Money CAN buy you happiness after all….damn.
from this NYT article There’s a neat article in the NYT covering the Easterman paradox – or why wealth isn’t associated happiness (that is, apparently now).…
Read articleRepentence, Girl Guides, and Student Activism
Something funny happened this weekend. On Friday Dave, Allen, and Terry* were relaxing on top of the knoll, spreading the good word on sustainability et al. …
Read articleGreenwashing – Capitalizing Off of Green Living Trends?
The Ottawa Sun has an interesting tidbit on “Greenwashing”, or “the false or misleading practice of advertising green but operating dirt.” It isn’t surprising that this…
Read articleDas Rad – Rockmen On The Evolution of Humans
This is a cute short animation, nominated for an Oscar (and winner of 8 other international awards) in 2003: The short follows the conversation between two…
Read articleBack to the Food: making pasta the really, really hard way.
i bet dr. brown knew how to make pasta I think the booming “eat local, organic food” mantra ultimately boils down neither to stemming fossil fuel…
Read articleVancity Becomes North America’s First Carbon Neutral Bank
Something from the ol’ CTV: Vancity credit union is the first North American financial institution to become carbon neutral, it announced on Wednesday, after it voluntarily…
Read articleOh, Pieing is So On.
Look at that mug – it deserves to be pied I just want to remind everyone (see here) that this Friday (April 11) between 11am-1pm, you…
Read articleCar Adverts Throw Chemistry Wayside
file this under “-1 for nomenclature” Has anyone else noticed these Yaris ads busing around Vancouver? This morning, I saw them plastered across two consecutive buses…
Read articleThis Was in Nature News, So It Has Got to be True!
file this with, “I should have known but refuse to believe” Researchers from the University of Jerusalem claim to have found a gene associated with dictatorial…
Read articleUndergraduate Science Researchers – Here’s Your Chance to Present Your Work to a National Audience
I don’t think this has received enough attention, so here goes. The first Rising Stars of Research poster competition, a national undergraduate research symposium, is being…
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