Melbourne Greens lead the vote but will lose as Libertarians gang up with Socialists

Skygods vs Earthlings points out that the right wing nature of the socialists in Australia has opened up a "green opportunity" for the Greens there, but the same situation in Nova Scotia has seen local Greens do nothing....

PERCY PARIS blows tourism op while LGBT-friendly whale blows rainbow

The biggest PRIDE WEEK in Atlantic Canada is Halifax's and it turns 25 this year.

By sheer coincidence, a year old amateur video of a NOVA SCOTIA whale blowing a rainbow has suddenly gone viral and is featured in all the big foreign media - outside of Canada and Nova Scotia of course.

Nova Scotia whale blows rainbow for ocean hopes at RIO +20 - video

SVE has reported on a video of a Nova Scotia whale blowing a rainbow - perhaps Michael Marshall thinks, to raise hopes for the oceans at RIO +20 ...enjoy !

Webber finds while Libs bled to NDP in last week of election,Green vote went up

New Brunswick historian and political scientist Patrick Webber who has an abiding interest in the smaller/newer parties of Atlantic Canada (he has an article in the current issue of ACADIENSIS) has done a riding by riding study of the advance polls results a week before the June 2009 election in NS.

He finds, overall, that the Libs bled 10% of their support to NDP between then and election day, while Green vote went UP not down - a total surprise, as tiny parties traditionally lose half their support as polling day approaches.

Looking at it on a riding by riding basis, he found the Liberal loss of support to the NDP, in that last week, moved a few seats to NDP from PCs, so ironically the Liberals got what they felt they badly needed - to come out slightly ahead of PCs to become the Official Opposition.

But being the Third Party in the House never hurt John Hamm in 1999 though....

Hats off to Paul Shreenan the GREEN who keeps on greenin'

Paul Shreenan, the recent Green Party of Canada candidate in the federal riding of Dartmouth Cole Harbour is at it, again.

"It" is being active and public on green oriented issues between elections.

He was on CBC Radio's Maritime Noon a week or so ago - making the point that much of our 'litter' - once defined as that natural stuff that falls off trees on its way to becoming humus and soil, is now redefined 'as the synthetic stuff falling off of patrons eating fast food takeout'.

Another word debased.

A Green talking to real people - not just other Greens ??!!

Don't fall off your chair - it does happen - in other provinces and in other countries.

But rarely in Nova Scotia.

Chris and Mike Milburn - they are active Greens in their community in between elections.

Probably some others - tell me about yourself - prove me wrong - get active !

I need to do the same.

We all do....