May 2012
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Choosing Segregation: Ethnic enclaves in Metro... →
Does geographic concentration of one cultural group promote segregation? What are we doing to encourage integration and belonging in Metro Vancouver? Stephen Quinn from CBC Radio One’s On The Coast hosts a candid discussion about the benefits and challenges of ethnic enclaves in our communities.It’ll be frank, provocative… and free.
Wednesday, May 30, 5-6:30pm (Doors at...
Myths The Golden Dawn →
via FB: “After a sold-out premiere, MYTHS is bringing back their original electronic opera, The Golden Dawn, for an exclusive two-night run at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, June 22-23. From their live show that includes elaborate and handmade costumes, visuals and lighting, they have transformed their live set into a story told in the multi-media form of theatre, dance and video. Pulling...
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“It requires only to be enriched by the industry of man with villages, mansions,...”
– Captain Vancouver
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Resource extraction, energy production and human... →
Topping the list of “BC’s most endangered rivers of 2012” are the Kokish River and the Sacred Headwaters of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers (which author and National Geographic explorer-in-residence Wade Davis is fighting tooth and nail to preserve), as reported by SkeenaWatershed.com. Here’s the full list:
BC’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2012;
1. (tied). Sacred...
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I support the resolution by Vancouver City Council...
Vancouver City Council recently put forth a resolution opposing the twinning of a pipeline between the Alberta tar sands and Vancouver Harbour proposed by Kinder Morgan. Reports CBC.ca:
The company plans to twin its current crude oil pipeline in a $5-billion project that could see tanker traffic in the harbour increase fivefold, and that has some local politicians concerned about the increased...
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WatchMark Ruffalo hates fracking and has become a passionate voice of dissent against the practice, which threatens his own backyard in upstate New York. Here, he calls for the EPA to ban it all together. (via Avaaz)
NPR Takes a Deeper Look into Fracking Boom ... →
NPR takes a deeper look into the natural gas boom in the U.S. with its special series, The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers, which looks into the impacts of the gas boom on the air and water in communities where fracking has become a household name.
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That feeling...
WHEN I’M HANGING OUT WITH A BUNCH OF AWESOME LADYJOURNOS
via editorrealtalk (via Debby Reis on FB)
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