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"I was riding (a shiny red bike with a kick-stand) into a terrific headwind, so no matter how hard I tried to push ahead, the wind kept holding me back... Another storm approached and surrounded me, I frantically tried to call Gabriel but phone reception was zero... "
In 1988 cod started disappearing off Nova Scotia.
It's not easy being awake, educated, and good-hearted.
But your next meal has the power to help or hurt the environment, oceans, and fishing industry.
What's it
going to be?
To learn how you can help the oceans, fish, and climate change (yes fish and carbon dioxide have a connection) rather than deplete our interdependent eco-system, I recommend the 2009 selection at the Sundance, Toronto and Seattle Film Festivals, a film by Rupert Murray--
The End Of The Line.
Over-fishing comes down to you and me.
Once plentiful in Nova Scotia, cod appears to be going extinct.
Narrated by Ted Danson, The End Of The Line documentary asks, "Where have 90% of the world's fish gone?"
We ate them.
"Why don't you review Iceland?" a Nordic-looking woman asked from a sea of hundreds sitting in attendance at the Los Angeles Times Travel and Adventure Show.
"It's not a money-maker," Mr. Steves' responded.
When European tour guide, PBS TV host, and guide book entrepreneur, Rick Steves' answered, I thought: This is at the heart of unsustainable travel.
Let me explain.
Continue reading "Skeena River: Remote and Wild Sacred Headwaters " »
TODAY'S
TEDxWHISTLER EVENT TO BE WEBCAST LIVE TO WORLD 1-5pm PST
TEDTalks and
Discussion About Tourism's Place in a Sustainable World to be Shared February 18, 2010.
TEDxWhistler: "Tourism's Place in a Sustainable World," will take place today in Whistler and the learnings and discussion will be shared the world over with a live webcast from 1-5pm PST at www.tedxwhistler.com. "Tourism and travel connect each of us to people and places around the world. Done respectfully, it can provide unique and awe-inspiring experiences, create local community benefits and tread lightly on the earth," says Cheeying Ho, Executive Director of the Whistler Centre for Sustainability. "This event fits perfectly with our mandate to create awareness, inspire and build capacity among individuals and organizations to engage in sustainability, within Whistler and beyond." Twenty-three people were chosen to attend TEDxWhistler in person after they shared their visions for sustainable tourism. A selection of the vision blogs can be read at www.tedxwhistler.com/. Participants were mainly residents of the Sea-to-Sky Corridor although some are coming from Vancouver and as far away as Seattle, WA. Local chanteuse Ali Milner will also perform and the event will open with a traditional ceremony and song from the Ambassadors of the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre.
Update: Did you know British Columbia is having its warmest winter on record and is trucking in snow for the Olympics?
Being in a sunny year round climate has its sundress pluses, something I'm forced to deal with on global warming 74 degree winter days, but what about winter sporting events like the grand-daddy of them all...
Whistler's 2010 Winter Olympics
If you're a clean air enthusiast, especially on the west coast, a flight to Vancouver is pretty easy, and exciting too, as the Winter Olympics begin.
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