This column was originally prepared by the South Eastman Transition Initiative. Go to setimanitoba.org. By David Dawson When this column started many years ago it was all about lifestyle, hence the title Rethinking Lifestyles. It was about gardening, recycling, composting,…
Ted Talks: A Response to the “Conservative Plan”
Ted Falk, MP for Provencher, prepares a weekly blog for the media covering Provencher. In his most recent blog he outlines the “Conservative Plan” for the fall election. This blog is written in response to that Plan. The plan speaks…
Elizabeth May visits Portage la Prairie (a Review)
Elizabeth May visited Portage la Prairie on March 16. She was on a whirlwind tour of Manitoba with both public events and meetings with local candidates. This particular event was coordinated by the Portage-Lisgar Green Party EDA. I ventured out…
Fixing a Broken System
It would be tempting to say that this week’s SNC Lavalin scandal in Ottawa has revealed some hitherto unknown abuse of power in the upper circles in Parliament. It would, however, be entirely incorrect. All this week’s scandal has done…
An Army of Problem Solvers – a book review
Sometimes a book comes along so chock-full of tasty ideas that you just want to pass it around for everybody to sample. An Army of Problem Solvers is one of those books. The book was written by Shaun Loney who…
Silica Sand from Seymourville
From the Manitoba Greens “Canadian Premium Sand Inc. has officially submitted their proposal for a license to approve the Wanipigow Sand Extraction Project. This project, which is planned to take place in the community of Seymourville near Lake Winnipeg, has received public concern due to the fact…
Candidate 2019
News Release The Green Party Provencher Electoral District Association is pleased to announce that Janine Gibson will stand as the Green Party candidate for the 2019 Federal Election. The Elections Act requires that there be a federal election before October…
High Oil Prices or Low Gas Prices
Two posts on my Facebook timeline, one scroll apart, show just how bizarre the political economics of oil are these days. In one post, a PC MPP from Ontario brags about how the Ontario government has lowered gas prices. The…
The Tech Doesn’t Work (Denial Myth 1)
“The Tech doesn’t work” is a common mantra of the climate change skeptics. The argument is that renewable technology can’t solve all of our energy needs. It follows, they say, that we have no easy solutions, so we should continue…
Personal Solar Panel Experience
Originally published Dec 6, 2018 at the South Eastman Transition Initiative One year ago, when my solar panels came on line, I expected to produce about 7 Megawatts of power annually based on advertised averages and assumptions. My personal…