From My Bottom Step

Green Transit Efforts

Paul Berton published an editorial recently about London’s pathetic green transportation ranking (”London’s green transit efforts still need work”; LFP; 2008/11/18). He makes a bit of a mention about public transit without being too critical (keep a sharp eye on this site for more news about the LTC fare increase that was just passed as soon as I receive a clarification from it’s General Manager). Mr. Berton pays lip-service to the creation of bicycle paths but fails to point out the lousy job that the city does of maintaining them or clearing them of ice and snow during the winter. And as usual, he completely ignores pedestrians. Continue Reading

Harper, Dion visit London.

Today Stephan Dion made a campaign stop in London to announce $1.2 billion in promises for post-secondary grants, loans and research cash.

The announcement aims to ease access to post-secondary education with education grants that would be delivered four times a year, bursaries of up to $3,500 per year, a $5,000 student loan regardless of parental income; and guaranteeing a lower interest rate for student loans while extending the grace period … Continue Reading

Rain Barrels Get Some LFP Attention

During the last municipal election campaign in London, our daily newspaper ignored the part of my platform which advocated the use of rain barrels. Actually, the LFP ignored my campaign completely
It was nice to see this deserving subject receive some press in today’s newspaper (”Recycle water by using rain barrels”) even if it was only a news service filler story.
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The Cheerleading is Inappropriate

It sure baffles me the way that the only time you see some politicians is when they’re shilling for some business interest. Cheryl Miller was on CJBK this morning, proclaiming how wonderful the Tim Horton coffee chain is.
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Dion and Suzuki Have it Right

It doesn’t come as any great surprise to me that “famed environmentalist David Suzuki has strongly backed Liberal leader Stephane Dion’s emerging carbon tax plan.” 01
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EnviroChallenge: Reduce Your Flow

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Earth Hour 2008

Noting that “most United States newspapers did not play up Earth Hour” and that the Canadian papers which were reviewed “previewed Earth Hour a lot more prominently” and “dominated with Earth Hour pictures,” David Gough asks, why did Earth Hour have a larger profile in Ontario? 01
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Expansion of London’s Recycling Program

My audio recording of yesterdays ETC … Continue Reading

Roll Up The Environment

Rumours to the contrary, the Tim Hortons coffee chain is not single-handedly responsible for the deterioration of our natural environment. But it’s certainly one of the culprits.
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W3 Review – Lower Footprint

Here’s a recent pleasant discovery… Mateo is a fellow on Canada’s east coast who’s blogging about the experience of trying to reduce his ecological footprint this year.
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