EcoChamber #15: Meet the woman at Ground Zero of the tar-sands fight (UPDATED...
[Editor's note: Every month, EcoChamber profiles an environmental activist from Canada or abroad in a series called "Eco-Warriors." These profiles are part of a collection of stories Emily is working...
View ArticleEcoChamber #16: Save the environment — shut down TIFF
"Celebrities have power, and with it comes responsibility": EcoSanity founder Glenn MacIntosh. Photo courtesy EcoSanity.[Editor's note: EcoChamber is back after a short break while Emily Hunter was on...
View ArticleEcoChamber #17: Stephen Harper's donut diplomacy
Make way, Homer Simpson—there’s a new Donut King in town: Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Choosing donuts over climate change deserves the title of King. King not only of donuts (as one critic called...
View ArticleEcoChamber #18: Canada's crumbling Copenhagen climate countdown
Thousands of protesters convened on Parliament hill last Sunday as part of the 350.org International Day of Action on climate change. Photo via Paul Dewar's Flickr feed.It was the largest lobbying...
View ArticleEcoChamber #19: World War Three is already here. It's called climate change
We can read the signs, but can we stop from falling off the edge? Photo by Panoramio user jk1812.It’s as if we’re in a car that is blazing along. We are on cruise control as we hit a crossroads. We...
View ArticleEcoChamber in Copenhagen: Are we signing a global suicide pact?
[Editor's note: Emily Hunter is in Copenhagen, Denmark for the next two weeks covering the Copenhagen Climate Summit, and will be sending us updates about what's going on. Check back daily for her...
View ArticleWatch "EcoChamber" blogger Emily Hunter on MTV Canada tonight!
Emily Hunter with one of the huge earth-movers that's instrumental to Alberta Tar Sands development. Watch her documentary tonight on MTV.Emily Hunter, This Magazine‘s resident environmental blogger,...
View ArticleEcoChamber in Copenhagen: "This conference will probably be wrecked."
Naomi Klein giving the opening keynote at KlimaForum09, the alternative climate change conference underway in Copenhagen. Photo courtesy KlimaForum.COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — The thread is being pulled on...
View ArticleEcoChamber in Copenhagen: The emerging "climate dictatorship"
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — It is our lives being decided here in Copenhagen, and we are being shut out or brutally silenced from the negotiations. This is not an international negotiation, but a climate...
View ArticleEcoChamber #20: This Thanksgiving, participate in a 350.org climate action...
As of today it’s official: every province and territory across Canada is on board with the 350.org climate movement. This Sunday, 350.org events will be held throughout Canada and around the world.Last...
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