More Confusion on Evolution: The Conservative’s Aren’t Alone
UPDATE: The Globe is holding a poll (link): Do you believe in evolution? The results, as of 12:15pm (Wed): Yes: 52% (18711 votes) No: 46% (16608…
Read articleVisualizing Your Carbon Footprint: A Six Story Compressed Gas Cylinder
I’m not sure why that I have waited this long to calculate my carbon footprint. After inputting my information to the calculator at goBEYOND, it spit…
Read articleYou’re Making Me a Sad Man, Mr. Goodyear
Canada’s science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won’t say if he believes in evolution. “I’m not…
Read articleUBC’s Climate Action Plan
What’s your vision for how UBC can tackle the challenges of climate change on campus? On March 13th, 2008, President Toope, along with BC’s five other…
Read articleUnited Nations (and more global citizens)
A quick addendum to my recent post asking Who are the global citizens? I find it somewhat amusing, but also more than a little appropriate, that…
Read articleIs Iran Evil?
Stephen Harper, Canada’s Prime Minister, thinks so. From the Toronto Star: Speaking to the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board, Harper criticized Iran, which the West accuses…
Read articleWho are the global citizens?
On my Spring Break (sorry, “reading week”) I took a brief trip to Haiti. I recommend the place: it’s a fascinating country, with an astonishing history…
Read articleThis is incredibly disappointing
A NASA satellite designed to track carbon dioxide emissions has landed in the ocean near Antarctica after failing to reach orbit early Tuesday. […] The OCO…
Read articleWho believes in interdisciplinarity?
We are frequently encouraged to be interdisciplinary. Indeed, UBC now has an entire college devoted to interdisciplinarity, established by an injunction from UBC’s Senate and Board…
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Perry Bible Fellowship, Meet Evolution
By Dave Semeniuk,
If you haven’t read anything from the The Perry Bible Fellowship, then it’s about time you did: (click image for larger version) PBF is a bizarre…
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