Are you a Betty or a Veronica with respect to environmental stewardship?
My daughter recently bought a copy of Archie’s Pals’n’Gals Double Digest (#124), and lo and behold the first story is about the kids from Riverdale thinking…
Read articleWade Davis in the house, Oct 27th, 11am at the Freddy Wood.
Wade Davis is cool. As close to a real life Indiana Jones as you can find. He is a noted author, anthropologist, and has one of…
Read articleScientists: vote for the environment!
120 big names on the Canadian climate change research front (six of whom are at UBC) signed a letter last week urging Canadians to strategically vote for…
Read articleVote for the environment.
Rob says: This is the website I was telling you about the other day: http://www.voteforenvironment.ca/. If the anti-conservative majority of Canadians could collaborate to vote strategically…
Read articleMore Live Blogging from UBC Climate Change Symposia – Geothermal Energy
From the Panel on Accelerating Solutions to Climate Change 11:20am – Dr. John Meech – Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions using Geothermal Energy Systems. What are Geothermal…
Read article(Drum roll please…) Introducing the Climate Action Symposium
This definitely looks like it’s worth checking out (it also has one of my favourite words, “symposium” to boot). Basically, the UBC Sustainability Office and the…
Read articleColour palettes: Smog edition – (do you think Martha Stewart Inc. will come a calling?)
A couple things converging here. Namely, the exterior painting of my home (a nice rustic red colour), and the Beijing Olympic games. As well, you find…
Read articleAsk Me, Ask Me, Ask Me!
You get asked some pretty crazy questions, when you’re wearing an “Ask Me” button. The craziest I got today was, “What should I do with this…
Read articleScience! -or- How I Spent my Summer Vacation
Some of you may have noticed (those of you who care, that is) that I’ve been a little quiet on the Terry* front over the past…
Read articleEmbrace \ Assault Your Senses
The Assault (My walk through the construction site on South Campus) Flat beds rattling, brakes squealing, and the hum of the lawn mower. An echo of…
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