Hello all my lovelies,
I felt like posting today so here goes! I'm just going to do some updates on important projects & events, and then give you some green challenges. That's it! Easy peasy!
Updates:
Keystone XL: Obama, in a rare form of possessing testicles, rejected the Keystone XL pipeline about a week ago. And then, in his State of the Union address, stressed the importance of ending fossil fuel subsidies and pushing forward towards a cleaner energy future. Greens reacted with mixed reviews to the SOTU address (due to his Ode to Fracking section) but in general were pretty impressed. Which is good. Now, after the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, the GOP and House Republicans literally pissed themselves with rage and threatened to cockblock (typo and it stays) any and all legislation that Obama puts forward from now on forever. He could want to pass a "Feed the adorable babies with our love" bill, and the Republicans will oppose it. Because they are whiny, 3 year old children who have no intention of doing their job ever and are only angered by the rejection of the pipeline because everyone who opposed it is PERSONALLY RECEIVING ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF FUNDING from Big Oil. They don't want their toys taken away. I suppose I'd piss myself too--if I was 2 years old.
The lowdown: Basically it's all bullshit. Big Oil receives a %5800 investment return on every dollar they spend in congress in lobbying money. That isn't a typo--it's %5800 return on their money. So, essentially, they own Congress. And they REALLY own all the Republican representatives. They don't vote based on what constituents want--they vote based on what the money says to do. And the money is all oil money. The good news? People are becoming aware that this is happening. People are starting to realize that Chevron dictates their health care policies, and BP dictates their school funding. And they don't like it--whatsoever. Which is good, for the planet, for it's inhabitants, and for a justice system that is sorely, sorely broken in many many places.
What to do? Go to http://www.tarsandsaction.org/ and sign up for their emails--they update regularly (more regularly than this blog, *sigh*), and they are always on the move with new action!
Now, a little closer to home.
The Gatineau River: Despite overwhelming protests to the contrary, the septic sludge plant (using technology from the 50's. Once again, not a typo) is still on target. The outrage, however, continues to grow--approaching riots and arrests. If this ever makes the mainstream Canadian news (unlikely, as most of it is--just like everywhere else--corporate influenced) I think people will be even more outraged. There is a great outrage stirring in this province, especially in rural areas. Quite bluntly, they've been dicked around too long by everyone, and pretty soon they are going to start fighting back. This province doesn't need more development. At all. Whatsoever. Ever. We already have way too many people. What it needs is to start SERIOUSLY protecting agricultural and natural land. The first step in building this plant and destroying the river is having the land re-zoned from agricultural to industrial. This needs to not be happening anywhere ever. Especially not in an area as beautiful and as untouched as this. Additionally, the morons who want this septic sludge tank are also petitioning to have SEVEN active and industrial gravel pits open up in the same area. This are was voted the cleanest water and most beautiful water way IN CANADA. WHY THE EVER LOVING FUCK ARE WE PUMPING SEPTIC SLUDGE AND GRAVEL PITS THROUGH IT. It's, once again, a disgusting display of the lax nature of Canadian mining/natural resource & environmental laws that MUST change.
What to do? Visit http://savethegatineau.com/ and sign the petition. Want to do more? Get in contact with the people who run the site (the rule) or get a call list and start pestering the morons who are proposing this thing.
Okay, I'll do more updates next time as all this updating has made me so rageful.
Challenge 39: Fight the corporate machine. Don't worry, this one is easy. Just don't buy anything from a corporation 1 day a week. Next month, make it 2 days. Etc. Obviously, sometimes, even if we really don't want to, we have necessities that can only be bought from corporations. These clearly don't count. But in general, just avoid them. Now, I warn you right now, you probably won't. Not that you won't WANT to, it's just really damn hard. Our whole lives are determined by marketing departments. But, what you CAN do is: buy local whenever you can, buy seasonal, support local businesses for services, and spread awareness of the total corporate takeover of our lives. Okay, challenge issued. Oh, and corporations are the most un green things who have ever lived, so that's why this is a challenge.
Challenge 40: Start planning the garden. Now, I don't care if you are doing a huge home lawn to garden renovation (*cough* I am *cough*) or you live in a tiny house/apartment and just want to grow tomatoes in a container. Either is cool! Just start planning: what space do I have? What can I grow in that space? What would go best in my location? etc. Get on it!
Okay, that's all for now. Hopefully I'll update Monday!
<3 Manic Panic
(Ps. I am starting my own blog, with more personal, more local things in it. Stay tuned. And obvi I will continue to write for Lorax, but my posts here tend to be very angry and activism focused lol.)
Friday, January 27, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
It continues
Sorry, in no mood to post again this week. If you have any posts send them my way and I'll put them up, but I'm in 0 mood to write anything but depressing, rageful rants right now and those help no one.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
19th Nervous Breakdown
Hello my darlings,
I am afraid I don't have any challenges for you all this week. I'm having a mini crisis and I'm taking the week off the blog for health reasons. No worries, I'll be fine. The holidays just take their toll :D
I'll be back (hopefully) next week with more about Riot for Austerity, Green Challenges, New Years Resolutions, Peak Oil Realities, Off Grid living, and many, many other wonderful things. I've (once again, hopefully) got some good stuff lined up for our 2012 year--and don't worry I'm still as pissed off and enraged as ever *wink*.
Hope you had a wonderful New Year! (I did not, at all, see above lol)
Love
<3ManicPanic
Ps. Fun fact of the day: Where I live used to be a 100% forest (we are the bottom of what was once an enormous lake). What remains of the forest today? 15%. Where did all that land go? Well, before it went to small farms, which I have much less issue with. Especially since many of them were orchards which take on a lot of carbon sequestering of their own. However, now the trees (that had been replaced with food) have been placed with designed yuppie homes and wineries. If I was Oprah rich, I'd tear down the lot of it, replant the forests (at least up to 75%), and leave the rest to small farmers with permaculture establishments so that the people who live here don't need strawberries from fucking California. But I digress. You can't argue with stupid. And by stupid I mean economists.
I am afraid I don't have any challenges for you all this week. I'm having a mini crisis and I'm taking the week off the blog for health reasons. No worries, I'll be fine. The holidays just take their toll :D
I'll be back (hopefully) next week with more about Riot for Austerity, Green Challenges, New Years Resolutions, Peak Oil Realities, Off Grid living, and many, many other wonderful things. I've (once again, hopefully) got some good stuff lined up for our 2012 year--and don't worry I'm still as pissed off and enraged as ever *wink*.
Hope you had a wonderful New Year! (I did not, at all, see above lol)
Love
<3ManicPanic
Ps. Fun fact of the day: Where I live used to be a 100% forest (we are the bottom of what was once an enormous lake). What remains of the forest today? 15%. Where did all that land go? Well, before it went to small farms, which I have much less issue with. Especially since many of them were orchards which take on a lot of carbon sequestering of their own. However, now the trees (that had been replaced with food) have been placed with designed yuppie homes and wineries. If I was Oprah rich, I'd tear down the lot of it, replant the forests (at least up to 75%), and leave the rest to small farmers with permaculture establishments so that the people who live here don't need strawberries from fucking California. But I digress. You can't argue with stupid. And by stupid I mean economists.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Happy Holidays
Presented without comment:
http://www.peakoilblues.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q
Our Future
Until next week, maybe.
ManicPanic
http://www.peakoilblues.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q
Our Future
Until next week, maybe.
ManicPanic
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Tuesday, Tuesday: Updates and Calls to Action
Greetings earthlings,
I'm 78.5% rage-full today so this shall be a short one. Full of rage.
Challenge 37: Shut shit off. The amount of wasted electricity that we use in North America is kind of gross. Some people live without lights, but we seem to need every light, the T.V., the D.V.D., the lamp, the computer and our cell phones all plugged in at once. So, this week, the challenge is TURN THAT SHIT OFF. Sorry to be crude, but a lot of the time this stuff is so unnecessary. However, for those of us this far north, it's dark as fuck. So, I understand the need for light to, you know, see things. So, if lights must be on--make sure they are L.E.D. of CFL lights. No offense to Thomas Edison, but we're SO over incandescent lamps. They were great, but the technology has moved on--and I think he'd pee himself with glee that we've come so far.
Let's examine the numbers: An incandescent bulb uses 60watts--a CFL/L.E.D. uses 4-12watts. Yeah, that's WAY WAY less. So, change your bulbs, cut back on the amount of light you need, and see electricity costs go down. Keep in mind that most electricity comes from coal/fossil fuels--which, you know, actively poisons you in every way. So, use less, use green, and for goodness sake, vote and push for green energy. Don't be as retarded as Virginia:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/virginia-residents-oppose-preparations-for-climate-related-sea-level-rise/2011/12/05/gIQAVRw40O_story.html
Straight up dumbest mother fuckers alive.*said in Kurt Lazarus voice*
Challenge is--don't be this stupid.
Challenge 38: Take action. Once again, I'm not saying get arrested (although I'm going to a protest soon where I very well might be arrested, but still)--I'm just saying go on line, be informed, and if there is an online petition or a letter you can write--fucking DO it. It takes *nothing* out of your day to fill out an online form and it can make all the difference in the world. Look at something like the Arab Spring--something that would never have happened if it wasn't for Twitter/Facebook/Youtube. This stuff is powerful, especially with today's youth. The youth who are being royally butt fucked every day by corporations, big oil, and the governments that have been bought by them. We are being screwed by older generations--and it has to end. We didn't start this war, but we'll sure as hell finish it--one way or another (i.e. we get our shit together or we all die. Not kidding. Just stating).
So, so you don't have to go looking for them, here's some petitions/letters that need you, today.
After promising to turn it into National Park Land, the premier of Ontario turned around and opened Wolf Lake/Temagami to mining interests. This would be the largest old growth red pine forest ON EARTH. It needs saving. And Canada needs to shape the fuck up when it comes to the environment. The letter is already written, you just have to read (if you want) and then type in your information.
http://www.earthroots.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=172
Keystone Pipeline. So, after congress acted like a bunch of 3 year olds (it's literally too long to explain, but look it up if you don't believe me), the pipeline is back up in limbo. This will not stand. Quite frankly, I'm sick of it being unacceptable to push pro left ideas but it's perfectly okay to spew crazy, homophobic, nonsensical, pro right nonsense. This is totally politically biased. I am aware. But quite frankly, today I don't care. Mitt Romney shouldn't gain votes when is says that LGBT is some sort of brainwashing organization that needs to be examined. Michele Bachmann shouldn't gain votes when she says that the EPA needs to be shut down with the doors locked. The EPA is the reason you have clean water. It creates jobs. It creates healthy citizens. And I swear to God if one more person attacks it's I'll really fly off the handle. If you say pro left things, like there should be strict emissions reductions and environmental laws, you're labeled as a communist monster. But if you say you hate gay people--that's cool. It makes me so angry I can't even see. Anyway, rant aside, Keystone really needs to be stopped. If it isn't--we're done. As like, a planet.
So I highly suggest you check out the following site and sign up for their updates:
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/2133/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6812
Alright,
That was full of rage and leftist craziness, and I'm sorry. But I'm belligerent at the conservative right currently. I want to poop in a bag and put it on all of their lawns :D
As an aside, I wish you all a happy Christmas and a seasons greetings.
Until next week!
<3 ManicPanic
Ps. Look out for a further breakdown of both the Riot and the 30 percent challenge coming up this week. We want to make sure everyone is all set to go for February 15th! (Think dimmer switches, etc). I am serious about doing this thing, and I'd really like it if y'all joined me.
I'm 78.5% rage-full today so this shall be a short one. Full of rage.
Challenge 37: Shut shit off. The amount of wasted electricity that we use in North America is kind of gross. Some people live without lights, but we seem to need every light, the T.V., the D.V.D., the lamp, the computer and our cell phones all plugged in at once. So, this week, the challenge is TURN THAT SHIT OFF. Sorry to be crude, but a lot of the time this stuff is so unnecessary. However, for those of us this far north, it's dark as fuck. So, I understand the need for light to, you know, see things. So, if lights must be on--make sure they are L.E.D. of CFL lights. No offense to Thomas Edison, but we're SO over incandescent lamps. They were great, but the technology has moved on--and I think he'd pee himself with glee that we've come so far.
Let's examine the numbers: An incandescent bulb uses 60watts--a CFL/L.E.D. uses 4-12watts. Yeah, that's WAY WAY less. So, change your bulbs, cut back on the amount of light you need, and see electricity costs go down. Keep in mind that most electricity comes from coal/fossil fuels--which, you know, actively poisons you in every way. So, use less, use green, and for goodness sake, vote and push for green energy. Don't be as retarded as Virginia:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/virginia-residents-oppose-preparations-for-climate-related-sea-level-rise/2011/12/05/gIQAVRw40O_story.html
Straight up dumbest mother fuckers alive.*said in Kurt Lazarus voice*
Challenge is--don't be this stupid.
Challenge 38: Take action. Once again, I'm not saying get arrested (although I'm going to a protest soon where I very well might be arrested, but still)--I'm just saying go on line, be informed, and if there is an online petition or a letter you can write--fucking DO it. It takes *nothing* out of your day to fill out an online form and it can make all the difference in the world. Look at something like the Arab Spring--something that would never have happened if it wasn't for Twitter/Facebook/Youtube. This stuff is powerful, especially with today's youth. The youth who are being royally butt fucked every day by corporations, big oil, and the governments that have been bought by them. We are being screwed by older generations--and it has to end. We didn't start this war, but we'll sure as hell finish it--one way or another (i.e. we get our shit together or we all die. Not kidding. Just stating).
So, so you don't have to go looking for them, here's some petitions/letters that need you, today.
After promising to turn it into National Park Land, the premier of Ontario turned around and opened Wolf Lake/Temagami to mining interests. This would be the largest old growth red pine forest ON EARTH. It needs saving. And Canada needs to shape the fuck up when it comes to the environment. The letter is already written, you just have to read (if you want) and then type in your information.
http://www.earthroots.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=172
Keystone Pipeline. So, after congress acted like a bunch of 3 year olds (it's literally too long to explain, but look it up if you don't believe me), the pipeline is back up in limbo. This will not stand. Quite frankly, I'm sick of it being unacceptable to push pro left ideas but it's perfectly okay to spew crazy, homophobic, nonsensical, pro right nonsense. This is totally politically biased. I am aware. But quite frankly, today I don't care. Mitt Romney shouldn't gain votes when is says that LGBT is some sort of brainwashing organization that needs to be examined. Michele Bachmann shouldn't gain votes when she says that the EPA needs to be shut down with the doors locked. The EPA is the reason you have clean water. It creates jobs. It creates healthy citizens. And I swear to God if one more person attacks it's I'll really fly off the handle. If you say pro left things, like there should be strict emissions reductions and environmental laws, you're labeled as a communist monster. But if you say you hate gay people--that's cool. It makes me so angry I can't even see. Anyway, rant aside, Keystone really needs to be stopped. If it isn't--we're done. As like, a planet.
So I highly suggest you check out the following site and sign up for their updates:
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/2133/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6812
Alright,
That was full of rage and leftist craziness, and I'm sorry. But I'm belligerent at the conservative right currently. I want to poop in a bag and put it on all of their lawns :D
As an aside, I wish you all a happy Christmas and a seasons greetings.
Until next week!
<3 ManicPanic
Ps. Look out for a further breakdown of both the Riot and the 30 percent challenge coming up this week. We want to make sure everyone is all set to go for February 15th! (Think dimmer switches, etc). I am serious about doing this thing, and I'd really like it if y'all joined me.
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