PostedOct 6, 2019 | climate change, e-vehicles, lifestyle, news, sustainability, technology
For the inaugural event in GTEC’s Neighbourhood Environmental Education program, people crowded into a room at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House on Wednesday night, October 2 to hear Sara Fralin from the Fraser Basin Council, Emotive program talk about electric vehicles....
PostedSep 30, 2019 | climate change, community, Youth
By Bill Stovin Former CBC Reporter It was about one o’clock on a bright, sunny afternoon. I wasn’t sure what to expect as my wife, Carola, and I set out for the Climate Strike in Vancouver. Our bus was clogged in traffic and was being redirected from its usual route...
PostedSep 9, 2019 | climate change, community, international news, opinion, sustainability
Autumn is in the air and the zeitgeist is unsettled. Greta has arrived in New York to talk to the United Nations. The Amazon rainforest is on fire. The Hong Kong young people take to the streets knowing they will face tear gas, rubber bullets and blue paint. They got...
PostedJun 10, 2019 | climate change, news, opinion
Madhur Anand, University of Guelph In a 2015 essay, poet and novelist Margaret Atwood wrote, “It’s not climate change, it’s everything change.” Atwood asked us back then to reconsider the term “climate change” because there is not a system — human or non-human — that...
PostedMay 13, 2019 | climate change, energy, international news, news
Antonio Guterres pessimistic about political will to fight global warming UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the political will to fight climate change seems to be fading at the same time as things are getting worse for those feeling the effects....
PostedMar 21, 2019 | climate change, e-vehicles, energy, news, opinion
A new report on Canada’s auto industry suggests its survival will be dependant on government backing for electric vehicles and driverless cars. Support is necessary to ensure Canada can be part of the ongoing global shift to EVs. The report finds that while Canada has...
