PostedMay 11, 2022 | climate change, energy, lifestyle, news, opinion, policy, sustainability, technology
In an interview published this past week in the Vancouver Guardian, GTEC Executive Director, Arden Henley maps out GTEC’s current focus on establishing a Climate Crisis Education Centre (re-named Climate Response Centre) in partnership with Friends of False Creek....
PostedFeb 15, 2022 | climate change, e-vehicles, energy, GenZ Electric Vehicle Education Project, lifestyle, policy, sustainability, Youth
As the Executive Director of the Green Technology Education centre I am delighted to introduce the Student Voices series of blogs. This series provides an opportunity for high school students to publish their thoughts and feelings about the climate crisis and reach...
PostedAug 12, 2021 | climate change, energy, international news, lifestyle, news, opinion, policy, sustainability, urban horticulture
Briefing Notes Sixth IPCC Assessment Report: Implications and Responses Objective To provide an overview of the implications of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and actions that the Green Technology Education Centre proposes in response. About GTEC The Green...
PostedNov 10, 2020 | climate change, e-vehicles, energy, lifestyle, news, policy, sustainability
GTEC Board member, Dr. Linda Thyer, supports Vancouver’s CEAP. The following is the text of Linda’s talk in support at the Vancouver City Council meeting. Good evening Mr. Mayor and Councillors, and thank you for the opportunity to speak from the unceded...
PostedNov 6, 2020 | climate change, e-vehicles, energy, lifestyle, opinion, policy, sustainability
Over the past several months GTEC participated in a community consultation process about the City of Vancouver’s Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP). The plan originated in the City’s formal recognition of the climate emergency in the spring of 2019. Participants in...
PostedJun 8, 2020 | climate change, international news, lifestyle, news, opinion, policy, sustainability
By Arden Henley The climate crisis will become a homelessness crisis. Both are generated by the same set of values and the same economic system. In a reprise on a much larger scale of the large groups of people in urban environments around the world who are homeless...
