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Major decline in ocean’s phytoplankton

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:41:00 +0000

Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean’s phytoplankton

“Scientists may have found the most devastating impact yet of human-caused global warming — a 40% decline in phytoplankton since 1950 linked to the rise in ocean sea surface temperatures. If confirmed, it may represent the single most important finding of the year in climate science.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/the-dead-sea-global-warming-blamed-for-40-per-cent-decline-in-the-oceans-phytoplankton-2038074.html

Critical Mass Bike Ride

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:29:39 +0000

On Friday, July 30th, Barrie enjoyed its first “Critical Mass” Bike Ride!

Thank-you to everyone who came out, and to all drivers who shared the road with us.

Here are a few photos.

If you have more photos or videos, let us know at info@transitionbarrie.org and we’ll post them on the site.

For more details about “Critical Mass” Bike Rides, please check here –

http://criticalmass.wikia.com/wiki/Critical_Mass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass

Stay tuned for next month’s ride — there was discussion of a “last friday of the month” critical mass bike ride.

Results from July Meet-up

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:27:39 +0000

Thank-you to everyone who came out to the July Meet-up!

Stay tuned for details of a few possible events the came out of the meet-up!

Here are the notes we took: (click on them for full sized ! )

Results from Monthly Meet-up

ad0n — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:48:51 +0000

Hello everyone.

Our June meet-up was a great success! Nearly 40 people attending, and we had some great discussions. Please take a look at some of the ideas from this event:

There’s No Such Thing as an Accident: A Prevention Approach to the Gulf Oil Spill

Kayla — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:27:18 +0000

This Huffington Post column, by Prevention Institute’s Larry Cohen, explains how the Gulf oil spill connects to common goals – including food, transportation, and the built environment.

The BP Gulf Oil spill makes one thing clear: our health and the planet’s health are inextricably linked. Poisoned sea life, oil-drowned coastlines, sickening toxins in the air—it’s taking a toll on our fiscal, physical, environmental, and emotional health. So when it comes to energy policy, it is time for a renewed and forceful partnership between health and environmental activists.

Click here to read more.

Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:26:26 +0000

There is a very important talk on TED that we wanted to share with you. It is by an ecologist named Jeremy Jackson on “How we wrecked the ocean”.

In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case.

Please click here to visit the TED site: http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_jackson.html

Transition Talks

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:39:23 +0000

Stay tuned for a report-back from our monthly “grounding” meetings.