PostedOct 8, 2024 | climate change, community, e-vehicles, Education, energy, sustainability, technology
by Arden Henley California’s Oakland Unified School District is the first major district in the United States to transition to 100 percent electrified buses, transporting 1,300 students to and from school every day. But Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce...
PostedOct 2, 2024 | book review, climate change, Education, international news, opinion, sustainability, technology
Brief Summaries: Articles from the Earth Issue of Wired Magazine By Ross Thrasher The September 2024 issue of Wired magazine, subtitled The Earth Issue, contains four interesting essays on climate and the environment. Here are brief summaries: “The hole in the map of...
PostedAug 12, 2024 | climate change, community, Education, energy, policy, sustainability, technology
On June 25, 2024, the 3rd anniversary of the unprecedented heat dome in Western Canada, 350.org launched a new campaign demanding life-saving heat pumps for all. During the 2021 heat dome, temperatures reached record breaking levels and 619 people died in BC. Most of...
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...
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...
PostedMay 23, 2024 | Arts & Culture, book review, climate change, opinion, sustainability, technology
Brief Book Reviews by Ross Thrasher As an antidote to the doomscrolling about climate change that permeates the media these days, here is a sampling of four brand-new 2024 nonfiction titles that offer a more hopeful perspective. H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to...
