by Rob Cottingham | Apr 16, 2007 | Communicating, Environment, Politics
There’s a white flag flying in Ottawa: The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, today apologized to Ecotrust Canada for any inconvenience that may have ensued since the launch of the $1.5 billion Canada ecoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change.... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 14, 2007 | Environment, Non-profits, Online Community, Technology, Vancouver
The 30 Days of Sustainability 2007 site has gone live (and if a few of us at Social Signal look a little more relaxed today than we have for the last week, that’s a big reason)… and with it, a new initiative from the ever-inventive 30 Days folks.... by Rob Cottingham | Apr 11, 2007 | Media Mix, Politics
Listened to Terry Donnelly’s CBC report on the impending Basi/Virk trial on the way home tonight. (No web link – it doesn’t appear to be on their site.) It was a perfectly respectable piece, except it seemed to be missing a certain je ne sais... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 30, 2007 | Politics
I just read about this, and can’t believe it: Carmel Belanger, one of the brightest lights of any campaign I’ve ever worked on, has passed away. She worked with the federal NDP for 25 years, and never failed to rise to every occasion – from dire news... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 25, 2007 | Politics, Technology
This is a year old, but it’s still very, very cool. The campaign is called “Irrepressible.info – an effort by Amnesty International to draw attention to the way too many governments are censoring the Internet, and punishing those who use it to speak... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 22, 2007 | Communicating, Non-profits, Politics
I’m stunned: IMPACS, the Institute for Media Policy and Civil Society, announced yesterday that it’s declaring bankruptcy. And it’s pointing a finger at the Harper government’s budget cuts last year. IMPACS is – was – a provider of...