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Feb. 03, 2009 / Gordon Price

Wendy’s coming to town

And she won’t be happy if you don’t come to see her. Wendy Sarkissian is an award-winning planner and author of…
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Oct. 25, 2008 / Gordon Price

Connections

Doug Saunders, the “Reckoning” columnist in the Globe and Mail columnist, can usually be counted on for some Saturday-morning insights. …
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Jun. 06, 2008 / Gordon Price

“Just one of his biggest mistakes”

On the day that oil almost hit $140 per barrel: Ironically, GM once enjoyed a significant lead in the electric…
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May. 26, 2008 / Gordon Price

Quote

One thought/suggestion to use in a discussion with someone that says “if we can put a man on the moon,…
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Apr. 23, 2008 / Gordon Price

Why Bother?

Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, wrote the best seven words to open an article on nutrition that I have…
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Nov. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

Sites You Should See

A couple of great sites to check out. First up, Stu Ramsey’s PowerPoint and commentary has been posted.  Stu is…
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Oct. 08, 2007 / Gordon Price

Hey, Progress!

I always thought it odd, when sitting on Council, that some people just didn’t like good news. Whenever reports came…
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Sep. 16, 2007 / Gordon Price

Peak Oil in Queensland; Carbon-taxing in America

Maybe because they have already gone through the trauma of serious water constraints, Queenslanders seem to be more serious about…
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Aug. 22, 2007 / Gordon Price

New York Challenge

Planning Director Brent Toderian thinks Vancouver’s designers should take this New York challenge to heart. It’s in this issue of…
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Jun. 25, 2007 / Gordon Price

Future Shock with an Irish Accent

Hey, Peak Oil fans, this just out: The following documentary produced by Irish national television … predicts what Peak Oil is…
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Jun. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Is Geen Just the Colour of Money?

Do you have to be rich to be green? Sustainability, it seems, is associated with affluence – at least if…
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Jun. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

Cascadia Scorecard

Are you better off? Cascadia Scorecard 2007 gives British Columbia its annual check-up. Sightline’s annual state-of-the-region report finds some big…
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Jun. 03, 2007 / Gordon Price

Sustainability as National Defence

 My Business in Vancouver column this week: Leaders need to view sustainability as a policy of national defence More than…
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May. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

Faith-based Transportation Policy

George Monbiot asks the question in The Guardian that we should be asking about Gateway: … it should be pretty obvious…

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