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Canada’s One-Tonne Challenge

by | Dec 9, 2004 | pre-wp

As the Americans continue to dump on the Kyoto Protocol, Canada is challenging their citizens to make Kyoto a reality. The One-Tonne Challenge is a call to all Canadians to conserve energy and cut their emissions by one tonne. That may sound like a lot but, as this...

Comic kind of day

by | Dec 8, 2004 | pre-wp

After spending the morning finishing the latest Max Finder script, I went on a little blog stroll. I started here and from there went to here to here to here. And that’s where I discovered Erika Moen’s great comic: i like girls. It’s a simple,...

Found: Slowpoke

by | Dec 7, 2004 | pre-wp

As always, I’m probably pretty late to the party on this one, but I just discovered Jen Sornesen and her Slowpoke comic strip. Even better, she has a Slowpoke blog where she gives voice to the motives behind each of her comics. Since I’m almost finished...

For Kids Gore Still Number One

by | Dec 5, 2004 | literacy, pre-wp

I wish I was talking about politics, but we’re not that lucky. When it comes boys and books, it seems that horror and gore are still the way to get them reading. According to this article in the Guardian, children are still lapping up all the zombie guts authors can...

Kleenex = Kleercut

by | Dec 3, 2004 | pre-wp

Greenpeace Canada has launched their Kleercut campaign, warning of the waste that goes into the manufacture of toilet paper and tissues. The worst offender is the Kimberly-Clark corporation, the makers of Kleenex brand tissues (heard of them?) From the Kleercut site:...