Another news story. Another ramp ceremony. Another pedestrian-lined highway and a darkened vehicle convoy making its way to a sombre destination. Another city flag at half-mast and another mournful wail from the bagpipes of Charles Meanwell.

Forget Global Warning; I’m afraid of Shopping Carts!

Many who read this have likely viewed the film, “An Inconvenient Truth” and such action likely spurred a lively and concerned discussion of the film’s message. One of the positive comments I have repeatedly heard was the message of hope: the belief that we all have the ability to make change, that our small efforts individually will make a larger collective impact.

What! Change a light bulb and recycle more! Gimme a break! What I like about the
film was its title, therein lays the message. We in the “western” world, in