Posts by Eric Swanson - Page 10
A Kink in my Neck, Sir!
Ring Ring Ring = Blip Blip Blip Getting lots of people to pick up the phone and call key decision makers about your issue of concern is a time-honored ...
Introducing satisfACTION
The satisfACTION blog is about activism in British Columbia – the methods, theories, and stories of how people are working together for more perfect communities . Ever felt a ...
British Columbia: Nigeria North?
Produced by Monty Basset and the crew of Out Yonder Productions, “British Columbia: Nigeria North?” has received over 180,000 views on YouTube since its launch in the ...
Cutting Ribbons Over Our Dead Bodies
Usually, when I go to the gym, I don’t work on my legs very much because I figure my daily bicycle commute works them enough. Yesterday, however, I suckered ...
Let’s Get to Work in Saanich/Gulf Islands
Tomorrow, Saturday Sept 20th 2008 is a big day. It’s a big day for me, everybody at Dogwood Initiative, our allies, our supporters, and for those who have fought ...
No Tankers: The Straight Goods
One of Plato’s major rants in writing The Republic is targeted at the Sophists, who represented a school of thought that emphasized rhetoric as the primary and most essential ...
How to Tackle Tar Sands Dogma: More Beer
Sometimes it’s difficult to break through messaging, poor media coverage, and casual opinions (i.e. collectively known as bullsh*t) on an issue to the extent that you can productively talk ...
Fishy Business in the Hague
I recently returned from the land of windmills, wooden shoes, and Royal Dutch Shell. I was in The Hague, Shell’s international HQ, to draw attention at their annual shareholder ...
Crashing Shell's Party
A giant wind turbine rotated slowly within view of the entrance to the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex in Toronto, providing a fitting backdrop for the Gala of the 2008 ...