How 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 articleWorld AIDS Day
Hi everyone, First post in a while! It’s been a hectic few weeks, but I must say it’s good to be back. It’s hard to believe…
Read articleSubmit Undergrad papers to the Journal of International Affairs
Are you a UBC undergraduate who has written a paper about some international political issue? Why not have it submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. Details here:…
Read articleQ&A with SCIE113
Recently, Allen and I gave a talk to students in SCIE113. Basically, it was about the value of looking at both the scientific and humanities perspective…
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 articleToby
An introduction is in order. First, though, a personal TV hero (are those allowed?) He’s perhaps a familiar face to those who watch The West Wing, a…
Read articleCute Cats and the Arab Spring
I really love cute animal videos. Pugs, sloths, lemurs, and my personal favourite, the capybara… That is a mother and baby capybara. They are 100 lbs…
Read articleA Q&A with Bill McKibben, and Occupy Vancouver
This year’s first Terry Global Speakers Series speaker, Bill McKibben, will be visiting Occupy Vancouver with Gordon Katic and Sam Fenn of The Terry Project Podcast,…
Read articleNumb to the Numbers
Research is simply not enough. Although R&D is the root of discovery and innovation, it in and of itself does not exact the change we want…
Read articleTEDxVancouver in the #ubc house (plus there’s also a livestream you can watch)
Hello all, Just a quick message to let you know that tomorrow is TEDxVancouver. It’s actually happening on campus at the Chan Centre, and unfortunately spots…
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