Rebellious Seeker's encounter with Rebel News

Here below is a documentary put out by an extreme right-wing organization called "Rebel News". It is called Facts and Feelings, in which we get the right-wing Feelings about climate change and I try to introduce some Facts.

The Rebellious Seeker makes his entrance on a bike at about the 27:32 min. mark. You can skip ahead to watch the interaction or watch the entire video from the beginning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI7fr9OMJQM


Rebellious Seeker

Ottawa
8 January 2020

How to face the coming environmental crisis

Welcome to 2020 and happy new year. If you are young, it may not be a happy new year. Science says with a high degree of probability, that in 10 years (2030) the planet may be unliveable.

A Greek tragedy unfolding in Canada: The rise and fall of Justin Trudeau

The rest of the world must wonder what is happening in Canada. There is a scandal there but what is the scandal all about? There seems to be no sex, no money, and no corruption. Well the last two are not exactly true, but hey! We’re Canadian. We tend to do our corruption and money stuff overseas.

How to understand the future – Now

As one ages (that’s me) one begins to put all the little parts of one’s experience together and search for a whole that might explain it all. In the past I have written about self-interest. This is a characteristic that every species seems to have. It motivates us to struggle and survive. Homo Sapiens with this strong self-interest, has persevered over all others and now we are on top of the pyramid of control (at least we think we are!). However, self-interest has run amok (i.e. putting ourselves and our tribe above all others). This excessive self-interest will do us in and could destroy our beautiful planet.

Why Bottled Water?

Happy New Year to you all. Yes, I said happy, but I know that for many in the world, the coming year will not be too happy a prospect. We still have wars, civil conflicts, disease and growing inequality – so why concentrate on tackling the bottled water problem?

Response to Thomas Merton’s Letter

I have just read Thomas Merton’s letter to a young activist. Though I am far from a young activist, I found it interesting and have some responses to it. There us some good counsel here. There are however a few things that I would like to elaborate on.

The Plastification of the World, or Why this Bottled Water Craze?

Do you know that globally, for every minute one million plastic water bottles are sold?

Do you know that most of these bottles are not recycled, but instead end up in the environment?

Do you know that vast ocean islands of plastic waste are accumulating in the oceans?

The largest is estimated to be 1.6 million km² in size. At present rates, by 2050, there will be more plastics (by weight) in the ocean than fish.

Why is all this happening?