Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Vidéo de promotion aux activités physiques à l'Ecole des Bâtisseurs
http://ecole.district1.nbed.nb.ca/ecole-des-batisseurs/2011/12/09/jme-sens-bien/
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
L'hymne national canadien
Les textes sont différents selon la langue, mais la version française ne ferait pas mauvaise figure à l'époque des croisades.
Pauvre monde.
Pauvre monde.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Taeyon's take on Occupy
Published by the NB Media Coop
Why I went to Occupy Fredericton
“Knowing what is enough is true wealth.” The Tao Te Ching
As we prepared to head out to Occupy Fredericton’s rally, I asked my 9-year-old if he understood what the whole occupation movement was about. Nope.
Ok. I drew a circle and shaded in a small segment. “Oh!” He looked excited. He’d seen this before in his math class, and before I could explain, he said, “I know, I know, it’s a pie!”
Yes. Ok. Imagine you’re at a birthday party and there are ten kids. One kid gets this whole big piece, and the rest of the nine kids have to split what’s left. Is that fair? He looked offended, “No way.”
Any kid can understand this. We take so much pains to nurture sharing and fairness in our children. But then, when we send them off into the big wide world, suddenly they’re confronted with a system where sharing is suspect and fairness is naive. If you want to get ahead and “succeed” in this system, otherwise known as capitalism, then you’d better unlearn the values you learned as a child.
But in that birthday cake scenario, our family would probably have gotten a pretty decent piece of that cake, though not as much as that 1% kid. We would probably have enough. Because within the 99%, some of us are still better off than others, some of us still have a job, a home, and a decent income. So if we’re doing so well, why did I go to the Occupy Fredericton rally?
Call me naive and my motives suspect, but I still hold to those values I grew up with as a child: sharing and fairness. Only now, as an adult, I call them equity and justice. Any movement for justice must rely on more than self-interest. It must tap into the conscience of those who are not directly suffering to recognize that we cannot live a moral life while others suffer because of us.
For years, we didn’t see how people in other parts of the world suffered at our expense. Because of our foreign policies fashioned by multinational corporations, because of our insatiable desire for cheap consumer goods, because of our careless destruction of the environment and overuse of natural resources, because of our banks and financial institutions that impoverished entire nations.
But capitalism must always grow. So now that the third world has been sucked dry, the system is coming home to do the same to us. We’re only beginning to see what others in the rest of the world have experienced for years: the amassing of wealth among the few at the top, the dismantling of social programs and the impoverishment of the masses.
Now that we are the ones suffering, we finally realize what this system does to people.
Most importantly, our system is driving us all towards ultimate annihilation. As far as capitalism is concerned, everything, including our air, our water, our natural world, is a commodity from which to make money. As long as money can be made, be it from drilling for oil or fracking for gas, the consequences don’t matter. Even if it means making it impossible for the earth to sustain life.
This is how New Brunswick’s ongoing struggle against shale gas connects with the Occupy movement. We took our anti-fracking signs with us, as did others. Some people found that confusing. It may look like the message of the movement is unfocused and too diverse, but that’s because today’s attacks on the environment, labour rights, education, social security, democracy, peace, etc. can all be traced back to our capitalist system.
This movement is urgent. It is no less than a matter of life and death, for our species and for all life on earth. Chances are, you are part of the 99%. Join us.
Why I went to Occupy Fredericton
“Knowing what is enough is true wealth.” The Tao Te Ching
As we prepared to head out to Occupy Fredericton’s rally, I asked my 9-year-old if he understood what the whole occupation movement was about. Nope.
Ok. I drew a circle and shaded in a small segment. “Oh!” He looked excited. He’d seen this before in his math class, and before I could explain, he said, “I know, I know, it’s a pie!”
Yes. Ok. Imagine you’re at a birthday party and there are ten kids. One kid gets this whole big piece, and the rest of the nine kids have to split what’s left. Is that fair? He looked offended, “No way.”
Any kid can understand this. We take so much pains to nurture sharing and fairness in our children. But then, when we send them off into the big wide world, suddenly they’re confronted with a system where sharing is suspect and fairness is naive. If you want to get ahead and “succeed” in this system, otherwise known as capitalism, then you’d better unlearn the values you learned as a child.
But in that birthday cake scenario, our family would probably have gotten a pretty decent piece of that cake, though not as much as that 1% kid. We would probably have enough. Because within the 99%, some of us are still better off than others, some of us still have a job, a home, and a decent income. So if we’re doing so well, why did I go to the Occupy Fredericton rally?
Call me naive and my motives suspect, but I still hold to those values I grew up with as a child: sharing and fairness. Only now, as an adult, I call them equity and justice. Any movement for justice must rely on more than self-interest. It must tap into the conscience of those who are not directly suffering to recognize that we cannot live a moral life while others suffer because of us.
For years, we didn’t see how people in other parts of the world suffered at our expense. Because of our foreign policies fashioned by multinational corporations, because of our insatiable desire for cheap consumer goods, because of our careless destruction of the environment and overuse of natural resources, because of our banks and financial institutions that impoverished entire nations.
But capitalism must always grow. So now that the third world has been sucked dry, the system is coming home to do the same to us. We’re only beginning to see what others in the rest of the world have experienced for years: the amassing of wealth among the few at the top, the dismantling of social programs and the impoverishment of the masses.
Now that we are the ones suffering, we finally realize what this system does to people.
Most importantly, our system is driving us all towards ultimate annihilation. As far as capitalism is concerned, everything, including our air, our water, our natural world, is a commodity from which to make money. As long as money can be made, be it from drilling for oil or fracking for gas, the consequences don’t matter. Even if it means making it impossible for the earth to sustain life.
This is how New Brunswick’s ongoing struggle against shale gas connects with the Occupy movement. We took our anti-fracking signs with us, as did others. Some people found that confusing. It may look like the message of the movement is unfocused and too diverse, but that’s because today’s attacks on the environment, labour rights, education, social security, democracy, peace, etc. can all be traced back to our capitalist system.
This movement is urgent. It is no less than a matter of life and death, for our species and for all life on earth. Chances are, you are part of the 99%. Join us.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
La logique de Tristan
"Je déteste le gaz de schiste parce que je dois aller manifester contre."
"I wish shale gas didn't exist so that I wouldn't have to go protest against it."
"I wish shale gas didn't exist so that I wouldn't have to go protest against it."
Monday, October 10, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Non au gaz de schiste
Tristan et moi sommes allés à une manifestation contre l'exploitation du gaz de schiste au N-B ce samedi à Moncton. Le gouvernement conservateur Alward fait le gros dos et pense pouvoir laisser passer l'orage. Beaucoup de gens ici ne veulent pas de cette industrie minière, mais c'est une drôle de démocratie dans laquelle on vit. Les partis politiques sont des paragons de moralité et les protecteurs des intérêts publics tant qu'ils sont dans l'opposition et dès qu'ils sont au pouvoir, tous ces beaux discours s'envolent et leurs politiques changent allègrement de côté.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Pêcher près de chez nous
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Nice small pools upstream:
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Cains River, after the Harvest and Jazz Festival Rains:
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McBean Brook
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Kaine Creek
Fisher Brook (just 500m, but brook trouts)
Next to the Marysville Bypass - anything there?
NW Fredericton
Monday, August 8, 2011
Tristan est un dessinateur passionné
A notre retour de camping, Tristan s'est jeté sur son matériel de dessin et nous ne l'avons plus entendu pendant deux heures.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Park de New River Beach
Les services de traduction sont gracieusement offerts par Traduxions Cornedebeef.
Pour business, contacté M. Michel Becherelle, a 56 main chaussee, New River Beach, NB
Tel: 506-546-6897 ou 911
Pour business, contacté M. Michel Becherelle, a 56 main chaussee, New River Beach, NB
Tel: 506-546-6897 ou 911
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Non au gaz de schiste - No Shale Gas
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| Link to the NB Media Coop article |
Environ 1500 personnes de tout âge, de toutes les régions du NB, de toutes classes sociales étaient descendues dans les rues de Fredericton pour certifier au gouvernement qu'ils refusaient l'exploitation du gaz de schiste ici. Le sujet n'est plus obscure dans beaucoup de familles. Après tout, ce qui rassemble toutes les personnes inquiètes est tout simplement la volonté de conserver notre eau propre.
Est-ce trop demander?
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Retenue au Canada
Elise a été incapable de quitter le Canada et la voilà fugitive, vivant de mûres et de limaces grillées dans les forêts d'Irving. Heureusement qu'elle a suivi l'entraînement de survie des guides en Belgique: ce n'est pas par la faim qu'on parviendra à la faire revenir. Elle projette déjà de se composer un stock de tomates et de champignons; elle a repéré une ferme où elle pourra se servir d'oeufs et de lait quotidiennement; elle pêchera, videra et cuira les achigans à petite bouche qui pullulent dans le fleuve Saint-Jean. Bref, ça pourrait finalement tourner en voyage gastronomique pour notre aventurière si elle arrive à trouver des épis de maïs et de la vinaigrette pour ses salades.
Tout ça pour dire qu'à deux poils près, Elise restait chez nous. Arrivée à l'enregistrement des bagages à l'aéroport de Fredericton, elle ne retrouve pas son passeport. On regarde autour de nous pour identifier un quelconque pick-pocket, mais il n'y a personne à 20 mètres à la ronde à l'exception de la dame derrière le guichet qui nous fait un grand sourire. C'est un peu le stress, mais tout est bien qui finit bien quand elle ouvre sa valise et quand, à trois, nous parvenons à soulever la batterie de son ordinateur. Son passeport est bien là, écrasé en-dessous. Ouf!
A l'heure où je rédige ceci, elle est probablement au-dessus de l'Atlantique, rêvant de ses copains les maringuoins acadiens. Ils garderont d'elle un excellent souvenir.
Nous aussi d'ailleurs.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Preuve que la glace au chocolat ne vaut rien pour les enfants
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| si doux, si délicieux |
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| les conséquences peuvent être terrifiantes |
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Vacances!
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| Tchou tchou avec le train de parrain |
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| Achève ta soupe! |
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| Ho Ho Ha Ha Ha... |
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| 1, 2, 3, piano |
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| Regardez quand il est passé. |
Monday, July 4, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
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