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Downeast Soap Refilling Station at Riverview Country Market
We were very happy to see, on a visit this afternoon, that Riverview Country Market is now selling Downeast soap products–laundry soap, dish soap, and hand & body wash–in bulk for filling your own...
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The Making of the "Where to Vote Green" Tool
After I built the Find your Green Candidate tool a couple of weeks ago, the next step was to expand this into a full-fledged Where to Vote Green tool (or, if you prefer, Où voter Vert).From building...
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Light Pollution Map of PEI
This interactive light pollution map is a visual proxy for human development and electrification; here’s a screen shot of Prince Edward Island’s light pollution:Link via Dense Discovery № 32.Light...
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The People Who Set Up The Chairs is Us
Giving up Sunday morning waffles is, in our family, the greatest sacrifice; I have gone as far as rearranging air tickets so as to ensure my Sunday morning waffle-making availability.But this Sunday...
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The Cove at High Tide
I ran into Jo Dee Samuelson in Summerside on Monday night and she mentioned that she’s been producing comics for the Green Party; I hadn’t seen any of them because the only place they “run” is on...
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A Pile of Peter Bevan-Baker
The output for tonight from our family campaign button making efforts.Green Party | Peter Bevan-Baker
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Even the Soap is Green
I was washing my hands late last night at Green HQ, and found a bar of soap beside the sink:When I turned the light off to leave, I noticed that the soap was glowing green:Apparently there is so much...
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The Guardianreports that reporter Nigel Armstrong died last night.Although I didn’t know Nigel well, our paths crossed many times over the years on matters journalistic, especially when Nigel became...
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My friend Perry Williams made quick and masterful work on the video he shot and directed on Sunday for the Green Party.If you look carefully in the aerial shot you should be able to make out me, Oliver...
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Lesson № 37: Sleeplessness
The lower-left panel of today’s Green is Green by Jo Dee Samuelson has about as brilliant a visual encapsulation of the electoral cacophony of this week as I’ve seen.Green Party | Jo Dee Samuelson
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The 1966 election in Prince Edward Island was one of the most fascinating in Island history; as Marlene-Russell Clark wrote in Canada’s Smallest Province:This curious and unique situation sprung from...
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In a very special episode of Pondercast, Laurie Brown interviews Icelandic musician Ólafur Arnalds, bringing two of my favourite people together.During their chat, Arnalds describes an Icelandic word,...
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Josh Underhay
(P.E.I. Green candidate, son die in canoeing accident days before election)Josh Underhay | Green Party | Prince Edward Island
View ArticleEaster Fires and Air Quality
My friend Ton writes about the air quality impact of Easter Fires.Easter Fires!? I’d never heard of this tradition.
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C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed:No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the restlessness, the...
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Party Websites on Election Day
I took screen shots of the four political party websites this morning–polling day–for posterity.Prince Edward Island | Election | Websites | Political Parties
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Happy Green Voters
Karla Bernard is our new Green MLA for District 12. We are very, very happy.
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Turn PEI Election Results into Machine-Readable Data
Elections PEI published results of yesterday’s provincial general election as a collection of HTML tables, which are not well-suited when you’re looking for machine-readable data to do interesting...
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