PostedJul 22, 2024 | climate change, community, Education, technology
More and more, people want to have more information about wildland fire weather and smoke, including forecasting for air quality. BlueSky Canada, established in 2007, conducts research and has published daily wildfire smoke forecasts for Canada in 2010. Fire weather...
PostedJul 16, 2024 | climate change, community, Youth
Celebrate CityHive’s annual community gathering, this year themed as a Youth Climate Fest! This event promises an engaging, vibrant evening filled with inspiring youth-led climate action projects, delicious food, fun games, and creative art activities. Event...
PostedJul 9, 2024 | Arts & Culture, climate change, community, Education, opinion, sustainability
Founded in 1993, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) has collaborated with other organizations to engage governments, run campaigns, conduct research and draw media attention to key issues. CAPE “supports physicians to be advocates for...
PostedJun 30, 2024 | Arts & Culture, climate change, community, Education, international news, sustainability
Professor Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading created the Climate Stripes. The University of Reading is ranked first place in the UK for the 2023/24 People & Planet University League, a compilation of UK universities ranked by environmental and ethical...
PostedJun 24, 2024 | climate change, community, Education, opinion, sustainability
By Arden Henley The efforts of many of the organizations responding to the climate crisis in British Columbia and elsewhere are focused on effecting changes to municipal, provincial and federal government policy. This is undoubtedly important work. At the same time,...
PostedJun 14, 2024 | climate change, community, Education, energy, news, policy, sustainability, technology
By Ross Thrasher GTEC Communications and Media Team On June 11th the Burnaby Board of Trade assembled an impressive array of speakers and panelists at their second annual Clean Energy Summit. This information and networking event for clean-tech entrepreneurs attracted...