(From Greenpeace Canada) Melina Laboucan-Massimo, a member of the Lubicon Cree First Nation and a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace, describes the impact of oil and gas developments and the recent oil spill in the traditional territory of the Lubicon Cree in northern Alberta.

Read the People’s Food Policy http://www.peoplesfoodpolicy.ca/home

  An extraordinary event took place in Washington, D.C. this past weekend.  Over 10,000 young people came together for Power Shift 2011 — a 3-day conference to train, organize, and mobilize for climate action in the United States. The US has been an obstacle to climate action for years, so seeing the power and energy [...]

click on this link to learn more about the Canadian Index of Wellbeing http://www.ciw.ca/en/Home.aspx

Enjoy this move trailer from the Transition culture network http://transitionculture.org/2011/03/28/film-review-the-economics-of-happiness/

Enjoy this movie posted by Transition Culture Network http://transitionculture.org/2011/03/25/naomi-klein-in-totnes-the-movie/

Two of our members, Dave and Bonnie Collacut visited Haliburton recently to talk about the Transition Movement.  See the attached column that was published in the Minden Times  http://www.mindentimes.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=3000508the

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