Skeptical Science
Like many people, I am extremely concerned about climate chaos. I started a blog to document my attempts to reduce our carbon footprint. In addition, here are some links to a few useful sites related to climate change and recycling.
Recently it seems that political activity is more important than individual action. Consequently I joined Just Earth, a coalition for environmental justice. I also decided to join the Liberal Party of Canada because I think they are our best bet for more effective environmental policies. I was optimistic when Stéphane Dion was elected leader but unfortunately he was unable to generate enthusiasm within his party or the electorate. His Green Shift plan was so slandered by Prime Minister Stephen Harper that it will never be reintroduced (at least not in time to do any good.) Now with the interim leadership of Michael Ignatieff we have another chance to influence policy. Under the current leadership, the Conservative Party is a lost cause. I like many of the policies of the Green Party but we do not have enough time for them to become the opposition never mind the government.
We are probably past the tipping point and have only a few years (maybe three or four) to reduce our carbon dioxide output sufficiently (25% from current levels by the end of 2012 has been suggested by George Monbiot) to prevent the worst of the environmental impacts.
That requires committed and effective leadership ... where is it?
This cartoon below describes one possible solution - Cap and Dividend. There are many different methods of reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) including Carbon Taxes. They are not mutually exclusive
Another very interesting method of reducing GHGs in the atmosphere is known as Cap and Share. I attended a meeting recently in which a member of Feasta described how it works. It appears to be very simple to implement. There is a link to their paper describing Cap and Share on Feasta's site.
In my spare time I have developed websites for a number of non-profit organizations as well as one small business.
I have switched to using Drupal to develop websites. It is open source software which can be used to develop interactive sites. A recent site (not yet published) used Joomla in conjunction with Open-Realty.
Some websites that I have developed