Vancouver
I discovered what drives Vancouver’s economy…
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an Olympic legacy in Vancouver
Good to see that Vancouver has built its Olympic legacy,
street performers during the Olympics
During the Olympics in Vancouver, Granville St. was alive with the buskers, performers and a remarkably intact Batman.
a solution to Jevons’ Paradox: thoughts on the first session of the Vancouver De-Growth Session 2010
Last night was the opening session of the Vancouver De-Growth 2010 conference. If you aren’t familiar with the concept of de-growth, its that we can implement policies to provide a managed de-growing of the economy to alleviate strain on society and the environment while avoiding a forced de-growth (in other words, collapse).
backyard chickens in Vancouver?
I’m all for the fowl jokes but did CTV really have to throw so many puns into their coverage of the topic? This piece has some of the worst puns I’ve heard from news media in years. Or maybe I just don’t watch enough TV news… Distribution of food sources is a key component of [...]
UBC’s focus on sustainability
One of my favorite things about going to UBC is the overall campus wide focus on issues of sustainability. The significant focus on mass transit accessibility and sustainability in the curriculum has been very impressive. UBC still has a long way to go though. As witnessed by the recent battle between the UBC Farm and [...]
and Vancouver thought transit was crowded during the Olympics…
I remember before the Olympics happened a lot of people in Vancouver thought that during the games transit would look like this,
Neill Blomkamp on the future
Attending TEDx Vancouver this year was a huge honor as the talks were inspiring and the conversations were refreshing. By far the most amazing talk was by Canadian/South African District 9 director Neill Blomkamp on what aliens would look like. He jumps from Karashev to Kurzweil to the inevitabilities posed by Heinberg (even though he [...]
my own closing ceremony
And now that it has been more than a week since the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, things are returning to normal. Classes have started back at UBC and the grind of assignments, lab expectations, long term projects, and midterm exams has provided a nice break from the breakneck pace of the Olympics. Moving [...]
