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Communications & Media

GTEC is a recognized thought leader in responding to climate change. The Communication and Media section of the GTEC website offers up to date, ongoing information about constructive and creative responses to climate change. GTEC Reader delivers informative articles and essays by leading writers and thinkers in BC with an arts and culture emphasis.


Podcasts

Arden Henley had an excellent interview on Emily Poulin’s Veggies Before Noon podcast —

On this episode I have Arden Henley, the Executive Director of GTEC (Green Technology Education Centre) which is a non profit in Canada, B.C. that is addressing the climate crisis and solving the critical issues of today. Arden shares his life experiences and what he’s learned over the years being a family counsellor, educator and now climate activist. He leads us through a powerful visualization that helps you make the most of your life as well as shares his philosophy of the heart and mind connection when it comes to environmental vulnerabilities. Enjoy!

Arden was one of two featured guests on the Fresh Outlook Foundations podcast —

WEALTH IN MENTAL HEALTH: Mobilizing a Just & Green Economy

SUMMARY: Recovery from COVID-19 provides remarkable opportunities for transition to a just and green economy that would ultimately boost universal mental health. Policy professionals Trish Hennessy (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) and Arden Henley (Green Technology Education Centre) talk about transformative concepts such as ‘doughnut economics’, ‘well-being budget’, ‘inclusive economy’, and the ‘three-sided coin’. They also explore how lessons learned about mental health during the pandemic, can guide economic reform while informing solutions to other global challenges, such as systemic racism and climate change.


Blogs

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Earth Day Celebration April 12, 2025

Join GTEC as we celebrate Earth Day at Trout Lake Community Centre. At this event, you will have the opportunity to play games, make crafts, do a nature walk, join ...
/ climate change, community, Youth
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A Century of Petro-Fiction

Book Reviews by Ross Thrasher Cautionary tales about the oil industry and its impact on modern society have a 100-year lineage. Here are brief summaries of a historical petro-fiction classic ...
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Don’t Boo, Make Something

While I completely understand why Canadians are booing in response to the US National Anthem on occasions such as hockey games, I want to urge a different and more constructive ...
/ opinion, technology
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Hopeful True Tales About Climate

Brief Reviews by Ross Thrasher Climate Hope: Stories of Action in an Age of Global Crisis, by David Geselbracht. Douglas & McIntyre, 2024. This is a personal account from a ...
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How to Save a Country

By Arden Henley Whether it is in BC where a right-wing populist party just about overturned the governing centre-left, New Democratic Party, in France where Marine Le Pen’s right-wing party ...
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Rootbound by Grace Nosek

Rootbound is a gripping young adult climate fantasy novel bursting with hope, heart, adventure, and mystery (think Greta Thunberg x Percy Jackson). After her beloved sister Aspen disappears during a ...
/ Arts & Culture, climate change, Youth
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The Climate Museum News Release

GTEC is delighted to share the press release below from GTEC's US partner in New York. Congratulations to The Climate Museum of New York in finding a permanent home. MEDIA ...
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Book Review – Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown

Risky Business: The Future of Fossil Fuel Capitalism Book Review by Ross Thrasher Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown, by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton. Verso, 2024. The ...
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Further Thoughts from Amber Bennett on Climate Conversations

by Bill Stovin The use of art and entertainment in climate communication Alongside legacy media, there's a whole new media landscape in which long form conversations are happening in podcasts, ...
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My medicine name is Ambiguity Bear & this is my poem!

by Scott Lawrance The world be wondrous strange As we waft within without Each other Who thinks they can use words Without the words using them Is deluded As we ...
/ Arts & Culture