Mix it up in 2012
It’s the first week of the year, first week of the term… A time of reflection and projection. A time to mix things up and try…
Read articleHow We Sustain: UBC’s John Robinson
I dug up this image from Word and I set out to look at it from a few different perspectives. I saw… an underused piece of…
Read articleShow us your Sustainable Gingerbread Houses! #sustainablegingerbreadhouse
A few years back, our blogger Dave Semeniuk asked folks to think a little bit differently when it came to the time honoured tradition of making…
Read articleThe Terry Global Speakers Series Presents: Bill McKibben
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- The Terry Global Speakers Series Presents Bill McKibben: Notes on the Climate Fight In partnership with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, The Alma Mater…
Read articleEven preschoolers know how to save the Earth
Image courtesy Georgia, of http://www.chrisroberson.net With World Water Day and Earth Hour both happening this week, I’ve been reflecting on the personal actions I’ve made towards cutting down…
Read articleTwice in Venice
The idea of this story came to me when I was traveling in one of the most beautiful places in the world knowing that one day…
Read articleISES 2011: The Evolving Energy Ecosystem
Our friends at the UBC Sustainability Initiative recently let us know about ISES 2011, an event that is bound to interest many of our readers. The…
Read articleRebecca Gu – Conservation Challenges in Development.
Name: Rebecca Gu Talk Title: “Conservation Challenges in Development.” Notes: Sauder School of Business; Topic: Environmentalism was a movement that was largely born out of the…
Read articleSustainable Super Heros?!
A fun article by my friend, Chris Keam, published over at Tyee. But while the heroes of Hollywood’s cinematic comic strips may save the world on…
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St. Matthew’s Island
By Sarah Andersen,
Working in a microbiology lab, I’ve seen my fair share of bacterial growth curves. They all follow the same pattern: a lag phase or period of…
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