Enjoy the planet (while you still can)

Saw "An Inconvenient Truth" - man what a powerful film. It it basically a slide show on global warming that Al Gore has given around the world. It intersperes the show with vignettes from Gore's personal life, like losing the election.

It prompted me to contact arocha - a Christian environmentalist group - they are international but have a Canadian chapter which is conveniently headquartered in Surrey. I hope to get them to speak in the fall at first@night.

I am packing up my stuff - our flight leaves at 11 tomorrow.

Will update you from beautiful Saskatoon!

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Anonymous said…
Saskatoon is definitely beautiful these days. Your sister's fam is coming to our cabin this weekend. If you are in the city, I would love to see you and meet the boy! :)
Have a great holiday.
Nancy B
2:50 PM
Anonymous said…
Saskatoon is a beautiful place. We are in SK next week, but up at Oshkadee (CMDS Camp) - an even more beautiful place.
Cool to see that Nancy B is a reader of your blog... Did nancy ever get crowned as an official Dudess by the dudes?
10:45 PM
Anonymous said…
A funny link for you.... George W sing a song that is not a rebel song.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6805063692754011230
11:21 PM
Anonymous said…
Hi fellow Saskatchewan fans. We enjoyed a walk through downtown last night. Also discovered that the McDonalds on 2nd Ave does NOT serve quarter pounders.

sn
6:55 AM
Anonymous said…
!!! CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUP?!?! Nothing said by Al Gore is truth. You should not pay attention to any of it. Global warming is NOT caused by humans and they have no proof that it is. There is no concensus within the scientific community on this issue. Don't be led astry by Democrat and environmentalist lies, Santosh!
6:22 PM
Santosh said…
who are you?
9:20 PM
Anonymous said…
haha how many radical Republicans do you know personally? :)
Have a good day!
6:02 PM
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