The Arctic Playground – Shouldn’t we do our homework before we start playing?
For some a voyage through the Canadian Arctic may be one of the most exciting and thrilling adventures one could dream of: indeed, hundreds of kilometres…
Read articleOcean fertilization as a climate mitigation strategy…is it worth the risks?
The Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences is hosting a sort of “open dialogue” with Adrian Machetti (UW) next Thursday, Nov 6. This seminar format is…
Read articleSince we’re on the topic of voting for the environment – here is a handy dandy flowchart for you to use.
I’ve got a pin-up published at the Science Creative Quarterly today. At its heart, this flowchart is really a comparison of the carbon tax, cap and…
Read articleVisualizing Climate Change – Live Blogging UBC Climate Change Symposia
More from the Panel on Accelerating Solutions to Climate Change 11:40am – Dr. Stephen Sheppard talked about using visuals and community engagement to increase awareness of…
Read articleMore Live Blogging from UBC Climate Change Symposia – Geothermal Energy
From the Panel on Accelerating Solutions to Climate Change 11:20am – Dr. John Meech – Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions using Geothermal Energy Systems. What are Geothermal…
Read article(Drum roll please…) Introducing the Climate Action Symposium
This definitely looks like it’s worth checking out (it also has one of my favourite words, “symposium” to boot). Basically, the UBC Sustainability Office and the…
Read articleUpcoming UBC Talk: Carbon Storage
Wed Sep 17 12:00 PM Venue: Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory, Room 120, 2202 Main Mall Mike Celia, Professor of Civil Engineering, Princeton University Title: Geological Storage…
Read articleEmbrace \ Assault Your Senses
The Assault (My walk through the construction site on South Campus) Flat beds rattling, brakes squealing, and the hum of the lawn mower. An echo of…
Read articlePope on the environment: ‘Insatiable consumption’ threatening the Earth
Back in March, the Vatican issued a new set of 7 sins for Catholics to adhere to. Included among them was environmental pollution. Well, the Pope…
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Cycling for Everyone
By Joanne Fox,
The City Program at Simon Fraser University is presenting this free public talk by Dr. John Pucher of Rutgers University. Cycling for Everyone: Lessons for Vancouver…
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