SENSibility 6: BBC poll on climate change
Is climate change mitigation gaining traction in the minds of people around the world? Maybe it is. According to a BBC poll, a majority of people…
Read articleSENSibility 5: War in Iraq and Afghanistan to cost US $2.4 Trillion by 2017
Ouch! According to a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, the combined cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will reach US$2.4 trillion by 2017.…
Read articleSENSibility 4: Gore’s Film has Nine Errors (But Students can Still Watch It)
A British High Court judge has ruled that Al Gore’s climate film, An Inconvenient Truth, contains nine “scientific errors.” According to Justice Burton, the nine “errors”…
Read articleMichael Ignatieff is coming for a chat!
Well, actually he is coming to give a “talk” but what the heck. Most Canadians know Michael Ignatieff as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Opposition…
Read articleSENSibility 3: Time for an Extinction Clock?
Earlier this month the World Conservation Union identified more than 16,000 species threatened with extinction. Prospects for survival improved for exactly one species on the planet…
Read articleSENSibility 2: Don’t Forget the Garbage
We hear a lot about climate change these days. It is The Big Dark Thought of our time, just as nuclear Armageddon was The Big Dark…
Read articleSENSibility 1: The Sensible Blog
Sensibility (n.) 1. the capacity for physical sensation 2. [often plural] delicate, sensitive awareness or feelings Sensible (adj.) 1. that can cause physical sensation 2. easily…
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SENSibility 7: Like Fish? Only 50 years left
By Allen Sens,
Do you really like fish? I really like fish. I like fish and chips at Go Fish near Granville island. I used to devour sushi (before…
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