Was This Born of Ingenuity or Necessity?
good thing he’s wearing a helmet Mopeds and street bikes are a common form of transportation for of developing countries – they are cheap to operate,…
Read articleYes, I Want You to Throw Pie in my Face.
Attention ASIC Students: This is it – here’s your chance to exact a cream filled revenge against me, your dutiful TA, while helping the graduate council…
Read articleSkyscrapers that Double as Irrigation Systems – or – This is just freaking cool.
[source; Hat tip – Inhabitat] Since 2003, the eVolo architecture skyscraper competition has brought together students and professionals into an arena of human and environmentally oriented…
Read articleThe 10m Diet – An Update, and a Plea for Your Photos!
So, I have things that grow on my windowsill: It’s been a full week since I began my personal 10m diet – a plan to grow…
Read articleEarth Hour 2008 – How Did Vancouver Fare?
The world kicked off an hour of darkness this weekend to raise global awareness of humanity’s excess energy consumption. The event started off last year as…
Read articleScrap Your Car – Buy A Hybrid…or a bus pass, or a bike.
First off, I had no idea this program existed (perhaps because I don’t drive): The Scrap-It Program is working to improve Lower Mainland air quality by…
Read articleVPL: Pro-China Protesters Support Non-Violence in Tibet
Protesters are at it again this weekend at the Vancouver Public Library. This week, a rather large group (~200) of pro-China protesters gathered at the Northwest…
Read articleMore From the Google Grab Bag – Google Suggests
From the deep, damp dungeons of the Google Laboratories comes “Google Suggest”: Our algorithms use a wide range of information to predict the queries users are…
Read articleSampling from the Bag of Google
Enough of the serious, and onto the unserious – the internet, and stuff: Popularity of net-speak: lol wins! wtf and omg come in at a close…
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Survey Says! American Public Attitudes Towards the Environment
By Dave Semeniuk,
Dr. David M. Konisky from the University of Missouri’s Institute of Public Policy recently released a survey that captures American attitudes towards current environmental issues (pdf…
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