as in global issues generally

A Christmas Poem

A good one too, by Spike Milligan. CHRISTMAS 1970. A little girl called Sile Javotte Said 'Look at the lovely presents I've got' While a little girl in Biafra said 'Oh what a lovely slice of...

Fossil fuels default. HIV advances.

PRESS CENTER| PRINTABLE BRACKETS In a stunning development, HIV advances to the final by default. Neither HIV nor Fossil Fuels could be reached for comment. Looks like the final is Darwin...

That's right people: We're wondering if you can build us a sustainable gingerbread house.

(image source) O.K. So the deal is that it's the holidays - and soon the whole merriment parade will be kicking into high gear. This includes a number of things that I bet many households end up...

Calling all Vancouverites! Free 100-Mile Diet talk tomorrow.

This is for all you folks in Vancouver who happen to have some time to kill tomorrow (Friday) at lunch. The UBC Terry Project is having James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith give a talk. These are...

"Save the planet" vs "Look at the beautiful lights." Which mindset should win, or is the middle gro

This post over at the Terry website is nice, and poses an interesting question. Tonight, as I walked home past the hospital and the lights and the young teenage couple standing under the walkway...

The 100-Mile Diet. Could you eat only food grown and produced within a 100 mile radius of your home

It looks like a lot, but really it's not (hey, that rhymes) Clearly, food is a hot topic these days. You see it constantly in the cultural dominance of things like the Food Channel, Martha...

Gore and the IPCC win the Nobel Peace Prize

IPCC figures rock!And there's a lot of discussion taking place around the blogosphere that concerns the merit behind this particular choice (here's a good overview at the NYT), ranging from the...

Back from Harbin: some numbers on academia in North East China.

Shop fronts on the streets of Harbin Well, I've been home for a week now from my trip to Harbin, still with a cold, and my mind whirring trying to compartmentalize all that I was lucky enough to...

One episode of the Bionic Woman equals clean water for 300,000 African Families

Here is one of two cranes outside the Michael Smith Laboratories right now. Apparently, there is a lot of jumping in the "Bionic Woman" television show. Anyway, they're also shooting in...

Harbin cont: big city, transgenic trees, and a restaurant that glorifies all things Mao.

O.K. I have a few minutes to scribble some stuff here, so here goes. I've had a chance to tour Harbin a little more the last little while, and the one thing I can state is that it is a seriously...