ºClimate Day

Our first round of pics and video!

// October 25th, 2009 // Comments Off // Blog, Multimedia, Word on The Hill

Make sure to add your photos to the C-Day: Fill The Hill flickr group!

Thanks to Milan for these!

Picture slideshow

On Citizenship

// October 18th, 2009 // Comments Off // Blog

David Noble, a friend and mentor of Gracen’s asked her to compose this short piece for his 2 Degrees Tour. The topic is citizenship; what does it mean to be active citizens in our culture? How do we do it, collectively? How do individuals practice it?

I try not to politicize the word citizenship. Perhaps this is not a good idea because political boundaries are sort of inherent in the definition of a citizen. BUT, perhaps it is a great idea because then the concept of citizenship isn’t lost to people who think politics blows chunks.

To me, being an active citizen is just doing what needs to be done. This can be seen on any scale and allows for few excuses or alibis. For example, I have a recent anecdote on a very micro scale. Our subletters left us a lovely array of unwanted articles upon their departure. These articles were mostly hanging out in the shed and included a very nice comforter and wool jacket. As my housemates and I cleaned through this mess, and lifted said comforter and jacket, I discovered what appeared to be the vestiges of a small rat population. After recovering from the shock of the findings, I was able to level my head and contemplate a course of action. (more…)

Get Stoked!

// October 16th, 2009 // Comments Off // Blog, Multimedia

Gracen: “I just watched this for the 350th time and now that the day is so close I can hardly stop smiling for excitement. I’m sitting in a public place and I’m grinning like an idiot…also, gotta love the soundtrack.”

Coming of Age

// October 16th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Blog

By Hilary Best

A friend of mine had me over for dinner this week in her first post-university apartment. It’s a wonderful one-bedroom on an interesting street in a great part of town. As is typical of the post-move phase, the place is full of unpacked boxes and furniture belonging to past tenants. The knives and forks do not yet have a home. But as we dined on her mother’s thanksgiving leftovers, it was clear that my friend was pleased with her new space and with her new set of keys had entered a new phase of life. (more…)

Blog Action Day – Want to make history?

// October 15th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blog, Storyboard

This is a guest post – the message of Aisha Parkhill-Goyette at McGill University.

Every great truth is fought with a great resistance. When we were told that we couldn’t fall off the Earth we insisted that we could, and when we were told that we weren’t the centre of the Universe we insisted that we were. When we were first told there were tiny little creatures that could make us sick, we laughed and refused to wash our hands. Today, some of us still refute the history of our own biology, as if evolution is something to be ashamed of. (more…)