THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

Showing posts with label Austria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austria. Show all posts
2009-03-27

How To Not Close A Trail While Building A Highway Over It – The Vienna Experience

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Another in my Austrian Reflections Series . One of my pet peeves has been the closure of the Queensway pedestrian and bike underpass from th...
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2009-03-26

Trail Drainage In The Vienna Woods

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This is a continuation of my Austrian Reflections Series . These are photos of a trail drainage system used on mountain bike and hiking trai...
2008-12-18

Mountain Biking and Cycling: The Season in Review

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Another season ended a few weeks ago when the roads were covered in white stuff, not snow but a heavy layer of salt that the city felt neces...
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2008-07-22

Austrian Reflections

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We have returned from our Austrian vacation and I hope to post a few commentaries on the vacation and the country in the coming days. But fo...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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