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Daily Archives Monday, March 2007

Petition to Stop Climate Change

I don’t post every petition I come across on here but this one is from a solid organization and it looks like it has some potential to at least get a legitimate hearing from top decision makers. So why not add your name to support this message? — Dear friend, This Thursday, the environment ministers […]

Posted 12 March 2007 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Stephen Lewis To Speak at U of R

I've heard from multiple people that the free David Suzuki lecture a couple weeks ago at U of R was awesome.  I missed that but I'm not going to miss this one – I saw Stephen Lewis speak at CLA in Ottawa last summer and it was amazing.  Here's the official blurb:As you may or […]

Posted 12 March 2007 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °

The Impact of Having a Librarian Doing Your Reader's Advisory…

Bush's wife is a librarian for anybody who doesn't know.  (Now if she could just teach him to pronounce “eclectic”…)Oh, and I'm tagging this with “humour” but really, it's about as far from funny as it gets.  I think it was better when Bush admitted that all he read was Sports Illustrated and summaries of […]

Posted 12 March 2007 § Humour § Main Page § Politics § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Myths of the Developing World

“With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks a few myths about the “developing” world. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 20:35) – More TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com” […]

Posted 12 March 2007 § Humour § Internet § Main Page § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °