Could We Feed Our City Off the Back 55?
As a UBC’er who lives in Richmond, I drive past the Garden City lands every time I‘m avoiding traffic on No. 3 Road. This 55 Hectare…
Read articleA Local Food Feast
For the first time in my three years living in Vancouver, I was able to return for (American) Thanksgiving to my hometown of Pullman, in southeastern…
Read articleKetchup, Global Warming, and Why I Love Heists.
I am ketchup. I was first produced en masse by the Heinz Company in 1875. They wanted to make bland American food taste more delicious. I…
Read articleWhat’s Your Anthrome? or “If you Can’t Save Them, Name Them After Yourself”
Humanity has greater impact on global environment than “natural” forces Say goodbye to those old cliche, “pristine” environmental biomes embraced by our misguided ecology brethren of…
Read articleMaldives 3: Return from the island paradise
Although it barely made a blip in world news, a conference of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) was held in the Maldives approximately 10…
Read articleUpcoming Seminars…
There are two interesting talks around UBC this week: The first is tomorrow at 4pm in Earth and Ocean Sciences Main Building (directions), Room 330a: John…
Read articleFree Movie Nights by Cinema Politica
Check this out, a student in one of my classes just told me about, Cinema Politica at UBC. Every Wednesday they show a movie at the…
Read articleChina’s Economy – At a Cost
As China’s rapid economic expansion grows, it leaves a legacy of serious environmental degradation. Industrialization and urbanization in the country endured an absence of effective or…
Read articleUnconventional Crude
A few weeks ago, the New Yorker ran an excellent piece called “Unconventional Crude” which focused on Canada’s tar sands. It was written by Elizabeth Kolbert,…
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SENSibility 7: Like Fish? Only 50 years left
By Allen Sens,
Do you really like fish? I really like fish. I like fish and chips at Go Fish near Granville island. I used to devour sushi (before…
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