Strip Mob 3 - Save Bill C-311

On Nov 24th, 2010, several Guelph students took it off and danced their butts off to draw attention to how the Climate Change Accountability Act was dropped in Senate last week.

The Act would have made government accountable for putting in place the solutions to reduce global warming emissions to safe levels -- in line with targets that leading scientists say are necessary to avoid the devastating consequences of uncontrolled climate change. It was overwhelmingly supported by and passed in the elected House of Commons, thanks in part to the support of Canadians from across the country.

This decision by Conservative senators to avoid debate and call a snap vote shows disrespect for our democracy and for Canadians, who time and again have told our elected representatives that we want the federal government to act on the most serious threat facing our country and the world.

Please call or write the Prime Minister and your Member of Parliament to let them know that we expect them to live up to their responsibility to be accountable to the will of Canadians and our democracy. Consider also sending a letter to your local newspaper to let others know how you feel.

Send a message to your MP here:

http://action.davidsuzuki.org/C-311

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[loughtog]

@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]

@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.

[KotoAzure]

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?

[lovelettertoontario]

doing the mom dance, alriiiightt

[Ibis333]

Thanks. You're giving me hope for the future. Now, please go and vote Harper out!

[BrownFlames]

More nekkid chicks! Less nekkid dudes please! :)

[danbagheri]

Where was I when this was going down :P

[TheEyes629]

@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]

@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]

@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]

@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]

@ilikeutube14

lol, short of killing someone, I don't think I could have thought of one that grabs attention THAT fast ;)