Professor John Anthony Allan, Terry* Salutes You!
The Sotckholm Water Prize, often considered the ‘Nobel Prize” of the environmental sciences, was awarded to Professor John Anthony Allan this year for his innovative “Virtual…
Read articleSome slides from Sheila’s Talk.
Since the slideshow at Sheila’s talk really didn’t deliver because of technical reasons, I asked her after the talk if it was o.k. to show off…
Read articleSuburbia sucks. (TEDtalks: James Howard Kunstler: The tragedy of suburbia)
I’m sort of putting the finishing touches to tomorrow’s GMO lecture in ASIC200, but before I move on from the land of sustainability, here is a…
Read articlePondering the Residence Time of Supermarket Green Peppers – or – On The Similarities Between Environmental Chemistry, Yuppies, and Jim Henson’s Fragglerock
This weekend, like every weekend, I ran out of food to eat in my apartment. I only buy enough groceries to make as many lunches and…
Read articleThe Greatest Technological Challenges of the Next 50 Years
A group of scientists, entrepreneurs, and futurologists (yea, its a real word) presented the greatest technological challenges they foresee in the coming half century to the…
Read articleThis I believe. Words from Sheila Watt-Cloutier
O.K. if you happen to be a UBCer, then please do check out our next speaker, Sheila Watt-Cloutier who will be in Vancouver on February 29th.…
Read articleEisbär Flocke
(WARNING: the images below may cause excessive repetition “awwwww”and “OMG”. Not suggested for the faint of heart.) The Germans are a cool bunch. A friend of…
Read articleHidden Costs of An Oil Economy
UBC has canceled classes in the Biological Sciences Building after receiving another campus wide threat. Faculty, staff, and graduate students that work in the building were…
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China, India, Nigeria: “We Don’t Want Your Electronic Garbage”
By Dave Semeniuk,
Recently, I stumbled across a number of interesting articles concerning the growing export of electronic waste (and all the accompanying nastiness) to the third world. A…
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