Earth Fest: free nature festival in Burnaby
Enjoy family-friendly fun at the free Earth Fest nature festival in Burnaby, BC. Continue reading Earth Fest: free nature festival in Burnaby
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SpOIL (2011) Directed by Trip Jennings
To mobilize against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, the International League of Conservation Photographers and members of the Gitga’ at First Nation capture breathtaking images of the wildlife inhabiting BC’s Great Bear Rainforest, home of the elusive spirit bear. Continue reading SpOIL (2011) Directed by Trip Jennings
The Pacific Herring
Shared by DavidSuzukiFDN on Mar 13, 2012 David Suzuki Foundation Sustainable Fisheries Analyst explains why the spring arrival of spawning herring is the … Continue reading The Pacific Herring
BuiltSpace introduces web-based “crowdsourcing” technology to save energy in buildings
BuiltSpace Technologies Corporation, a BC-based company that uses collaborative and mobile technologies to improve the sustainability of buildings, has just launched their highly anticipated building community management system. Continue reading BuiltSpace introduces web-based “crowdsourcing” technology to save energy in buildings
BuiltSpace introduces web-based “crowdsourcing” technology to save energy in buildings
BuiltSpace Technologies Corporation, a BC-based company that uses collaborative and mobile technologies to improve the sustainability of buildings, has just launched their highly anticipated building community management system. Continue reading BuiltSpace introduces web-based “crowdsourcing” technology to save energy in buildings
Leading Change: Forum for Young Sustainability Leaders
Leading Change is a Canada-wide movement started by young environmental and sustainability professionals working together to catalyze action and influence positive change locally, regionally and internationally. Continue reading Leading Change: Forum for Young Sustainability Leaders
UBC named Canada’s first Fair Trade Campus
The University of British Columbia has been named Canada’s first “Fair Trade Campus” – and will get its very own blend of ethically sourced coffee – as a result of its national leadership on Fair Trade purchasing. Continue reading UBC named Canada’s first Fair Trade Campus
BC oil tanker traffic a ‘slap in the face’ to First Nations
The National Energy Board approved an increase in tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet by 25,000 barrels a day. Continue reading BC oil tanker traffic a ‘slap in the face’ to First Nations
BC oil tanker traffic a ‘slap in the face’ to First Nations
The National Energy Board approved an increase in tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet by 25,000 barrels a day. Continue reading BC oil tanker traffic a ‘slap in the face’ to First Nations
The human touch: UBC to study green building inhabitants
If you build it, they will come. But if you build a green building—one that aims to be environmentally responsible and resource-efficient—but people aren’t comfortable living or working in it, you risk falling short of your green goals. Continue reading The human touch: UBC to study green building inhabitants
Beyond the Culture of Nature: Rethinking Canadian and Environmental Studies
(Le texte français suit) Call for Papers: Beyond the Culture of Nature: Rethinking Canadian and Environmental Studies Location: The University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus (http://www.canadianstudies.ubc.ca/) Date: 29-30 September, 2012 Canadian and Environmental Studies are two fields in transformation. Initiated in part as emancipatory projects in the 1970s, seeking to define subjects and articulate their […] Continue reading Beyond the Culture of Nature: Rethinking Canadian and Environmental Studies
Slow Food Vancouver’s Terra Madre Day
Slow Food Vancouver takes a look at the big picture of preserving food. Continue reading Slow Food Vancouver’s Terra Madre Day