Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource

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David Suzuki - The Story of the Future Has Yet to be Told

REVIEWED BY NICOLA ROSS - From Thursday's Globe and Mail

With about 25 pages left to read in David Suzuki’s The Legacy, I begin to panic. Read more here.

The Canadian Government Has One Last Chance to do the Right Thing - Clamp a Moratorium on GM Alfalfa! (Video)

Sign the petition to "Protect Manitoba from Genetically Engineered Crops," sponsored by the Green Party of Manitoba, here. 

Manitoba's Minister of Agriculture, Stan Struthers, agrees GE alfalfa ought to be kept out of this province. Help convince him to actually take action along these lines! Get in touch with Mr. Struthers here and follow the links.

Ask the Conservatives to stop delaying and allow a vote on the motion this Tuesday.  Contact the federal Minister of Agriculture, Gerry Ritz here: http://www.agr.gc.ca/cb/min/index_e.php?s1=help-aide&s2=contact

UNESCO Director-General Welcomes Suspension of Oil Prospecting at Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

The UN official considers this an important step toward protecting endangered species, like the mountain gorilla. Full story here.

 Courtesy of cryptomundo.com

Born of the Stump - a Cautionary Tale About the Basis of Life - Water!

 
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I've known John Fefchak (r.) for quite awhile. I might be presumptuous to call him my "friend," (since we know each other mostly through emails and the occasional telephone call). But we do have a good deal in common. We both know what it's like to try to draw certain important issues (often the same) to public attention - issues which never seem to garner the kind of attention they so richly deserve. Such is the case with our precious water resources. John is passionate about keeping our water supply clean and is clearly dismayed when his many letters-to-the-editor seem to go unheeded. I share his frustration. If his unique and timely article below (Tuesday is World Water Day) catches the eye of even a few more readers by posting it in this space, we will, together, have perhaps achieved something worth while. (Click story once to isolate - once more to enlarge.) Larry Powell

Lake Winnipeg - Greenpeace photo 

John Fefchak lives on a farm near Virden, in southwestern Manitoba. He served in the Canadian Forces for more than 30 years. He is passionate about protecting our environment for future generations. He believes the best way to do this is by himself setting an example for others as a good steward of the land. "For we are but strands in the web of life, and anything we do to the web, affects us all."

Forests are Key to High Quality Water Supply

17-03-2011 Food & Agriculture Organization - UN

Waterhen River, Manitoba, CA. l.p. photo

Better forest management needed to maximize water-related benefits from forests. Full story here.

Wholesale Prices Rise 1.6% Due to Biggest Jump in Food Costs in More Than 36 Years

By: The Associated Press - 16/03/2011

WASHINGTON - Higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in nearly four decades drove U.S. wholesale prices up last month by the most in nearly two years. Full story here.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Weird weather & climate change are surely culprits here! l.p.