...Plastic bags that is. I still very much need my debit & credit cards to go grocery shopping.
As you may or may not know, city council has been looking at the possibility of banning plastic bags at store check outs. Now we all know why plastic bags are bad: they don't degrade for hundreds and hundreds of years, except their chemicals photo degrade and leech into the eco system and ultimately our food chain; 4 to 5 trillion bags are used each year filling our landfills and our oceans (and in many places they fill the streets); they require oil to be produced only to be thrown away; all that bad stuff. If you didn't know why plastic bags are bad, now you're up to speed. I'm here to talk about a possible future without plastic bags.
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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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Imagine voting everyday. Terrible thought isn't it? Well I hate to break it to you, but that is exactly what we are doing, except for maybe those lazy Sundays where even rolling out of bed seems like an insurmountable challenge. But before I start thinking about the weekend, I have to finish this article as it's something I've discussed a bunch lately but never put the pen to the page on, er, keyboard to the (web)page. We vote every single day. It's like a federal election every 24 hours, except with higher turnout. Allow me to explain...
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I'm going to do a couple of shameless plugs for a couple of websites that are definitely worthy of your time. You've probably heard of these sites, but if you haven't, I'm here to help spread the word, because they should be common knowledge for every Calgarian.
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So, what is CalgaryUrbanite?
Well, good question. On any given weekday, I often find myself beelining it from the office straight home. I know I'm not the only doing this, because every day I'll be sandwiched in with the thousands of other cars also trying to make their way back home. It's on this daily commute that I usually get thinking, what is this city's culture? I know there's a lot more to this city than just work & profits, oilsands & resource development. Like a lot of people I know, I can find it frustratingly hard sometimes to find the real pulse of the city. But the truth is there's a lot going on in Calgary and lots of great people, and we're hoping to feature a lot of them here. Although we live in the heart of the oil economy, there's lots of us here who care about the environment, care about sustainable living, and care about making our city a better place.
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