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Kick our Oil Addiction

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Written by justintilson on 28 March, 2008
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Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth was a significant kick in the rump to get my act together and commit to being part of the solution. My wife and I sold the car, switched to shopping at farmers markets, bought and started using a sun oven (in the summer), expanded the garden, composted everything we could get away with, committed to working toward zero waste in our home and started trying to dialogue with those who haven't heard the news.

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Change our Mayor, Elect Gregor Robertson in 2008

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Written by justintilson on 15 March, 2008
Gregor for Mayor 08
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to a post fossil fuel world

Written by kopernican on 16 January, 2008
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We are past Peak Oil. Planetary oil production is now in terminal decline. Without energy growth the world as we have known it will change. Our oil based activities must be scaled down in a controlled fashion or they will be shut down for us harshly by the forces of nature. If the frightening implications of global warming did not stir you, this will do it.

It's Time to Support a Carbon Tax in British Columbia

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Written by justintilson on 25 November, 2007
Carbon Taxes for BC
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I'm a member of Voters Taking Action on Climate Change (VTACC), a local citizens group lobbying the BC government to take action on climate change. The organization has successfully lobbied to stop the coal plants and is now campaigning for a carbon tax.

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Carbon Taxes for BC

Written by justintilson on 25 November, 2007
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I believe phasing in a carbon tax will give people both a monetary
incentive and the time to change their lifestyle. With the
foreknowledge that carbon-intensive activities will continue to become
more expensive, businesses and individuals will become adequately
motivated to make greener choices.

A Must See - A Film that just may save your life.

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Written by limeywestlake on 19 December, 2006
To start growing my own food, in my garden, before peak oil depletes the supermarket shelves.
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Sorry folks. Bad news on the Horizon. Circumstance may be about to shave a couple of billion people off of the global population figures. When considering change, we have to factor in several scenarios. We have to prepare for "the big 3" - the potential US dollar collapse, peak oil and climate change; what activists and academics call "The Perfect Economic Storm." 

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