Posted by Arden Henley | Oct 24, 2023 | climate change, community, opinion, sustainability, technology
This article was originally published in Vox, a news and opinion website on Oct 18, 2023 and is re-published by GTEC with the permission of the author. Why so much is going wrong at the same time Lots of things are going wrong. Does that make it a polycrisis? By...
Posted by Arden Henley | Oct 22, 2023 | climate change, community, sustainability, technology
by Ross Thrasher Highlights of an Interview by Mary Kean with Wildland Fire Ecologist, Bob Gray in the GTEC Reader (Sept. 2023) Since the release of the Filmon Report, a B.C. royal commission in response to the Okanagan fires of 2003, the extent of wildfires in this...
Posted by Arden Henley | Mar 28, 2023 | climate change, energy, international news, opinion, sustainability, technology
Necessary Adjustments? Compiled by Ross Thrasher Just Transition Sometimes the transition to clean energy runs into opposition from unexpected sources. The January 2023 issue of Harper’s Magazine contains an article by Hillary Angelo entitled “Boomtown: a solar land...
Posted by Arden Henley | Jan 26, 2023 | climate change, community, lifestyle, opinion, sustainability, technology
Compiled by Ross Thrasher The recent publications sampled below are well worth reading in full. Most of them are available at your local public library. John Gray, “The dangerous conceits of the green revolution”, The New Statesman (18-24 November 2022), pp. 28-31. A...
Posted by Arden Henley | Jan 20, 2023 | climate change, community, Education, sustainability, technology, Youth
The “green economy” is changing the workplace in B.C. Learn about exciting and endless career opportunities. About Green Collar Futures Virtual Career Conference Are you a student in grades 9-12? Explore your options at this FREE green collar career...
Posted by Arden Henley | May 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....