This Snow Globe has a Coal Plant and Emits Smog.
Called No Globe and also for sale at a price of £2000: “No Globes Mixed media snow globe H20 x W20 x D20cm The single greatest…
Read articleGarbaged plastic bottles repurposed for environmental art’s sake #coolfishsculpture
“As part of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) an enormous outdoor installation of fish was constructed using discarded plastic bottles on Botafogo beach in…
Read articleStyrofoam cup cloud #whoa
A picture I’m sure I can use if I want to talk about consumerism, waste, and our climate. Plus, whoa… By Tara Donovan via My Modern…
Read articleAngry Bergs: a kid’s video game where you try to melt those pesky icebergs to save your oil drill.
This is part of a larger site found at arcticready.com, and it is pretty clever. In other words, it’s an environmental campaign simed to draw attention…
Read articleI WANT this book! The Golden Book of Biology illustrated by Charley Harper.
Alas, out of print and (for obvious reasons) a collector’s item. (Click on the images for larger versions) Pictures by Charley Harper.
Read article“Have we always had a whale?”
Sometimes I feel like a tourist in my own city. Aside from the usual places (the aquarium, Granville Island, Gastown, etc), Vancouver has many other sites…
Read articleMix 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 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 articleClimate Change “Inconsistent with current Agency policy” -or- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Geoengineering
From Nature News Blog: After raising various objections, Anderson says, the TCEQ recently moved to delete references to rising sea levels — regardless of cause —…
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SENSibility: O Sole Rio
By Allen Sens,
Vancouver, 28 June, 2012. The Rio+20 conference has come and gone, and it is time to engage in punditry. As the dust settles over yet another…
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