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I’ve had a chance to tour Harbin a little more the last little while, and the one thing I can state is that it is a seriously big city. I guess you get use to hearing about Shanghai and Beijing [...]
(I didn’t actually see this sign, which I got via Shelley, but I put it up because my talk later today will actually break rule number 3.)
Well, I’ve been in China for the better part of three days now, having spent a few hours in Shanghai, and the remainder of my [...]
Detainees? Oh we sorted that out… didn’t we?
There was an interesting article tucked inside an interesting article about Canada’s Contributions the the NATO mission in Afghanistan in todays Globe and Mail.
New timeline for Afghan mission? MacKay now says Ottawa will decide on future of deployment by April
ALAN FREEMAN
From Tuesday’s [...]
Today I had an Islamophobic moment. It started innocently enough. I was sitting at the back of the bus trying quite unsuccessfully to untangle my ipod headphones, and at the end of my row, two ladies were having a conversation about the intricacies of Tom Cruise’s love life. The next thing I knew, Person # [...]
Han Solo and Chewbacca Weigh in on their New Hybrid Millennium Falcon
HS: Well, so far, it seems like it’s a pretty good thing. Me, I’m not too up on the technology, but Chewie is pretty good at that stuff. Right Chewie?
C: Uuuhhhggg. Rrrrggghhh. Hhhgg-aaa. Rrrrn.
HS: Yeah, that’s a good point. Chewie just reminded me that this new system has significantly increased our energy [...]
Superheroes, Lost vegetables and Live Music
When I walked in my first meeting for the Sustainability Fair, I was overwhelmed by the talks of booths, number of tents, fairies, films, exhibitions, tours, parades. I suddendly realized the gargantuous task the folks behind the Fair had in front of them and decided to help. Little did I know that I would commit [...]
If you find yourself on Burnaby Mountain…
Al Gore in Vancouver (although tickets are freaking expensive!)
Just a heads up to those of you who can afford hundreds of dollars to hear Al Gore speak in Vancouver (he’s in town this Saturday). I’m guessing this has something to do with wanting to attract business folk, but still, it seems like a crying shame that normal folks like us are left out [...]
Friends of the Earth v. Canada
Wednesday, Chris Paliare and Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal), on behalf of Friends of the Earth, filed a Notice of Application for Judicial Review to the Federal Court, against the Minister of the Environment, for not complying with s.5 of the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, and asking the court to require that they do. Yeah, we’re [...]
SENSibility 3: Time for an Extinction Clock?
Earlier this month the World Conservation Union identified more than 16,000 species threatened with extinction. Prospects for survival improved for exactly one species on the planet (note to us: it was not humanity). One in three amphibians, one in four mammals, one in eight birds, and 70 percent of plants are believed to be at [...]
A note of encouragement
Dear self,
I see you’ve stalled in your search for both inspiration and the ever-elusive catharsis that continually evades capture by those on the circuitous path to an ‘original intellectual contribution’ (ie. the grimy, pajama-wearing, limbo-inhabiting, exceedingly condescending grad students). All that time away from functioning members of society has made the methodical stacking of one abstruse thought on [...]
Me, plant genomics, and North China.
Well, I’m off to north China next week, although unlike Nigeria, it sounds like I’ll be wired in and still able to contribute to the blog. Specifically, I’m heading to the Northeast Forestry University in Harbin to give a few talks on molecular genomics, particularly in terms of how it can be used [...]
Seven Books
Seven books he knows,
seven books he read.
In my father’s village,
were seven books.
He read em all,
seven times a day,
seven days a week.
One day,
news made its way.
A man in the next town had
another book.
My father journeyed on
[...]
When people hear that I spend two hours each way commuting to UBC from Surrey every day, the most common question is: but why? When the train broke down today, and it took over three hours to get to UBC, I was asking myself the same thing. I made a list to remind myself why [...]
The image of sustainability
In the environmentalist world there are two things that are often spoken about but rarely seen; green is cool and that cities will be the forerunners of green initiatives. Yes more and more will gasp in horror when they see you carelessly throw away some paper in the garbage bin, and a lot of SUV [...]
Did anyone else read Kristian’s post? Apparently I have about 3 months of the single life left, I am being hunted down by a wild (impolite) banana man on a bycicle with a motor that doesn’t work. Well, let me tell you Kristian- if you ever make it to my door there are giant [...]
Africa is a mess and it’s not going to get better any time soon. That’s the awful truth that’s so hard to face — or to state publicly — for those of us who have had a long, intimate relationship with the continent. Mine has lasted for almost forty-five years. But from the very [...]
Some big guns making an appearance at an event at the Chan Centre this coming Friday and Saturday. And best of all, it would appear that it’s free as well. Anyway, here’s the Friday line up, although it also continues through Saturday as well:
Citizenship, Federalism and Nationalism under Scrutiny: Moving toward Multinational Identity
[...]
This blog is being intended to, at the very least, lob rocks of thought over the walls which separate arts and sciences; so perhaps we should begin a discourse on bridge building. Where do the deficiencies lay in our attempts to address the common… what? Issues?
If that is the hurdle we face, then what [...]
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Another Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
After reading Shagufta’s most recent post Islamophobia on the Go , I was reminded of my first reflections on the Muslim world and the Arab world (I am careful here about making a distinction between the two: not all Arab are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arab). In the midst of a [...]