With a name for this article like 'politicians let me down again' this may be an ongoing series, but yes, they have let me down again. Now, I know it's tough for politicians, because they're not typically scientists or environmentalists, they're bureaucrats, and yet their job is to legislate over science and the environment. That's exactly why I'm going to hold their feet to the fire, and why everyone else should too. And honestly, politicans get an easy ride. Sure, we all criticize them, but for every person like me attempting to hold them to a higher standard (in my case, by writing articles on a site they'll probably never read, sigh), there's about ten people who just don't care or follow what they do. So for the most part, they're far too free to make decisions that may or may not lack the common sense from which a decision should be made. The latest bone headed decision from Calgary's city council is seemingly minor, yet to me, that makes it all the more significant. The unnecessary dependency on bottled water has reared it's ugly head again.
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So it’s been 2 months since I’ve returned from an almost 3 year experience in Pakistan and India. So much has changed for me, that even still I find re-adapting to the Canadian culture difficult.
I suppose some of the experiences I had will never leave me, some truths you cannot just sweep under a carpet. Now that I am back in Canada, the hardest part is trying to share those experiences I had in a way that help people understand these truths that I have seen: poverty, exploitation, corruption, dishonesty. I guess this feeling is shared by anyone in the field of sustainability. The question eludes me, while I find myself stuck between a rock and a hard place. The worst of all, for me, is falling on deaf ears to the ones that are supposed to be closest and most beloved to us: our family.
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Often in conversation you may hear comments about growing water shortages, or the fact that bottled water is no better than tap water. Of course both of these are true, however the depth of this situation is far graver than we imagine it to be. What seems to miss the media’s attention is the massive protests that are led in against water giants like Nestle, Coca-Cola, Suez, Vivendi and others. All over the world, water privatization is on the increase, and at what cost?
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So, if you haven't heard of the Beat Niq, it's a jazz club located on 811 - 1 St SW, and without question it's a pretty awesome place to go to. It's nice and cozy. The food is alright (it's attached to the Pic Niq restaurant above), but you're not there for the food. You're there for the music, and it's good, not that I know the first thing about jazz music, but when I've been to the Beat Niq, it's been nothing but enjoyable. So, all's good with the Beat Niq right? Well, there is something that makes me have a love/hate relationship with the place.
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