Oct 7th, 2011
Walk21 got the conversation going about making public health part of municipal transit policy.
Sep 8th, 2011
At the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference, activist Tzeporah Berman met with a downcast Canadian Youth Delegation. Harper’s government had punched far above its weight to ensure a meaningless...
Jul 10th, 2011
Siemen’s Green City Index ranks San Francisco as North America’s “Greenest City,” with an overall score of 83.80, compared to Vancouver ’s overall second place score of 81.30. Indexes...
Jun 22nd, 2011
What do a famous environmental scientist and the US Department of Defense have to offer each other? Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute has promoted energy systems based on...
Jun 13th, 2011
Carbon Talks formally launches today with its new website. It’s a project of Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue in association with three other faculties and was created to “accelerate the...
Jun 10th, 2011
Europe Plans a "Supergrid" to allow efficient trading of intermittent sources of renewable energy. Is Cascadia next?
May 31st, 2011
“Biking here isn’t safe. Four friends of mine have been killed biking in Vancouver.” A friend responded emphatically to a piece in which I stated that bike lanes are an important step toward...
Apr 29th, 2011
Evolutionary legacy of cooperation suggests that selfish upright apes may become Superorganism and Will Rewild the World
Apr 21st, 2011
B.C. politics is littered with the dashed careers of politicians left and right who tried to kill Campbell’s popular climate-change policies. Will Premier Clark be next?
Apr 13th, 2011
I asked Jeff Busby, the project manager for TransLink’s Broadway Corridor public input process, which of the alternatives he favoured. “I just want the public to have a strong understanding of the...
