Seriously, what about this felt like a good idea? You're right, you're going to get loads of attention.. NEGATIVE attention. I mean really, you're just going to be called animals, idiots, heathens, and all the like.. Who is going to take your point seriously, when you can't act seriously about it?
Well done!! Bravo for standing up against Harper and the death of that bill. You should all be extremely proud of yourselves. Never mind the critical and cynical blabber from the folks on this site. They are so sadly ignorant. : (
I truly cannot even believe the skeptical comments that are made. It is a much easier way to go through life, there is no doubt about that. No need to worry, no need to make any changes.
I am very happy to see these students make a statement. We need to have many, many more like it.
As for the negative commenter’s, I hope they realize this particular video goes beyond environmental issues and into the realm of democracy. Our elected members of parliament passed this bill to be blocked by an unelected body. If you can’t bring yourself to care about this bill because of climate change I would hope you could atleast the worthiness of standing up for democracy in Canada...
@ottawafro Hey man, I just wanted to say a couple of things.
I'm a political science student. I'm more concerned about our democracy in general than the specific issue of climate change - they're both important, but if I could choose one it would be "fixing" Canadian democracy.
From what you've got online, I think you'd be on board with that. Getting big money out of politics (on both sides!) and engaging in real debate in parliament.
@ottawafro Furthermore, I thin we can find common ground. Speaking on behalf of our group (I'm the dude in the pink bathing suit), we also will NEVER support violence, and denounce such acts as well. Go Ghandi!
I think that we need an open inquiry into 9/11, because if the politicians are right, we should let somebody independent delve into it to flesh that out.
I was also appalled by the actions at the G20. A tremendous waste of money to assert the power of the established state.
@ottawafro Overall, I think we have lots more in common than we do that will drive us apart. I don't want the climate issue to be a separator. In fact, I think we would both be able to agree on common ground on this issue. We want an unbiased, un-moneyed investigation into climate change and the supporting science. The UN is by no means a fully-transparent organization, and I think we need 100% proof that we're dealing with legitimate scientists before moving forward on any significant change.
@ottawafro To conclude: I don't want to sound like I'm trying to convince you to "join us". That's not what I'm doing. I simply want to demonstrate that we're not just "drinking the kool-aid". We're critical, we're engaged, and we want to change things that we perceive to be wrong. Climate change is one of the many things that falls into this category.
If we can't agree on that aspect, fair enough. I respect your opinion, because I can see you've put a lot of thought into it.
@ottawafro But please. See that we are engaged. See that we, just like you, are passionate and willing to stand up for what we believe in.
We're all students - and I understand that in itself, that means we are privileged. I can't deny that. But the fact that it's the start of exams, and that we're taking time from studying to speak out against major subversion of democracy, I think shows our level of commitment. With that, I need to go back to studying.
@ottawafro I sincerely hope that we CAN find common ground. I'd love to hear more from someone like yourself, who has been out there pounding the pavement and taking your message out in a face-to-face manner.
Anyway, gotta go. But please, I'd love for this to develop into a dialogue, as opposed to the diatribe that it might currently be interpreted as being.
Why are you all being so mean to these kids? they're just trying to support what they believe in... except the guy in the tanktop, he's an asshole, i saw him intentionally pour his water bottle on a guy's laptop...
This change we are seeing in climate may not be man-made, but only an idiot believes that we aren't polluting the environment to the point of causing damage.
The answer lies somewhere in the middle of those claiming we are at fault, and those who say we are blameless.
Accountability will cost people money, so naturally there's all these naysayers, clinging to their profits with a deathgrip that no reason will change. They will be the loudest people in the debate, easy to spot and ignore.
This is very interesting, as I had the same idea last year. Actually the motivation was rather acute and local: Our residence on the UofC campus was so overheated that it was difficult to sleep, while it was -20 outside. I had to leave my window open to cool my room below 26. I think awareness/publicity is very important and it can be reached with this kind of action. Of course, it can only serve as the first step on the way to change something.
I think before we even ask how much CO2 effects climate change we need to first push for some sort of proof that CO2 is responsible at all. All evidence that I have seen shows that temperature leads to CO2 change. Not the other way around.
@richarcm@ripnickus It isn't worth to debate with clowns like you. You only believe what you want to. There are millions of scientists who have proven that CO2 contributes to global warming yet you still deny it. We can't help your kind but drag you into the 21st century.
@NewsSocial There are thousands of scientists and proffesionals with degrees in architecture and botany that belong to a few scientific organizations whos leaders have signed onto a memo pushing forward false climate models based on what some single-minded 'climatologists' believe does to Earth's climate. They are pushing their ideas on the rest of us, they have not proven anything, and when true scietists ask for the data to try and replicate the findings they are stone walled. It's a hoax.
Carbon tax. Try cap-and trade. Search Don Drummond. (TD Bank)
Dr. Milton Friedman (Chicago School of Economics) Nonetheless, be warned about have-not provinces and applying cap and trade, because the bottom line of a corporation is to make bucks, and they will move out of poor provinces.
Charge pollution they dump. You guys should make a video like a doc, although this is pretty hot.
There is no mistake that Canada and the United States are much to blame for human contributions to global warming, and that the Harper government has done nothing. Maybe you guys should petition a plan for expanding high-speed train lines between Edmonton and Calgary, and Montreal and Toronto.
Second, cleaner coal technology, nuclear power, and nat gas. Wind and solar cannot power a half of a large city.
Try tidal. I'm from NB. The Bay of Fundy has tides.
I quite agree with you on about the failings of the US and Canada on this issue, and I also believe that investment in rail technology would be a boon to the economy, sustainable development, and the population requiring transport in general.
Unfortunately I have to disagree with your second points. Granted, I am no engineer, but to my knowledge there is no such thing as a sufficiently non-polluting coal energy source.
Secondly, although nuclear has some potential, as long as the current energy sources (plutonium, uranium, thorium, etc) are continued to be used, there is, again, no sufficiently unharmful way of getting rid of the waste material. Natural gas is a possibility. Currently solar and wind may not be up to the challenge, but all I'm saying is that if we don't start finding clean RENEWABLE energy sources, we're going to start seeing the results of shooting ourselves in the foot.
Hey Hold on, is that woman in the business suit at 0:22-0:26 Brenda Whiteside, Associate Vice-President of Student Affairs? Or someone else senior at U of G???
Just out of curiousity, how is this statement stupid? A carbon tax is one of the VERY few tools that the federal government can use to reduce greenhouse gas emission. If you disagree with the idea that people should be taxed, fine, but PLEASE just say so. There's nothing here that makes these people seem the least bit stupid.
The government isn't going to "reduce greenhouse gas emissions".
TECHNOLOGY will do that. If the government gave $9 trillion to alternative energy technologies INSTEAD OF banks and investment houses, the INDUSTRY would have developed the TECHNOLOGY to get us out of this mess, PLUS our country would prosper from selling the products that technology would create, and we wouldn't have to worry about global warming OR the economy.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!!! :D And it makes me very pleased to see that others feel the same way. But you see, what I believe a carbon tax will do is increase the demand for "green" technologies. People will still need to get to work even though it is getting more expensive all the time, driving up demand for highly efficient modes of transport. A carbon tax thus gives extra incentive and business opportunities to green technological companies.
Wow....these environmental idiots just can't give it up can they? Despite all of the proof of lies, exaggerations, plagiarisms, junk science....these massochists still must be punished for emitting plant food into the atmosphere.
LOOK! A bunch of Dummies asking the government to raise the prices on everything they need to survive. Simple minds fooled easily. Go home till you grow up and understand life kids.
Erm... just throwing this out there, but what we "need to survive" can easily be attained without the damage that is being done to the environment. Also, the things that would become the most expensive are some of the things we need THE LEAST. For example: Tropical fruits will become insanely expensive, true... but when was the last time someone died for lack of a tropical fruit?
@TheEyes629 Yeah things we need the least, Like Food, Shelter, heat,Transportation and everything that has to be made, processed or transported. It's a big lie!! Al Gore is getting rich and he needs to drive carbon prices higher in order for his investment to soar. Eat, Drink and be Merry but quit being a Eco-Fool
... but you get the point about the extravagances that aren't actually necessary, right? If most of North America switched to the 100 mile diet (which is possible based on where we live), can you imagine the amount of energy that would be saved? And if saving energy has no intrinsic value to you (fair enough), then what of peak oil? We don't have infinite supplies, and we've got to deal with it sometime. Why not now?
On FREE SPEECH, then I'll shut the F*ck up! The left SPITS FURY at all who deny global warming. ANYONE who DENIES g. warming is a HERETIC. I'm a heretic. Any climate skeptic is a heretic. We are all told we are being paid by oil companies, but my bank manager would wish. I don't get one penny from the oil companies. Why isn't David Suzuki a heretic? (Lonnie Lefty) Double standard in Soviet Cannuckistan. 18% of Canada's c02 were from the OIL sands. btw,bravo cameraguy.
The hot girls that strip in this video are undeniably hot, but what makes you think that we have free speech in Canada. I'm not a lefty, conservative, or Communist. I'm a libertarian. Libertarians believe in free will like the Bill of Rights, under John George _______. (hint it came before Pearson) Bet you lefties don't know.
Cap-and-trade, puts a price on how much one can dump into the air. Most economists prefer MARKET SOLUTIONS TO THESE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. (like clean air instead)
@Wristbuster Dief the Chief! Hey man, just because you think we're lefties doesn't mean I don't know my Can. Pols!
Personally, I'm not opposed to largely-market based solutions. I'm just worried about the fact that the majority of climate scientists seem to say that we need change faster than the market will deliver it.
I want parliament to be taking this into account, along with issues of sovereignty, protection of domestic economy etc...
Look up the ''lies of global warming'' (YouTube), Lord Christopher Monckton, and Lord Lawson of Blaby before you and your left wing parents make us prolong the recession.
-Search engine ''wind turbines and eagles''.
-Search Tim Ball (University of Winnipeg)
-Search ''global warming is a hoax''
Thanks.
Few things bother me more than calling c02 a pollutant. I'm made of c02. You're made of c02, c02 is how living things breathe.
@Wristbuster@Wristbuster Tell that to the people of the Carteret Islands, whose island home are slowly going underwater due to rising sea levels.
watch?v=2o2AapO6rK8
How can you deny this evidence? One of their islands has been split in two due to rising water levels, its right there in the video. This empirical evidence is NOT A LIE.
You, my friend, seem to rely on odd sources of info. From the HUGE MAJORITY of publicly and privately conducted investigations and studies, the evidence points toward global warming HAPPENING. The only doubt is whether humans CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT PART IN IT. Personally, I think we did, but that hardly matters. What matters is that whether global warming is happening or not is NO LONGER THE ISSUE. It's now a "whose fault" deal. Just passing that along :P
Simple. I suppose the best adaptations to solve the adapt to the climate are to build our houses, so that they cannot heat and cool like the rectangular boxes. Build them more vertical like in Victorian times.
Second, we can adjust by making sure that we accept that people need to go around half-naked; and I'm not being sarcastic hear. So, I admit, if you had authorization to strip, then go ahead. It makes your point. Why the caf?
Why the heck do university students in this country act like a bunch of lunatics? I go to UNB. Can't stand children in their twenties. (18/19 too) I am twenty years of age.
As Prof Cork Hayden says : anything but take a hard science course . Weird to see these carbon creatures prancing around in proclaimed fear of the substance out of which they are made .
Anybody know why the Climate Change Accountability Act was dropped in Senate last week? Two words: Tar Sands "Per day, tar sands operations release as much carbon dioxide than all the cars in Canada."
@kyleburgers66 sorry,..there's no hygeine probelm with us taking our clothes off,..if you didn't feel comfortable being close to those stripping you could just take a side,..and global warming is definitely more pressing than your paranoia about food safety/ hygiene or nakedness :p !
I disagree with the commentors who think that taking this kind of action isn't important. The solutions to the climate crisis are many, and there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach. In the same way, taking political action and energizing people to be involved in this issue takes many different approaches. This is one fun, funky way to get people's attention and make a statement. Well done!
@Ottawafro - please see my previous note @MrMcleas (which I now notice I spelled wrong - my apologies). Maybe when the negative people stop being so negative, we can do something positive and we will get taken more seriously. The glass is half full my friend.
Life is much more bearable when you can get through it with a smile on your face - even during the serious times. Remember, were in this together, we might as well make the best of it!
childish... when you kids stop being kids, maybe someone would take this seriously... This is just "slogans" and MORE rhetoric ( alarmist propaganda) not information about why it should be saved. Climategate anyone...
Do you have an alternate suggestion? As students, we have little power except to vote and to protest. When we complete our studies, THEN we might be in a position to do more. Information is out there! It's just that every time it is shown, people like yourself yawn and turn away... If it takes stripping to get you to pay attention, who's to say that it's childish?
My suggestion is that they can learn the truth about Climate Change or the Man Made Global Warming Hoax by turning off their TVs and stop listening to the AL Gore's of the world.
Try watching three films:
The Great Global Warming Swindle
CBC's: Doomsday called Off
Global Warming or Global Governance.
All of which you should be able to find on Video Google.
Let's not be mistaken, these are kids that have poor understanding of the facts. And these socially awkward kids are only looking for attention from the opposite sex by having their clothes off. The only difference between this and a club night is NO alcohol... Maybe instead of focusing on removing their clothes , they may want to study the issue and have signs that do only spread more rhetoric not factual information.
WAY TO GO EVERYONE! That was a great video... haha wish I knew it was happening, I would have stopped by!
For all of you nay-sayers - I am curious to know what you are doing proactively to spread the enviro message. Feel free to comment - idea sharing is good.
And specifically for McMcleas - what do you hope to accomplish with your negativity? An ulcer? People know what they need to do, you said that yourself. Lets at least have a little fun with it.
@khetham@ddenn@loughtog And Canadians have made it very clear, just like yourselves, that they're more than willing to talk about sustainability, but are far less willing to take the necessary action to bring material change. Stephan Dion's major policy platform was the Green Shift, and he was laughed out of politics. You're living in lala land if you think dancing around is accomplishing anything.
@MrMcleas I am with you in that we need to get Canadians to accept higher costing fossil fuels, and this was drawing attention to that SAME THING - so why do you have an issue with it? They are trying to show Canadians how awful it is that our current government rejected a bill that would have brought in carbon taxes, among other things. I think we both want the same thing. We need Canada to recognize the importance of our environment and this will help by bringing awareness. Argue all you want.
lol, the only difference is a wedding... vs. the future of our planet. Haha, personally, I don't care if it rips off of every video on youtube. As long as it works :D
China is building two coal fired power plants a week. Maybe you naked idiots can tell half a billion Chinese that aspire to join the middle class that they don't have the right to drive a car, or have heated water.
@MrMcleas And as someone who was involved in the dance-off, I can attest that it's a lot more fun too.
Seriously though, an individual can only do so much. When it comes down to it, we need across-the-board legislation if we have any hope of achieving significant reductions (nationally and internationally).
@loughtog I guess I don't see the point of this. You take your clothes, have a good time..then what? You jump in your car and drive to your heated home where you go on living your fossil fuel dependent life like you always have.
Seems ppl are willing to "do something" as long as that something is fun and trivial, but what about meaningful change? What about selling your car. What about living close enough to your job or school so that you walk? No sacrifice "activism" is part of the problem IMHO
@MrMcleas - You have no right to say that they do that. I am a student at this university, and I can attest that probably 95% of the people who go here do not have a car. We have a bus pass in our tuition, and lots of houses near the university. The Guelph campus also has a big sustainability movement.
Do you think that students can go into parliament and pass a bill? No. But they did this, have a youtube vid with 2000+ views and an article in the Globe. They are doing their part.
@khetham@ddenn@loughtog If things are going to change, people are going to have to get use to the fact that sustainability will involve a material sacrifice in quality of life. The solution to the the problem is obvious = make fossil fuels so expensive through taxation that people stop using them. The issue isn't awareness, it's getting people to accept they have to make sacrifices. Let me know when you plan on doing something meaningful and I'll be standing with you hand in hand.
@MrMcleas I agree taht people have to make actual fundamental material changes in order for things to be solved,...but we also need to remain happy and energetic if we are to maintain balanced, harmonious and fulfilling life on this planet,..after all that's what all the sustainability cause is about,..so I believe it's a great idea to dance around when one feels suitable to promote this cause,....by the way I'm the dancer in the pink top and speedo,..lol,..
@MrMcleas I completely agree but find it hard to call this useless. Whether you believe it or not there are still people that are unaware about most movements in politics. We've all seen Al Gore's An inconvenient truth hundreds of times but i can guarantee that a large majority of people have no idea what our government is doing. So i encourage you to not ridicule others for trying to inform people on a serious issue because that would be rather counter productive would it not?
@MrMcleas Then what? I continue to go to classes - politics, philosophy, economics etc... and to volunteer with clubs on campus to ensure that sustainability-minded-thinking is present in all aspects of my university.
After that? I finish my political science degree, and go on to a masters program to (hopefully) make my way into the political field to help work towards the real changes that I want to see.
And sure, maybe have a beer or two every once in a while ;)
@IIIGavinJohnsonIII Because I don't think it is a good cause. I think it is a waste of time. If they really cared about carbon dioxide they would be protesting in favour of nuclear power. I think this is a particularly stupid and frivolous way to demonstrate on behalf of anything. It immediately turns sensible people off of whatever 'cause' you espouse.
@HenryOrientJnr Your argument only makes sense if we assume that all Nuclear Power facilities operate using only very high quality uranium ores. Otherwise, the accumulated expenditure of CO2 derived from fossil fuels over a full nuclear life cycle is equal to that produced by equivalent gas-fired power stations. The idea that nuclear emits less greenhouse gases has been challenged in recent academic works, so I don't believe it appropriate to advocate without fully understanding its impact.
@Dzakku Well, I have to admit. This is a new argument I haven't heard yet. Colour me skeptical though. Are you talking about the energy expended in digging up and refining the raw uranium to U235? If so, are you comparing the complete energy use involved in other forms of power generation too? Did you consider breeder reactors, which produce more fuel than they use?
However, at least you are addressing the issue intelligently, so I suppose we are making progress.
Fabulous! This is what we need, all across this country, groups of people standing up and speaking the truth about climate change and the anti-democratic move by the Conservative Senators who killed Bill C311, the climate accountability act. Thanks for leading the way!
Seriously, what about this felt like a good idea? You're right, you're going to get loads of attention.. NEGATIVE attention. I mean really, you're just going to be called animals, idiots, heathens, and all the like.. Who is going to take your point seriously, when you can't act seriously about it?
KotoAzure 8 months ago
doing the mom dance, alriiiightt
lovelettertoontario 9 months ago
Thanks. You're giving me hope for the future. Now, please go and vote Harper out!
Ibis333 10 months ago
More nekkid chicks! Less nekkid dudes please! :)
BrownFlames 10 months ago
Where was I when this was going down :P
danbagheri 10 months ago
Well done!! Bravo for standing up against Harper and the death of that bill. You should all be extremely proud of yourselves. Never mind the critical and cynical blabber from the folks on this site. They are so sadly ignorant. : (
catherineursula 1 year ago
are you kidding me? -__-
elwelcom 1 year ago
"Hi, I'm naked. Tax me!"
What the hell are these kids learning in college these days? How NOT to think?
file83 1 year ago
I truly cannot even believe the skeptical comments that are made. It is a much easier way to go through life, there is no doubt about that. No need to worry, no need to make any changes.
I am very happy to see these students make a statement. We need to have many, many more like it.
ekeating2 1 year ago 2
@ekeating2 They are free to make a statement. That doesn't make it correct. But I'm sure they felt good about it.
Teikiatsu 1 year ago 2
AL GORE IS A LIAR!
M4GW. com
glenwood183 1 year ago
The word "idiots" comes to mind.
ceer001 1 year ago
These are amazing students and an amazing cause.
As for the negative commenter’s, I hope they realize this particular video goes beyond environmental issues and into the realm of democracy. Our elected members of parliament passed this bill to be blocked by an unelected body. If you can’t bring yourself to care about this bill because of climate change I would hope you could atleast the worthiness of standing up for democracy in Canada...
catdoyle100 1 year ago 3
At the end of the day, they have made absolutely zero change. Way to go guys! At least you got the attention you crave!
voloverum 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
All science and economic majors, I suppose. What a bunch of gullible morons.
sandhillguy 1 year ago
v=QeZtOGvLEyk , hopefully this comment doesn't get deleted AGAIN...
ottawafro 1 year ago
@ottawafro Hey man, I just wanted to say a couple of things.
I'm a political science student. I'm more concerned about our democracy in general than the specific issue of climate change - they're both important, but if I could choose one it would be "fixing" Canadian democracy.
From what you've got online, I think you'd be on board with that. Getting big money out of politics (on both sides!) and engaging in real debate in parliament.
loughtog 1 year ago 3
@ottawafro Furthermore, I thin we can find common ground. Speaking on behalf of our group (I'm the dude in the pink bathing suit), we also will NEVER support violence, and denounce such acts as well. Go Ghandi!
I think that we need an open inquiry into 9/11, because if the politicians are right, we should let somebody independent delve into it to flesh that out.
I was also appalled by the actions at the G20. A tremendous waste of money to assert the power of the established state.
loughtog 1 year ago
@ottawafro Overall, I think we have lots more in common than we do that will drive us apart. I don't want the climate issue to be a separator. In fact, I think we would both be able to agree on common ground on this issue. We want an unbiased, un-moneyed investigation into climate change and the supporting science. The UN is by no means a fully-transparent organization, and I think we need 100% proof that we're dealing with legitimate scientists before moving forward on any significant change.
loughtog 1 year ago 2
@ottawafro To conclude: I don't want to sound like I'm trying to convince you to "join us". That's not what I'm doing. I simply want to demonstrate that we're not just "drinking the kool-aid". We're critical, we're engaged, and we want to change things that we perceive to be wrong. Climate change is one of the many things that falls into this category.
If we can't agree on that aspect, fair enough. I respect your opinion, because I can see you've put a lot of thought into it.
loughtog 1 year ago 3
@ottawafro But please. See that we are engaged. See that we, just like you, are passionate and willing to stand up for what we believe in.
We're all students - and I understand that in itself, that means we are privileged. I can't deny that. But the fact that it's the start of exams, and that we're taking time from studying to speak out against major subversion of democracy, I think shows our level of commitment. With that, I need to go back to studying.
loughtog 1 year ago 8
@ottawafro I sincerely hope that we CAN find common ground. I'd love to hear more from someone like yourself, who has been out there pounding the pavement and taking your message out in a face-to-face manner.
Anyway, gotta go. But please, I'd love for this to develop into a dialogue, as opposed to the diatribe that it might currently be interpreted as being.
Sincerely,
Geoff L. - stripper in the pink bathing suit.
loughtog 1 year ago 6
@loughtog
Hey Geoff,
I added you as a friend and will send ya some links to investigate when I am off work...
Take care,
Tyrone
ottawafro 1 year ago
Please keep up the idiocy. would make me sad I have my degree from there if I didn't know the people were all liberal art majors.
On another note why in the world would people try to create a scene there & not 50 metres away @ the cannon...
BenderTheCat007 1 year ago
@BenderTheCat007
"Cause it's really freaking cold out at a guess?
dawoad 1 year ago
Why are you all being so mean to these kids? they're just trying to support what they believe in... except the guy in the tanktop, he's an asshole, i saw him intentionally pour his water bottle on a guy's laptop...
lenny512 1 year ago
Why didn't they do this little strip protest outside...was it too cold that day?
violentlogic 1 year ago
ugly fucks
kamsalad 1 year ago
could not think of a better way to grab people's attentions than taking off your clothes?
ilikeutube14 1 year ago
@ilikeutube14
lol, short of killing someone, I don't think I could have thought of one that grabs attention THAT fast ;)
TheEyes629 1 year ago
This change we are seeing in climate may not be man-made, but only an idiot believes that we aren't polluting the environment to the point of causing damage.
The answer lies somewhere in the middle of those claiming we are at fault, and those who say we are blameless.
Accountability will cost people money, so naturally there's all these naysayers, clinging to their profits with a deathgrip that no reason will change. They will be the loudest people in the debate, easy to spot and ignore.
Musicalbeds69 1 year ago
Repeat the Mantra:
Global warming is not my fault
CO2 is not a pollutant; its plant food
Climate change happens with or without me
Have a nice day
49jjenkins 1 year ago
This is very interesting, as I had the same idea last year. Actually the motivation was rather acute and local: Our residence on the UofC campus was so overheated that it was difficult to sleep, while it was -20 outside. I had to leave my window open to cool my room below 26. I think awareness/publicity is very important and it can be reached with this kind of action. Of course, it can only serve as the first step on the way to change something.
sirgretel 1 year ago
I think before we even ask how much CO2 effects climate change we need to first push for some sort of proof that CO2 is responsible at all. All evidence that I have seen shows that temperature leads to CO2 change. Not the other way around.
richarcm 1 year ago
@richarcm @ripnickus It isn't worth to debate with clowns like you. You only believe what you want to. There are millions of scientists who have proven that CO2 contributes to global warming yet you still deny it. We can't help your kind but drag you into the 21st century.
NewsSocial 1 year ago 3
@NewsSocial There are thousands of scientists and proffesionals with degrees in architecture and botany that belong to a few scientific organizations whos leaders have signed onto a memo pushing forward false climate models based on what some single-minded 'climatologists' believe does to Earth's climate. They are pushing their ideas on the rest of us, they have not proven anything, and when true scietists ask for the data to try and replicate the findings they are stone walled. It's a hoax.
Teikiatsu 1 year ago
This is all the effect of the dumbing down of society. Ironically the university has as much to do with the process as anything.
richarcm 1 year ago
LOL if only the UC weren't completely empty..
I do like the message though.
fucking government...
jakis39wastaken 1 year ago
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PlanetIQ 1 year ago
@hammer732
littlebird113 1 year ago
Climate crisis... LOL...
Humanity crisis is more like it.
ripnickus 1 year ago 2
Carbon tax. Try cap-and trade. Search Don Drummond. (TD Bank)
Dr. Milton Friedman (Chicago School of Economics) Nonetheless, be warned about have-not provinces and applying cap and trade, because the bottom line of a corporation is to make bucks, and they will move out of poor provinces.
Charge pollution they dump. You guys should make a video like a doc, although this is pretty hot.
Wristbuster 1 year ago
@TheEyes629:
There is no mistake that Canada and the United States are much to blame for human contributions to global warming, and that the Harper government has done nothing. Maybe you guys should petition a plan for expanding high-speed train lines between Edmonton and Calgary, and Montreal and Toronto.
Second, cleaner coal technology, nuclear power, and nat gas. Wind and solar cannot power a half of a large city.
Try tidal. I'm from NB. The Bay of Fundy has tides.
Wristbuster 1 year ago
@Wristbuster
I quite agree with you on about the failings of the US and Canada on this issue, and I also believe that investment in rail technology would be a boon to the economy, sustainable development, and the population requiring transport in general.
Unfortunately I have to disagree with your second points. Granted, I am no engineer, but to my knowledge there is no such thing as a sufficiently non-polluting coal energy source.
TheEyes629 1 year ago
@Wristbuster
Secondly, although nuclear has some potential, as long as the current energy sources (plutonium, uranium, thorium, etc) are continued to be used, there is, again, no sufficiently unharmful way of getting rid of the waste material. Natural gas is a possibility. Currently solar and wind may not be up to the challenge, but all I'm saying is that if we don't start finding clean RENEWABLE energy sources, we're going to start seeing the results of shooting ourselves in the foot.
TheEyes629 1 year ago
yes!
go go go!
thank you thank you thank you for your caring hearts and active souls.
TheoSimms 1 year ago
Brainwashed morons.
tigerscout 1 year ago 2
Hey Hold on, is that woman in the business suit at 0:22-0:26 Brenda Whiteside, Associate Vice-President of Student Affairs? Or someone else senior at U of G???
trilliumhead 1 year ago
"carbon tax me" ???
Being half naked doesn't give you an excuse to be stupid.
file83 1 year ago
@file83
Just out of curiousity, how is this statement stupid? A carbon tax is one of the VERY few tools that the federal government can use to reduce greenhouse gas emission. If you disagree with the idea that people should be taxed, fine, but PLEASE just say so. There's nothing here that makes these people seem the least bit stupid.
TheEyes629 1 year ago
@TheEyes629
The government isn't going to "reduce greenhouse gas emissions".
TECHNOLOGY will do that. If the government gave $9 trillion to alternative energy technologies INSTEAD OF banks and investment houses, the INDUSTRY would have developed the TECHNOLOGY to get us out of this mess, PLUS our country would prosper from selling the products that technology would create, and we wouldn't have to worry about global warming OR the economy.
file83 1 year ago
@file83
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!!! :D And it makes me very pleased to see that others feel the same way. But you see, what I believe a carbon tax will do is increase the demand for "green" technologies. People will still need to get to work even though it is getting more expensive all the time, driving up demand for highly efficient modes of transport. A carbon tax thus gives extra incentive and business opportunities to green technological companies.
TheEyes629 1 year ago
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loughtog 1 year ago
Aw man i eat there... great...
IGotTheMondays 1 year ago
Wow....these environmental idiots just can't give it up can they? Despite all of the proof of lies, exaggerations, plagiarisms, junk science....these massochists still must be punished for emitting plant food into the atmosphere.
richarcm 1 year ago
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loughtog 1 year ago
I love nudity, but I hate pinkos. I'm conflicted.
trevorj79 1 year ago
wind farms=bird killers 'nuff said.
roger772 1 year ago
LOOK! A bunch of Dummies asking the government to raise the prices on everything they need to survive. Simple minds fooled easily. Go home till you grow up and understand life kids.
KILLERTOP007 1 year ago
@KILLERTOP007
Erm... just throwing this out there, but what we "need to survive" can easily be attained without the damage that is being done to the environment. Also, the things that would become the most expensive are some of the things we need THE LEAST. For example: Tropical fruits will become insanely expensive, true... but when was the last time someone died for lack of a tropical fruit?
TheEyes629 1 year ago
@TheEyes629 Yeah things we need the least, Like Food, Shelter, heat,Transportation and everything that has to be made, processed or transported. It's a big lie!! Al Gore is getting rich and he needs to drive carbon prices higher in order for his investment to soar. Eat, Drink and be Merry but quit being a Eco-Fool
KILLERTOP007 1 year ago 3
@KILLERTOP007
... but you get the point about the extravagances that aren't actually necessary, right? If most of North America switched to the 100 mile diet (which is possible based on where we live), can you imagine the amount of energy that would be saved? And if saving energy has no intrinsic value to you (fair enough), then what of peak oil? We don't have infinite supplies, and we've got to deal with it sometime. Why not now?
TheEyes629 1 year ago
Wristbuster 1 year ago
The hot girls that strip in this video are undeniably hot, but what makes you think that we have free speech in Canada. I'm not a lefty, conservative, or Communist. I'm a libertarian. Libertarians believe in free will like the Bill of Rights, under John George _______. (hint it came before Pearson) Bet you lefties don't know.
Cap-and-trade, puts a price on how much one can dump into the air. Most economists prefer MARKET SOLUTIONS TO THESE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. (like clean air instead)
Wristbuster 1 year ago
@Wristbuster Dief the Chief! Hey man, just because you think we're lefties doesn't mean I don't know my Can. Pols!
Personally, I'm not opposed to largely-market based solutions. I'm just worried about the fact that the majority of climate scientists seem to say that we need change faster than the market will deliver it.
I want parliament to be taking this into account, along with issues of sovereignty, protection of domestic economy etc...
loughtog 1 year ago
Adults that act like children.
Look up the ''lies of global warming'' (YouTube), Lord Christopher Monckton, and Lord Lawson of Blaby before you and your left wing parents make us prolong the recession.
-Search engine ''wind turbines and eagles''.
-Search Tim Ball (University of Winnipeg)
-Search ''global warming is a hoax''
Thanks.
Few things bother me more than calling c02 a pollutant. I'm made of c02. You're made of c02, c02 is how living things breathe.
Wristbuster 1 year ago
@Wristbuster @Wristbuster Tell that to the people of the Carteret Islands, whose island home are slowly going underwater due to rising sea levels.
watch?v=2o2AapO6rK8
How can you deny this evidence? One of their islands has been split in two due to rising water levels, its right there in the video. This empirical evidence is NOT A LIE.
Thanks.
alexkickscan 1 year ago
@Wristbuster
You, my friend, seem to rely on odd sources of info. From the HUGE MAJORITY of publicly and privately conducted investigations and studies, the evidence points toward global warming HAPPENING. The only doubt is whether humans CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT PART IN IT. Personally, I think we did, but that hardly matters. What matters is that whether global warming is happening or not is NO LONGER THE ISSUE. It's now a "whose fault" deal. Just passing that along :P
TheEyes629 1 year ago
@TheEyes629
Simple. I suppose the best adaptations to solve the adapt to the climate are to build our houses, so that they cannot heat and cool like the rectangular boxes. Build them more vertical like in Victorian times.
Second, we can adjust by making sure that we accept that people need to go around half-naked; and I'm not being sarcastic hear. So, I admit, if you had authorization to strip, then go ahead. It makes your point. Why the caf?
Wristbuster 1 year ago
Why the heck do university students in this country act like a bunch of lunatics? I go to UNB. Can't stand children in their twenties. (18/19 too) I am twenty years of age.
Wristbuster 1 year ago
The shepherd boy didn't see any wolves, the emperor is naked, the sky isn't falling, and the grasshoppers unjustly covet what belongs to the ants.
stacase 1 year ago
As Prof Cork Hayden says : anything but take a hard science course . Weird to see these carbon creatures prancing around in proclaimed fear of the substance out of which they are made .
CoSyBob 1 year ago 3
Make sure to join the Facebook Petition! Search: "TAKE 2 MIN. to tell HARPER "No Way!" for killing Canada's only climate bill"
numuves 1 year ago
SO wish someone told me about this. I'm always looking for an excuse to strip.
sickbay 1 year ago
Does ANYone know the song in the beginning? I know it's Ludacris - How Low in some sort of remix, but what remix is it?
herkob 1 year ago
@herkob It's a segment of the new Girl Talk album.
loughtog 1 year ago
I want to go back to school!
toewiggler 1 year ago
Anybody know why the Climate Change Accountability Act was dropped in Senate last week? Two words: Tar Sands "Per day, tar sands operations release as much carbon dioxide than all the cars in Canada."
marcuzzimusic 1 year ago
Warms my heart to see these young people engaged and active! There's hope for humanity afterall!!
iredaleorama 1 year ago
Thank you!!
lyndaen 1 year ago
you all ROCK!!!
yvonnenasby 1 year ago
White girls are awesome. Thumbs up for white girls!!
momo182 1 year ago
if everybody follows @sustainablehero #RLSH on twitter I will raise $1trillion 4 solar and wind energy
sustainablehero 1 year ago
proud to be a U of Guelph grad.
sustainablehero 1 year ago
awesome! inspiring!
blearey 1 year ago
Thanks for taking your clothes off in a place where people eat.....I guess food safety/hygiene are taking a back seat to global warming. Hippies.
kyleburgers66 1 year ago
@kyleburgers66 sorry,..there's no hygeine probelm with us taking our clothes off,..if you didn't feel comfortable being close to those stripping you could just take a side,..and global warming is definitely more pressing than your paranoia about food safety/ hygiene or nakedness :p !
BhattisexyJanan 1 year ago
@kyleburgers66 I'd gladly take food poisoning over poisoning the very air we breathe.
alexkickscan 1 year ago
@alexkickscan Eat up!
ocdave99 1 year ago
i think this is very aprepos that this took place in Guelph.
And, way to go! while I think there is a lot more dancing that needs to happen to get anything done, this is a great start. :)
amylightmaster 1 year ago 2
I disagree with the commentors who think that taking this kind of action isn't important. The solutions to the climate crisis are many, and there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach. In the same way, taking political action and energizing people to be involved in this issue takes many different approaches. This is one fun, funky way to get people's attention and make a statement. Well done!
350orbust 1 year ago 3
@Ottawafro - please see my previous note @MrMcleas (which I now notice I spelled wrong - my apologies). Maybe when the negative people stop being so negative, we can do something positive and we will get taken more seriously. The glass is half full my friend.
Life is much more bearable when you can get through it with a smile on your face - even during the serious times. Remember, were in this together, we might as well make the best of it!
GREAT JOB EVERYONE!
almostgraduatedable 1 year ago
childish... when you kids stop being kids, maybe someone would take this seriously... This is just "slogans" and MORE rhetoric ( alarmist propaganda) not information about why it should be saved. Climategate anyone...
ottawafro 1 year ago
@ottawafro
Do you have an alternate suggestion? As students, we have little power except to vote and to protest. When we complete our studies, THEN we might be in a position to do more. Information is out there! It's just that every time it is shown, people like yourself yawn and turn away... If it takes stripping to get you to pay attention, who's to say that it's childish?
TheEyes629 1 year ago
@TheEyes629
My suggestion is that they can learn the truth about Climate Change or the Man Made Global Warming Hoax by turning off their TVs and stop listening to the AL Gore's of the world.
Try watching three films:
The Great Global Warming Swindle
CBC's: Doomsday called Off
Global Warming or Global Governance.
All of which you should be able to find on Video Google.
ottawafro 1 year ago
@TheEyes629
Let's not be mistaken, these are kids that have poor understanding of the facts. And these socially awkward kids are only looking for attention from the opposite sex by having their clothes off. The only difference between this and a club night is NO alcohol... Maybe instead of focusing on removing their clothes , they may want to study the issue and have signs that do only spread more rhetoric not factual information.
ottawafro 1 year ago
WAY TO GO EVERYONE! That was a great video... haha wish I knew it was happening, I would have stopped by!
For all of you nay-sayers - I am curious to know what you are doing proactively to spread the enviro message. Feel free to comment - idea sharing is good.
And specifically for McMcleas - what do you hope to accomplish with your negativity? An ulcer? People know what they need to do, you said that yourself. Lets at least have a little fun with it.
almostgraduatedable 1 year ago 3
Way to go guys. Fantastic! Shared on Facebook! Don't let them ignore the will of the people.
ellmaggiecee 1 year ago
Way to go guys. Fantastic! Shared on Facebook!
ellmaggiecee 1 year ago
@khetham @ddenn @loughtog And Canadians have made it very clear, just like yourselves, that they're more than willing to talk about sustainability, but are far less willing to take the necessary action to bring material change. Stephan Dion's major policy platform was the Green Shift, and he was laughed out of politics. You're living in lala land if you think dancing around is accomplishing anything.
MrMcleas 1 year ago
@MrMcleas I am with you in that we need to get Canadians to accept higher costing fossil fuels, and this was drawing attention to that SAME THING - so why do you have an issue with it? They are trying to show Canadians how awful it is that our current government rejected a bill that would have brought in carbon taxes, among other things. I think we both want the same thing. We need Canada to recognize the importance of our environment and this will help by bringing awareness. Argue all you want.
khetham 1 year ago
awesome video! Kudos for taking some initiative and keeping the message alive, way to make it hot to keep it cool.
ThePjwiddy 1 year ago
This is a blatant ripoff of the famous Minnesota wedding video. Not much imagination
8krs 1 year ago
@8krs
lol, the only difference is a wedding... vs. the future of our planet. Haha, personally, I don't care if it rips off of every video on youtube. As long as it works :D
TheEyes629 1 year ago
Super fantastic - way to go. Will pass on to my students
spoyntz 1 year ago
Great stuff!!! I work for Env.Canada and you inspire me to fight.
MrGenier93 1 year ago
pffff... Big Deal! If it were the 60's (or Europe nowadays) they would have stripped all the way.
phoqnchyt 1 year ago
Yeah! Leadnow.ca!
PlugOutTuneIn 1 year ago
anyone else notice that most people were ignoring them? lol
openmindedproduction 1 year ago
Also - thank you for the huge plug for leadnow.ca :D
jbiggar 1 year ago
woot woot!
jbiggar 1 year ago
Thanks for caring about our future! Long term planning is not 4 years as it is in politics
ryunstyle 1 year ago
ZZzzzzzzzzz yawn. Won't make a difference. Nice looking bods though.
kamorant 1 year ago
China is building two coal fired power plants a week. Maybe you naked idiots can tell half a billion Chinese that aspire to join the middle class that they don't have the right to drive a car, or have heated water.
MrMcleas 1 year ago 2
LOOOOL Guelph...XD nice. Haaaaii from Ottawa U
cathyyen 1 year ago
@cathyyen
Agreed! Personally I want to organize one of these here at uOttawa now! catthyyen, you in? :P
TheEyes629 1 year ago
@TheEyes629 LOOOL....>_< possibly? ahahahaha!! XD i'll keep a lookout on the sfuo website. =P
cathyyen 1 year ago
Do you know what's easier and requires less personal sacrifice than reducing your dependence on fossil fuels?
Taking your clothes off and dancing.
MrMcleas 1 year ago
@MrMcleas And as someone who was involved in the dance-off, I can attest that it's a lot more fun too.
Seriously though, an individual can only do so much. When it comes down to it, we need across-the-board legislation if we have any hope of achieving significant reductions (nationally and internationally).
loughtog 1 year ago
@loughtog I guess I don't see the point of this. You take your clothes, have a good time..then what? You jump in your car and drive to your heated home where you go on living your fossil fuel dependent life like you always have.
Seems ppl are willing to "do something" as long as that something is fun and trivial, but what about meaningful change? What about selling your car. What about living close enough to your job or school so that you walk? No sacrifice "activism" is part of the problem IMHO
MrMcleas 1 year ago
@MrMcleas bus
JosiahKim 1 year ago
@MrMcleas - You have no right to say that they do that. I am a student at this university, and I can attest that probably 95% of the people who go here do not have a car. We have a bus pass in our tuition, and lots of houses near the university. The Guelph campus also has a big sustainability movement.
Do you think that students can go into parliament and pass a bill? No. But they did this, have a youtube vid with 2000+ views and an article in the Globe. They are doing their part.
You guys rock!
khetham 1 year ago 4
@khetham @ddenn @loughtog If things are going to change, people are going to have to get use to the fact that sustainability will involve a material sacrifice in quality of life. The solution to the the problem is obvious = make fossil fuels so expensive through taxation that people stop using them. The issue isn't awareness, it's getting people to accept they have to make sacrifices. Let me know when you plan on doing something meaningful and I'll be standing with you hand in hand.
MrMcleas 1 year ago 2
@MrMcleas Or, you could get off your high horse and stop being such an asshole.
jbiggar 1 year ago
@MrMcleas I agree taht people have to make actual fundamental material changes in order for things to be solved,...but we also need to remain happy and energetic if we are to maintain balanced, harmonious and fulfilling life on this planet,..after all that's what all the sustainability cause is about,..so I believe it's a great idea to dance around when one feels suitable to promote this cause,....by the way I'm the dancer in the pink top and speedo,..lol,..
and belive in radical action change!
BhattisexyJanan 1 year ago 2
@MrMcleas I completely agree but find it hard to call this useless. Whether you believe it or not there are still people that are unaware about most movements in politics. We've all seen Al Gore's An inconvenient truth hundreds of times but i can guarantee that a large majority of people have no idea what our government is doing. So i encourage you to not ridicule others for trying to inform people on a serious issue because that would be rather counter productive would it not?
IIIGavinJohnsonIII 1 year ago 2
@MrMcleas it gets people's attention- it all has to start somewhere
ddenn 1 year ago
@MrMcleas Then what? I continue to go to classes - politics, philosophy, economics etc... and to volunteer with clubs on campus to ensure that sustainability-minded-thinking is present in all aspects of my university.
After that? I finish my political science degree, and go on to a masters program to (hopefully) make my way into the political field to help work towards the real changes that I want to see.
And sure, maybe have a beer or two every once in a while ;)
loughtog 1 year ago
Morons.
HenryOrientJnr 1 year ago
@HenryOrientJnr May i ask why you label these people as morons? They are supporting a good cause and this is a very effective way to do it.
IIIGavinJohnsonIII 1 year ago
@IIIGavinJohnsonIII Because I don't think it is a good cause. I think it is a waste of time. If they really cared about carbon dioxide they would be protesting in favour of nuclear power. I think this is a particularly stupid and frivolous way to demonstrate on behalf of anything. It immediately turns sensible people off of whatever 'cause' you espouse.
HenryOrientJnr 1 year ago
@HenryOrientJnr Your argument only makes sense if we assume that all Nuclear Power facilities operate using only very high quality uranium ores. Otherwise, the accumulated expenditure of CO2 derived from fossil fuels over a full nuclear life cycle is equal to that produced by equivalent gas-fired power stations. The idea that nuclear emits less greenhouse gases has been challenged in recent academic works, so I don't believe it appropriate to advocate without fully understanding its impact.
Dzakku 1 year ago
@Dzakku Well, I have to admit. This is a new argument I haven't heard yet. Colour me skeptical though. Are you talking about the energy expended in digging up and refining the raw uranium to U235? If so, are you comparing the complete energy use involved in other forms of power generation too? Did you consider breeder reactors, which produce more fuel than they use?
However, at least you are addressing the issue intelligently, so I suppose we are making progress.
HenryOrientJnr 1 year ago
SERIOUSLY! THAT TAKES A LOT OF GUTS! Thanks for doing this! I hope this vid goes viral :)
numuves 1 year ago 2
YOU GUYS ARE SO AWESOME!!!! Stand up for democracy and Bill C-311 the Climate Change Accountability Act!!!! Send a message to your leaders now!
Thanks to everyone for joining in :)
IzzaeH 1 year ago
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so awesome!!!
i should have been there
natedove31 1 year ago
so awesome!!!
i should have been there
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natedove31 1 year ago
Fabulous! This is what we need, all across this country, groups of people standing up and speaking the truth about climate change and the anti-democratic move by the Conservative Senators who killed Bill C311, the climate accountability act. Thanks for leading the way!
350orbust 1 year ago 4
mad props to getting Brenda Whiteside out.
FreedomFodder 1 year ago
Love the video, always great to see people having fun in support of a good cause! :)
greengeek14 1 year ago 2
love this videeeo! everyone who participated was soo awesome! thanks guys!
Ysu1314 1 year ago
@Ysu1314 t Thanks for organizing it,...it was a great experience,..Murad, here :D
BhattisexyJanan 1 year ago
@BhattisexyJanan
Please study the things you are protesting. Climate change is NOT man made. Please stop listening to AL Gore...
ottawafro 1 year ago
@alexkickscan.
Look beneath ''watch?v=2o2AapO6rK8'' (your/whoever's video), and look at the comments that people made. (Carteret Islands)
Your claims have ZERO proof.
Wristbuster 1 year ago
IZZY TOO!
Peter1983zzz 1 year ago
Hil you are my hero!
Peter1983zzz 1 year ago