Posts from the ‘environment’ category

OCEANIA

Maggie has always envied her sister Tricia’s place of birth. Oceania—how it rolls off the tongue like a wave, how it sounds bigger than anything. She…

Read article

THE BIG ONE: UNDERSTANDING WHY THE BIG EARTHQUAKE IS PREDICTED FOR VANCOUVER

This morning, the front page of the national newspaper reads “BC put on alert for huge quake.” Yet again. So do I hop on a plane…

Read article

The Book of Thwile: A Children’s Book

“Praying to those deities in the sky, Can never account for the chickens that die “Stuffed in small cages with no room to run They squeeze…

Read article

THERE WERE NO CROPS

There were no crops to pick up that day. Despite being in his early twenties, his hands were rough and scarred and his expression hard, almost…

Read article

ROOTS AND WINGS

Last winter was our sleepless recollection through the lanes a breath drawn in and paved over before exhalation came clicking in the frozen leaves a song…

Read article

AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION

The environment is a hot topic these days, with most people being aware of problems pertaining to global warming, air pollution, and/or loss of biodiversity. However,…

Read article

FIRST PERSON TREE F.A.Q. (NEFF MIX) (OR IF TREES COULD TALK)

Q: So, Great Hemlock, you have been in this forest for a while, tell me what it was like back when you were a seedling. A:…

Read article

BIOFUELS AND THE PROSPECT OF CONVERTING PLANT FIBRES INTO GASOLINE USING ENZYMES

Today, there is a significant interest in alternatives to fossil fuels. This has arisen given the increasing public concern over the environment as well as the…

Read article

TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT: FARMED FISH

As a nation we are consumed by the food we eat. We worry about our next meal as soon as we start to feel those tell-tale…

Read article

PLANET U: ALLURE OF THE IVORY TOWER

We’d like to thank Professor M’Gonigle for lending the Terry Project an excerpt from his new book that he co-wrote with Justine Starke, entitled Planet U:…

Read article