Mark Angelo – Sam Sullivan Public Salon Series
Mark Angelo is the founder of the ecologically-focused Rivers Institute. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library Angelo, M. (2013). A day, and the life, for rivers.(the water issue: World rivers day). Environmental Education, 103, 7. [Link] Rosenau, M. L., Angelo, M., & Pacific Fisheries Resource […]
Marie-Françoise André – Drivers of environmental change: the case of the Arctic
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by St. John’s College Drivers of Environmental Change Lecture Series. The circumarctic permafrost region is known as a climate-change hotspot, with special reference to parts of Alaska and Siberia which display a warming trend of 5°C for the last century. Moreover, the contemporary economic […]
Stewart Brand – Rethinking Green
Hosted by UBC Reads Sustainability Lecture Series, and held at the Liu Institute of Global Issues, Steward Brand has been an environmentalist for over 40 years, and shares his wisdom in his new book, Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto. His book is a compilation of his reflections and lessons which suggest a shift in […]
C.A.R.E. Global Local Exchange
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the Community Partner for Learning (CPL), C.A.R.E. Society, the School of Community and Regional Planning, IKBLC and other UBC partners engages the diverse community with young global citizens (UBC recipients of C.A.R.E. Travel Awards). This event serves to welcome all the recipients back from their overseas […]
Olav Slaymaker – Drivers of environmental change during the present century
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by St. John’s College, this lecture features Dr. Olav Slaymaker. Over geological time scales, landscapes evolve under the influence of tectonic plate movements, cyclically changing Earth-Sun relations, spatial variations in rock strength and cyclically changing climate. However, within the time frame of the present […]
Gwynne Dyer – Geopolitics in a Hotter World
Global warming is moving much more quickly than scientists thought it would. Even if the biggest current and prospective emitters – the United States, China and India – were to slam on the brakes today, the earth would continue to heat up for decades. At best, we may be able to slow things down and […]
Matt Hill and Steph Tait – Principles of Success: Changing the World One Step at a Time
Stephanie Tait: Personal Coach, Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Run for One Planet Matt Hill: Motivational Speaker, Runner and Co-Founder of Run for One Planet Join high performance Canadian athletes Steph Tait and Matt Hill as they recount an inspiring and motivational adventure in Run for One Planet, a carbon neutral year-long run around the continent […]
Jami Brown, Lesley Dyck, Peter Bruckmann and Rose Soneff – SPARC Community Developers' Conference – Population Health and Community Development
In “What Have we Learned? Population Health and Community Development” Rose Soneff, Jami Brown, Lesley Dyck, and Peter Bruckmann facilitate a workshop that illustrates some of the new approaches being taken by organizations to address the population’s health using a community development approach. What factors enable this approach to be successful and what are the […]
Garth Mullins – Understanding the Olympics as Part of Corporate Culture
As part of Green Colleges The Olympic Games in Myth and Reality Series, Vancouver will soon host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, promoted by the organizers and government as a major benefit for Vancouver, British Columbia, and Canada. Yet negative impacts of the Games are already being felt: cost overruns have become routine; the Athletes […]
Harjap Grewal – The Myth of the Green Games
As part of Green Colleges The Olympic Games in Myth and Reality Series, The Myth of the Green Games addresses the environmental impacts of the Olympic industry, development of Olympic infrastructure, and Olympic corporate sponsors. The speakers will be focusing on a range of issues related to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games as well as […]