In the world of Planetary Politics, where's the race?
From what Iʼve seen, a bad convict runs his mouth about how smart he is (even if he isnʼt), a good convict will be honest with how much intellect he has, and a great convict wonʼt tell you a thing. So as I ran my mouth about how much I knew about the stars my interviewee sat quietly. I told him when you look into the stars, you are also looking into the past, because it takes thousands of years for the light of a star to travel to us. As I continued running my mouth, my interviewee eventually told me about looking into the past, and I could understand he meant much more than what his words said alone. The life of crime is as far from me as the stars are, and each time I read over this interview, I see something new in it. Itʼs because of this, and for his own protection, that I named the interviewee after his favorite nebula,the Dark Horse Nebula, or DHN for short.
Continue reading Reminiscing a life of crime: An interview with Dark Horse Nebula.
What does Restauration mean?
It is the French word for restoration, which has deep cultural roots in both politics and theater. It is also commonly employed when restoring works of art or buildings to their once and former glory. Many times during the following interview at Shäika Café on the corner of Sherbrooke and Old Orchard, just across the street from the Empress Cultural Centre, I questioned whether or not the term could be applied to one's faith in elected political leaders. I believe it can.
The following is an interview with Peter McQueen, City Councillor for NDG, who was halfway through his term at the time of this interview in October. He will be up for re-election in 2013.
Continue reading Our Lady Empress: Restauration of a Cultural Bastion..
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In this video Murray Levine is escorted out of a city council meeting after Marvin Rotrand misrepresents himself. In Levine's personal opinion, Marvin Rotrand is a politician in the worst possible sense, and is no longer a person. It has reached a point where Levine says that he actually finds Rotrand to be pathetic.
Map shows participation in Kyoto Protocol as of 2011. Image via Wikipedia Commons.
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Critique on Canada's Withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol
If Canada should be praised for its climate change efforts, it's definitely not something we can make out in the map above. Prior to 2011, Canada proudly boasted its green status in that map, but now it has shamefully drifted into brown zone, which is not a good thing if you consider Canada's size and what we usually associate the color brown with- it's kind of hard to miss, eh?
Well, when Minister of Environment Canada, Peter Kent, announced that we've officially withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol last year, let's just say people weren't exactly too happy or too proud about the news. The Kyoto Protocol, joining 194 developed nations together in consent to negotiate on ways to reduce CO2 emissions into our planet's atmosphere, is a historic milestone. It is the first and only international agreement that obliges nations to respect target rates of green house gas emissions into the atmosphere. It's basically one of the most important commitments a developed nation could commit to in its fight against climate change, and Canada, the alleged "pro-green nation", was the first nation to ever withdraw from it after only six years of quasi-contribution. Why, oh Canada, why?
Continue reading Canada Relaxing Its Efforts on Global Warming.
Warning! This video contains adult language.
By Celia Ste Croix
The following article does not make claims of expertise on the subject matter.
The world's oceans are full of garbage.
There is no plan to clean it up and the problem is growing.
In 1997, scientific researcher Captain Charles Moore was the first to report witnessing huge collections of floating garbage in the Pacific Ocean. GyreCleanUp.org estimates that 11 million tons of plastic pollution is floating above and below the surface just in the North Pacific Gyre alone.Eighty percent is of this garbage is land-based refuse and the remaining 20% is discarded directly into the sea or at the coast by pleasure cruisers, the military and maritime industries. Less than 5% of all plastics in the world are recycled. The rest go into landfills, clutter the landscape and pollute the gyres where they break down where marine life ingests them.
In 2006, the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) reported that there were approximately 46,000 pieces of floating marine debris in every square mile of ocean. It is extremely difficult, however, to measure the exact amount of garbage floating in the world's oceans because the area is so vast and the debris moves, making it impossible to accurately map. The North Pacific Garbage Patch was estimated in 2007 to cover an area slightly smaller than the province of Quebec. It is assumed to be larger now.
Continue reading Our Oceans Are Drowning In Plastic..
On Friday January 20, Concordia University hosted the national premier of Education Under Fire, a powerful and evocative 30-minute documentary on the struggle of the Baha'i students in Iran from director Jeff Kaufman and producer David Hoffman. The documentary, sponsored in part by Amnesty International, profiles the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), its students and professors. It shows, in depth, their growth and their struggle to provide and receive a higher education in Iran. The audience was welcomed into the auditorium by volunteers distributing informational brochures. People slowly trickled in, but by the screening time, there was a diverse audience of around 60 people, eager to know what exactly Education Under Fire was about.
Continue reading Review: Screening, with Q&A of "Education Under Fire".
