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Mar. 04, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Most Powerful Wind Farm in World Trumps Trump

So this explains Trump's golf course tweet yesterday. He was threatening the UK government with harm to the US-UK relationship…
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Feb. 18, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

A Shift to Renewables in Alberta?

  Here are three interesting items that are linked to sustainability and surprisingly  involve the province of Alberta. As noted…
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Feb. 01, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Region’s Dirty Laundry Now A Bit Cleaner

Maybe this won’t become a thermal coal port Port Metro Vancouver has cancelled the permit for a project that would…
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Jan. 31, 2019 / Gordon Price

Metro Sustainability Breakfast – Urban Forests

Join us to learn how local governments are working to achieve healthy, resilient urban forests, and hear highlights about Metro…
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Jan. 22, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

The Planetary Health Diet

Among people in Metro Vancouver paying attention to climate change and its mitigation, what we eat is a rising issue.…
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Jan. 20, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver City Council: Climate Stuff

Vancouver City Council has declared there is a “global state of climate emergency“.  Staff are to return in 90 days…
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Nov. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Will Richmond City Council Scale Back Mansion Cropping on Best Farmland In Canada?

Tuesday November 6 is a the mid-term election day in the USA but it is also a big day for…
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Apr. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Proposed Casino Motors to Delta Council

Meanwhile South of the Fraser River where the 20th century rhetoric of motordom and industrialization reign supreme, Gateway Casinos soldiers…
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Mar. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Do We Accept That Autonomous Vehicles Will Kill Pedestrians?

Autonomous Vehicles (or AVs) were to make life easier with less road crashes and carnage. Nearly 38,000 people in the…
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Mar. 01, 2018 / Gordon Price

Sustainability Breakfast: Electrifying Our Region – Mar 14

  There are an estimated 8,000 electric vehicles in BC. These numbers may seem small compared with the millions of…
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Feb. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Place Making Where You Least Expect~Reclaiming Industrial Space for Parks

From Park People.ca and Ken Greenberg  comes the video by Garrick Mason  “Something New from Something Old”  describing some unique and some…
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Feb. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Modernist Vancouver Fire Halls Going Going Gone…

There is a lot of history in Vancouver Fire Halls and retired fireman Alex Matches has documented and written about much…
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Feb. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

New Westminster Councillor Invites You to Innovation Week February 23-Mar 2

Patrick Johnstone is a city councillor for the City of New Westminster as well as a cyclist, writer, and engaged…
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Feb. 20, 2018 / Gordon Price

Board of Change: High-Performance Buildings – Feb 26

High Performance Buildings   Thanks to the new BC Energy Step Code, the North Shore will soon be an “efficient new…

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