Environment
The Hour's One Million Acts of Green
I recycle. I bring my own bag. I light my apartment with CFLs. I try to eat local, and I'm vegetarian (most of the time). And I was thrilled when I heard George Stroumboulopoulos announce that he will officially launch of The Hour's "One Million Acts of Green" (OMAOG) campaign this Tuesday.
The OMAOG movement is welcome news after the disappointment of last week's election results. Now that we've re-appointed a government whose policies represent a significant threat to environmental issues, our individual efforts are even more crucial in making our community a little - or a lot - greener.
The City seems to want us to act, too, by using rate increases and fines to motivate residents to recycle and conserve. Torontonians will face a 9 percent increase in water prices next year, and an increase of the same amount every year through 2012. The Ontario Energy Board is raising basic electricity rates by more than 10 percent. And if we don't use our blue and green bins, we could face a $105 ticket from the City.
The Hour's interactive OMAOG website will launch Tuesday, where people can register their "acts of green." Until the end of the show's season next June, George will challenge Canadians and other CBC programs to commit to lightening their environmental footprints.
I'll be kicking off my million acts of green by recycling an old halogen floor lamp for cash. Canadian Tire is taking back old air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and halogen lamps in exchange for gift cards on October 25 and 26 as part of the Ontario Power Authority's Every Kilowatt Counts campaign.
Photo from pinksox on Flickr.
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I once heard George S. say (on the Hour) that he wouldn't walk four blocks, and that walking is for suckers.
He showed up to last week's David Suzuki lecture in a leather jacket, and left early.
Strombo needs a swift tap in the nuts. The guy lacks any kind of tact or charisma and to this day, I'm still perplexed as to how he got the Hour host gig in the first place.
So the show takes on a commendable attempt to reach out to the audience on environmental issues, and all you have to respond with is insults about the host?
Green "concerns" are commendable I guess, but I'm skeptical about anyone (especially a CBC flagship show) using this green washing for any other purpose other than to raise viewer ratings. But I'm it's Monday, and I'm in a bitchy mood, and Stromobo's face just makes me angry. (and I still think he's a smug bastard).
George who?
I'm glad to see that George S., like other CBC stars before his, is taking up the mantle of challenging Canadians to do more for the environment.
George Stroumboulopoulos is balls. If you don't like him, your probably a bitch.
I once heard George S. say (on the Hour) that he wouldn't walk four blocks, and that walking is for suckers. Oh really he said that? Shit I'm going to take him literally because he's not allowed to make silly little jokes.
I'm still perplexed as to how he got the Hour host gig in the first place. Then that is the least of your perplexities.
Yeah, I think George is a bad choice. Let's get Mike Bullard or someone from the States to do this.
Oh Screwface, what eloquence.
Strombo on music is fine. That's what he was good at it. Strombo on anything else like is like watching a chimp fondle himself in front of an audience that thinks of him and themselves as "edgy." Grab a kleenex my friend, and wash your face.
Sippy, your eloquence is commendable as well.
Strombo's a smart guy, despite his antics onstage. He also gets a lot of great guests; however, I'm not hip enough to pop-culture to enjoy him getting someone like Noam Chomsky on only to ask about his taste in celebrities.
Stroumboulopopoulosopuss is an ass, and demonstrates that fact on air with clockwork regularity.
His endorsement of green measures costs those measures credibility.
I can't believe that almost everyone missed the point of the whole thing! Greem people!! Not George's hair, or his leather jacket or his jokes. My god! We should be focusing on the fact that he is spreading the message of being green and thats all that matters! You guys are so petty. BIG PICTURE. Duh.
Okay, I'd heard about the one million acts of green and, after listening to the interview with David Suzuki, decided I needed to check it out. So I check out the page expecting to see fellow Canadians excited and interested as I am in how we can help our country (and the world). I scroll down to the comments and see a bunch of people ripping apart the spokesperson of this initiative (for reasons ranging for superficiality to conspiracies about his motives) and basically just using this to be negative.
You people need to get a goddamn life, deal with your issues, get outside, interact with people and help clean up.
I started a website that encourages schools to raise money for onsite solar panels geothermal heatpumps or even small wind turbines where possible. GREENPOWERSCHOOL.ORG In ten years maybe every school in the world could use renewable power and save money on energy. Schools need to pool the money they raise then add the energy savings each year to set up more school with these systems.
I was able to purchase two used solar hot water panels, refurbished them, built my own heat exchanger and am now heating my home using the suns energy (when it shines) I added an extra hot water storage tank in order to last through the night. I think this system will work very well when the new blocked power consumption rates come into effect. It has saved us money and lowered our carbon footprint.