Its work to preserve the Vancouver Island marmot has landed the Calgary Zoo on a U.S. organization’s top-10 list of … Continue reading Newswire: Calgary Zoo lauded for conservation efforts

Welcome to GreenNews, Environmental Defence’s monthly electronic newsletter featuring updates on our efforts Greening Cities, Protecting People and Saving Species.

Continue reading “GreenNews: The December 2007 edition from Environmental Defence”

The Ministry of Environment has removed one of its biologists from a technical committee because his concerns over fish habitat … Continue reading Newswire: Politics led to dismissal: fisheries critic

CALGARY – December 18, 2007 – Quantum Shift TV announced today the launch of its ‘New Years Eco-reSOLUTIONS’ video contest. … Continue reading What’s Your New Years Eco-reSOLUTION?

The chair of a review panel that rejected plans for a huge quarry in Nova Scotia’s Digby County, in part … Continue reading Newswire: Digby quarry rejection on environmental grounds could set precedent: panel chair

If you develop and trouble-shoot a lot of web sites that use CSS, then there are two Firefox Add-on plug-ins … Continue reading Got the love bug for Firebug (and Web Developer too)

A large energy company and a contractor have been fined $113,000 after pleading guilty to altering trout streams in northern … Continue reading Newswire: Companies fined $113K for endangering B.C. fish streams

High-speed train linking Calgary and Edmonton seen as a silver bullet to cut greenhouse-gas emissions Continue reading Newswire: Rail line could put Alberta on green track, Premier says

A UBC team wants rates that help the environment without hurting the pocketbook. Continue reading Newswire: Idea #3: Make Car Insurance Green and Fair (in News)

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

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Casting a glance is a tribute to the American artist Robert Smithson.
Between May 15, 2005 and January 14, 2007 I made 16 trips to the
«Spiral Jetty». Created in 1970, the «Jetty» is a 1,500 – foot long
spiral-shaped jetty extending into the Great Salt Lake in Utah
constructed from rocks, earth, salt and red algae.

Continue reading “casting a glance (2007)”