Smart car vrs Dumb bike

I went for a walk last Sunday, a beautiful day to show off the carnage of the tree cutting and bulldozing. There's been plenty debate over the last hours effort made by the tree protestors

IT IS QUITE CLEAR TO ANYONE  FOUR LANE HIGHWAYS ARE SAFER   ...CHECK OUT THE AMOUNT OF DEATHS AND ACCIDENTS  ON HIGHWAY 5  COMPARE IT TO 105 . May be you should try joining the flat earth society they might listen to your warped logic.Two people got killed on the 105 2 weeks ago  why not do  some research your self and find 1 death on highway 5 .  Your   group could not even  sit in a tree without calling in the  ambulance  to save you ....

Twinning of the 101 in Nova Scotia has been a hot topic for a number of years also.  Safety is often cited as a number one concern for proponents of the twinning.  In this report they talk about accident statistics using a measurement of number of accidents per hundred-million vehicle kilometres.  According to this paper, the transition from a single lane head-on highway (such as the current 105 and which is a class 5 highway in Nova Scotia) to a twin lane divided highway (such as the current 5 and which is a class 1 in Nova Scotia) reduces the accident rate by 46% from 72.3 accidents per hundred million vehicle kilometres on a class 5 highway to 33.2 per hundred million vehicle kilometres on a class 1 highway.  This statistic is apparently substantiated by another paper called Final Report Environmental Assessment Screening Report The Twinning of Highway 101 … that notes the effects of reducing / increasing the speed limits have on fatalities.  Another important observation is the environmental implications as a result of higher speed limits which results in lower fuel economy and higher tail pipe emissions.  I would be willing to bet that Transport Quebec likely has similiar kinds of statistics available for Quebec roads and highways and would be interested what their numbers indicate.  For your consideration. 

Happy Earth day

I caught the film "LAND AWAKENING"last week at the Black Sheep. It was a good film because of it's honesty and simple message that it's title captures well. For me it was like a ray of hope on a cold wintery day (like today April 23, with over an inch of snow on the ground! ).
There seems to be a revival around Wakefield for environmental causes and issues lately which is great to see.  I'd like to thank Eco Echo for expanding their planting of fruit trees and new planted crops that softens the visual blow we receive from the Styro Rail, for Juniper farms for the healthy organic local food they provide to Wakefield and so many others.
Maybe the A5X is a symbol of what could be in store for us in our little laid back bohemian village where not much has changed over the last 30 years until now... Maybe Wakefield's environmental revival is responding to these threats and forced changes by adapting in creative and positive ways?
A bit like the peace movement that sprung out of the Vietnam war.Whatever's going on, this film and it's maker are a good example of this ground swell of hope and courage. Happy Earth day everyone, let's make this a 365 day event!





to the BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY OF WAKEFIELD, A big THANK YOU for your generous support Thursday Night at the Screening of my film "LAND AWAKENING".

To all of those who came to the "Land Awakening" screening at the Black Sheep in Wakefield last night a BIG THANK YOU for your generous support and amazing response to the film. Once again it was a FULL HOUSE calculating approximately 150-170 people that packed the place!

I feel humbly thrilled for your encouragement and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your emails and personal comments about it.
It is truly an incredible feeling to see that after so many years of work the ideas expressed in the film resonate and trigger such positive responses from you.
I pass along some of the written feed-back I've received:

"...Truly inspirational film. Refocused our own vision..."
"...Thank you so much for your film. It was truly an eye opener..."
"...It was very inspiring..."
...and so many other similar verbal comments from the audience at the end of the screening!

Please stay tuned to the website and Facebook pages for more news about future screenings, DVD release and hopefully engaging a TV Broadcast license.

One more time a special thank you to the sponsors and supporters who facilitate bringing this screening:
François Oligny, Chantal Plamomndon and Jay Sinha of LifeWithoutPlastic.com , Paul Symes of the Black Sheep Inn , ArtEngine , and Christopher Minnes from Eco Echo