Sustainability Talks
There are two talks being given in the Earth and Ocean Sciences Colloquium that are worth checking out over the next week: Tue Nov 20 4:00…
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,…
Read articleHow Clean is Your Power?
Have you ever wondered how green your power really is? Ever ask yourself, how many tonnes of CO2 are being emitted every time I switch on…
Read article“Understanding Food Labels You Might Encounter at Whole Foods.” This is funny.
And so topical in light of our speakers coming up. Again from the venerable McSweeney’s. Free Range: Animals raised with a free-range lifestyle have plenty of…
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DEFENDING FOOD FREEDOM
IN A PERIOD OF FOOD FASCISM
DR. VANDANA SHIVA – MARCH 12th, 2007
Quicktime 7 Required “Defending Food Freedom in a Preriod of Food Fascism.” (March 12th, 2007, Chan Shun Concert Hall, Chan Centre) AUDIO | PODCAST | VIDEO…
Read articleTerry speaker series: First up – the authors of “The 100-Mile Diet” (Friday, November 23rd, noon)
Details on obtaining tickets for this event can be found at the top by clicking home. It looks like a lot, but really it’s not (hey,…
Read articleUBC scientist shares in Nobel glow
Just saw this in the Vancouver Sun today, about John Robinson, who has in the past been the lead author of a number of IPCC working…
Read articleGore and the IPCC win the Nobel Peace Prize
IPCC figures rock! It appears that Dr. Sens is also a soothsayer of sorts having posted about Gore yesterday. And if you don’t know what I…
Read articleLandscape vs. Public Space: Homelessness and Vancouver’s Olympic Bid
Vancouver is poised on the brink of World Citydom, and those closest to the Olympic project can almost taste it. David Cobb, senior vice president of…
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Contemplating Humanity’s Carbon Use Efficiency
By Dave Semeniuk,
A Little Science… I’ve spent today thinking about efficiency, namely, iron (Fe) use efficiency by phytoplankton (single celled photosynthetic organisms). Iron is primarily involved in a…
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