I guess that Avaaz petition I signed (along with 100,000 Canadians) and the stern emails I sent John Baird, the Environment Minister, and Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, must have worked (ha, ha, ha), as Canadian (and U.S. and Russia) stopped blocking the progress of a UN agreement after pressure from other countries (oh, and me, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Canada’
Bali Climate Change Agreement – Yippee!
Posted in Canada, Kyoto agreement, United Nations, United States, climate change, climate science, climate scientists, concensus, global warming, post-Kyoto, tagged Bali, Bali blog, Bali road map, Canada, climate change, climate science, climate scientists, consensus, David Suzuki Foundation, environment, global warming, international pressure, Russian, science, U.S., UN climate conference on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mystery of Vanishing Honeybees: You Can Help
Posted in Canada, United States, agriculture, bee garden, beekeepers, buy local, colony collapse, flowering food crops, honeybees, monoculture farming, organic food, organic gardening, pesticides, pollination, tagged , agriculture, bee garden, bee hives, beekeepers, buy local, Canada, colony collapse disorder, environment, flowering food crops, honeybees, monoculture farming, nature, organic food, organic gardening, pathogens, pesticides, pollination, United States on November 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have read several articles about the problem of disappearing honeybees and colony collapse disorder or other suggested reasons for the problem. But the article below is the first one I have seen which provides some suggestions about what you can do to help.
HONEYBEE DISAPPEARANCE THREATENS FOOD CROPS: 5 WAYS TO HELP
by Rachel Brand
If ever [...]