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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He showed up to last week's David Suzuki lecture in a leather jacket, and left early.
<i>I once heard George S. say (on the Hour) that he wouldn't walk four blocks, and that walking is for suckers.</i> Oh really he said that? Shit I'm going to take him literally because he's not allowed to make silly little jokes.
<i>I'm still perplexed as to how he got the Hour host gig in the first place.</i> 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.
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.
His endorsement of green measures costs those measures credibility.
You people need to get a goddamn life, deal with your issues, get outside, interact with people and help clean up.