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1996-1997 Environmental Articles (while traveling in various parts of North America, including Cuba)

Having Your Car and Eating it, Too

By Tooker Gomberg, Montreal, Canada. Car sharing is a convenient and economical alternative to ownership. Any city dweller would agree: there are too many cars, and we all suffer the consequences. From air pollution to […]

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1996-1997 Environmental Articles (while traveling in various parts of North America, including Cuba)

Camping to Save the World

By Tooker Gomberg, Temagami, Ontario. What a lovely place for a protest camp. “We will do whatever we can to create jobs” I heard federal Finance Minister Paul Martin say the other day on the […]

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1996-1997 Environmental Articles (while traveling in various parts of North America, including Cuba)

High in the Mountains and Wet in the Lakes

By Tooker Gomberg. Glacier, Montana. Cliff hangers, storm water, and Green politics. Cafes are often breeding grounds for strange tales. And here we were, not far from the Alberta border in a Montana cafe, listening […]

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1996-1997 Environmental Articles (while traveling in various parts of North America, including Cuba)

Tilting at Windmills, Not!

By Tooker Gomberg, Pincher Creek, Alberta. Wind as a clean energy source. Everybody talks about the weather. Occasionally I curse it. Frankly, I get a bit uptight trying to pedal when the wind blasts my […]

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1996-1997 Environmental Articles (while traveling in various parts of North America, including Cuba)

Through Wind, Rain, and Mountain Passes

By Tooker Gomberg, Banff, Alberta. Cyclist’s fuel, mountain wildlife, and cool clean water. Never before have I felt self-conscious about my weight. But everybody seems to be commenting: “Quite a load you have there,” or […]

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1996-1997 Environmental Articles (while traveling in various parts of North America, including Cuba)

Riding the Rails to the Rockies

By Tooker Gomberg, Jasper, Alberta. Music, ducks, and late night riding… Yes, we kind of cheated. We didn’t ride our bikes all the way from Edmonton to Jasper. The train helped us out. Then again, […]

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1996-1997 Environmental Articles (while traveling in various parts of North America, including Cuba)

Wedding Bells are Ringing

By Tooker Gomberg, Riverdale, Alberta. The angels smiled on Tooker and Angela’s ceremony. A couple lurked in the bushes – uninvited guests watching the ceremony… It happened on Sunday in Riverdale, out of doors and […]

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1996-1997 Environmental Articles (while traveling in various parts of North America, including Cuba)

Bright Green Stories

By Tooker Gomberg, Edmonton, Alberta. WARNING: This column contains some bad news. (But it’s more than compensated for by some tasty, inspiring morsels!) An introduction to Greenspiration! We’re being bombarded with horror stories. The tube […]

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1996-1997 Environmental Articles (while traveling in various parts of North America, including Cuba)

10 Commandments for Changing the World

By Angela Bischoff and Tooker Gomberg. Some thoughts on activism and how to bring about change. Gleaned from years of effort. Changing the world is a blast. It’s all the more achievable if you have […]