Amidst whipping cream and pumpkin pies, sugar induced comas, and being stranded on boxing day, you may have forgotten about BFAC2008. If this rings a bell, you still have 2 days to construct a delectable gingerbread house that is as sweet as it is sustainable.
Contest closes midnight PST, December 31.
To get everyone ramped up for BFAC2008 over the Christmas holidays, I thought I’d post photos of the gingerbread house I helped create this past weekend. It might have been the snowstorm in Vancouver this weekend, or joyfully watching inept drivers slide down the hill on Thurlow street, crashing into parked cars, incoming traffic, and even [...]
If you’re in Vancouver this week, and you picked up a copy of the Westender, you might have come across this article:
That’s right, BFAC is finally in print! And I mean real, held in your hand, fly swatting, make-shift umbrella making, wedge behind the seat and window in front of [...]
Coming on the heels of exams, this seems particularly relevant.
As a biochem student, I think it’s very interesting to consider the various ways in which we’re beginning to use the knowledge we have about our physiology and genetics to manipulate ourselves. Ways that often give rise to some [...]
Have you ever been walking somewhere, listening to music, and the music totally fit with your mood and the surroundings? Or perhaps the music didn’t fit the situation at all, but the result was unique anyways. Try it sometime: listen to something you don’t normally listen to and go for a walk. Try to imagine [...]
In life, few things leave us lost. Few things rent our optimism and leave us feeling winded. I am writing this in the library. Snatches of conversation reach my ears. The atmosphere is one of anxiety. I can relate to that. Exams. Projects. Assignments. Careers. Environment. It seems as though all we hold dear [...]
Philanthropic Consumption: Starbucks’ (RED) Campaign and What They Should’ve Done
Starbucks has just launched a campaign. Here is a video and paragraph taken directly from the (RED) campaign website.
The much anticipated Starbucks Holiday beverages will turn (RED)™ from November 27 through January 2. Customers’ daily visit to Starbucks can directly help saves lives in Africa. For every purchase of a [...]
Or as Dave S. (creator of this great idea) might say, can we call it BFAC2008?
Anyway, for those of you who have an annual tradition of putting together a gingerbread house, why not do it this year with a sustainability twist?
That’s right! Terry’s own “Bake for a Change” is a [...]
If nature always chooses favourable traits to prevail, and unfavourable kinks to slowly die off, in a few million years, we should all be perfect. Not only will we be experts at survival, but there will be some sort of harmonious utopia of the mind. There will be no conflict; no second-guessing. Suspicion and [...]
I recently watched Dan Gilbert, famed Harvard psychologist, talk about why humans aren’t scared of climate change – it’s an interesting talk, watch it here (Dan has also given a TED talk entitled, “Why are we happy?“).
Watching his talk reminded me of Pearl Jam’s “Evolution” video. It’s a [...]
THE ANATOMY OF HUMAN DESTRUCTIVENESS
SHELDON SOLOMON (VIDEO)
OCTOBER 9th, 2008
“The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness”
(Oct 9, 2008, UBC Frederic Wood Theatre)
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Terror management theory posits that awareness of mortality engenders a potential for paralyzing terror that is assuaged by cultural worldviews: humanly created beliefs shared by individuals to provide a sense they are valuable members of [...]
Apparently, due to an astronomical phenomenon called a conjunction, people in India and Australia saw a smiley face in the sky last night, while those in North America and Europe saw what looked like a frown.
Pretty neat, huh?
Other facts:
A conjunction occurs when two planets and a moon cluster together. The planets [...]
We stand on guard for thee.
Canadian environmental policy is an issue of human rights.
We pride ourselves as defenders of human life, dignity and equity and espouse these ideals internationally. Scratch the surface only slightly and we discover our hypocrisy. Through the inadequate protection of ecological systems that support humanity, we violate the rights of others.
Canadian policies have [...]
Oh, and a shameless plug for a program I’m running. Interfaculty projects are getting talked about a lot these days (check out the IF (Integrated Forum) proposal from the Terry Talks here if you don’t know about it yet). I’m organizing a series of events that give people from all across campus [...]
Welcome to the first December of the rest of your life.
Classes are (sort of) over, and I (almost) have free time! I figure now is a good time to introduce myself. I’m John. I’m in my 4th year (of 5, probably) of a double major in music theory and composition. I spend [...]
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