My final words – Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey – May 16th, 2010
Margery Moore writes, “The bottom line is that I reoriented my life so that I could be 100% prepared to follow every opportunity if it might help raise awareness and even slightly change people’s minds and behaviours for the better.
Now, good people, I call on you to do the same. Look hard at your life and where your passion lives in your heart. How can you slightly re-orient your work or daily priorities, hobbies or volunteer work, to help stop climate change?”
Yup – Age of Stupid All Right, Margery’s Moore Tar Sands Journey, April 3rd, 2010
I am watching the “The Age of Stupid”. Seems an appropriate movie for my current state of mind, post tar sands visit. The narrator’s question – what state of mind were we in back in 2005 to have ignored the signs of our own demise and not save ourselves when we had the chance – [...]
A Lot More Scientific Research Needed: Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey, March 31st, 2010
Margery Moore writes, “For the Alberta Tar Sands, we need to support more scientists, studies and research papers. I never thought I would advocate so strongly for more reports! I’m the one that wants action, right now. But, I was truly alarmed at how little data there was that could be used, without a shadow of a doubt to clearly prove the impacts this massive collection of developments is having on the environment, biodiversity, water systems, etc.”
A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words, Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey, March 29th, 2010
View just a few of the more than 250 stark photographs taken by Margery Moore on her Alberta Tar Sands journey, the weekend of March 27, 2010
Now I Know: Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey, March 28th, 2010
There is only one thing that equals the scale of our addiction to oil, and it is the scale of the Alberta oil sands.
It is an undeniable fact. Now I know.
I have just arrived home. I have taken 100’s of photos and have pages of notes.
It all doesn’t really matter, however, because all that I [...]
Climate Action Symposium at George Washington University April 13
Climate Action Symposium at George Washington University April 13 on the Next Big North American Climate Issue:
Sustainability Impacts of The Canadian Tar Sands Development.
Presented by the GW Institute for Sustainability. Featuring presentations by the Pew Center for Climate Change, renowned conservation photographer Garth Lenz, preeminent indigenous rights lawyer Jack Woodward and communications specialist and climate change author James Hoggan.
Presented by the GW Institute for Sustainability. Featuring presentations by the Pew Center for Climate Change, renowned conservation photographer Garth Lenz, preeminent indigenous rights lawyer Jack Woodward and communications specialist and climate change author James Hoggan.
When is Enough, Enough? Margery Moore’s Tar Sand Journey, March 26th, 2010
Focusing on the Alberta Tar Sands, Margery Moore writes, “How can we elevate the importance of sustainability for ALL small communities in the face of immense pressures like energy development? In a province where imminent domain laws might take away all of our hard fought environmental wins in the name of energy security, what creates the momentum for effective advocacy that bleeds well beyond the safe shorelines of the Gulf Islands and toward the remote tundra communities that make up the fabric of our Canadian soul?”
How can we elevate the importance of sustainability for ALL small communities in the face of immense pressures like energy development?
Better use of the $$ pouring into the Tar Sands? Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey, March 21st, 2010
“The £250bn cost of developing Canada’s controversial tar sands between now and 2025 could be used to decarbonise the western economy by funding ambitious solar power schemes in the Sahara or a European wide shift to electric vehicles, according to a new report released today (by WWF and the Co-operative posted on the Guardian, UK).
Details, Details! Margery Moore’s Alberta Tar Sands Journey, March 20th, 2010
A lot of work goes into a trip like this. So, how have we gone about it?
The Pembina Institute has been extremely helpful, and I thank them. I really just stumbled onto them after a Google search of Canadian organizations doing tar sands research a few months ago. This blog is great:
Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey, March 18th, 2010
I am very fortunate to have a spouse who supports me in my environmental awareness raising activities. Together we have attended countless marches and demonstrations in Washington DC. He helped me understand the importance of standing up and being counted.
For Mark, the Alberta tar sands is an issue a little outside his purview of pressing issues. But, [...]
