By far the one of the best experiences I’ve ever been a part of was attending the 2nd Annual Clinton Global Initiative University Conference in Austin, TX last year.
If you are a student bent on making a positive difference in the world then this is the place to get your [...]
From Copenhagen:
“The diplomatic snub was obvious and brutal, as was the practical implication: several times during the session, the world’s most powerful heads of state were forced to wait around as the Chinese delegate went off to make telephone calls to his “superiors”…
…I am certain that had the Chinese not been in the [...]
The second edition of my random posts. As expected from something that emerges five days before Christmas, it can be seen as somewhat holiday related. As might be expected from my posts, it’s random. And as expected from terry*, it’s a musing on issues that hopefully has relevance for you, the reader. Here are [...]
When the CBC asked whether the success of the climate talks [currently undergoing at Copenhagen] would depend on the ability of China and the United States to come to an agreement, I watched Kenya’s environmental minster reply, “That is bullshit.”
I think he summed up the conference quite succinctly.
Wow, the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (or DTES NH) is hosting the 2nd annual ‘Splendour in the Night’ on Monday Dec 21st. Proper details and more info about the event below, but they’re looking for volunteers. It sounds like a wonderful way to support a beautiful event. Do contact them for more information.
What is [...]
Oh! I have the most delightful, wonderful, amazing, pick a superlative and I’m sure it’ll fit, news. Greg Mortenson is coming to visit in January 2010! If you’re not familar with the name, allow me to jog your memory. He’s the author of “Three Cups of Tea” a book about his work to build schools [...]
Did you know that our very own Liz Ferris is blogging from Copenhagen? Six UBC students are in Copenhagen at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. In light of this “damn clever” stunt pulled in Copenhagen today, it might be interesting to get perspective from Liz.
Liz is posting her daily updates here:
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Well, it’s been about four weeks since I signed up for a personal account on twitter (you can follow me here if you’re interested – my handle is @dnghub), and threw out my first “tweet.”
Since then, I’ve found myself fully immersed in the web tool, and feel like I [...]
For those of you who haven’t finalized your schedules for next term, I’ve found a couple fantastic courses that will engage the Terryness inside of you!
Lately I’ve been wondering if everything going on in the world of climate change has been done just for the benefit of ASIC 200, a course I co-teach which goes into the heady arena of climate politics. It’s like you can’t make this stuff up.
Just hot off the presses at the Guardian [...]
The Conspiracy of the Century! … or maybe not.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks (or buried in textbooks, as the case might more likely be), you’ve probably heard about a the case of a group of hackers stealing and releasing emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit. This has kicked off a ludicrous [...]
Fatou says:
Vancouver and UBC in particular has been my home for the past four years. The comfort of knowing each building, been in socially aware student organizations and participating in inspiring dialogue make for the plethora of things I miss since my move to Montreal. New yet again in a different city, i came [...]
Well this is a little sad. Americans waste approximately 40% of the food they produce.
Courtesy of this paper at the Public Library of Science. This is pretty bad.
Basically, the authors attempt to quantify food waste by calculating global food production to the US versus average caloric intake by the American public. And astonishly, that type of calculation will result in a figure that suggests that, “US per [...]
Greetings Terry readers! I have so much to tell you about the last little while. But firstly, I haven’t properly posted for ages because I’ve been off celebrating Eid, and it would probably be useful to talk about that a bit. (Did you know one in every four people [...]
So, the other day on television, I caught a rather nice rendition of Lennon’s “Imagine.” It was during an episode of Glee, which is newish show that has a lot of musical theatre elements (it’s a favourite of my wife’s).
Anyway, this episode had a plot that focused around the highschool glee club (of [...]
Opportunity: WorldMUN is Hiring!
Hey guys, I have an exciting opportunity to announce.
This spring, UBC will submit a bid to host the Harvard World Model United Nations Conference in Vancouver in 2011. ‘WorldMUN’ is the largest, most prestigious collegiate Model UN conference on the planet, annually bringing together more than 1800 delegates from around the world [...]
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Oh Conferences, How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways. (Tales about Opening Doors to New Ideas)
Put the kettle on and get comfortable terry* readers, its story time! This first episode is about memorable moments from UBC Student Leadership Conferences of old. (This is a first try, so the audio quality is variable, but hopefully will improve in episodes to come)
Download Episode One of TeaTimeTales Here.