Category Archives: People

We are destroying future generations for now and forever

Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin

Lee Brain’s retelling of his observations working at an oil refinery in Jamnagar, India at the Northern Gateway Pipeline hearings. A place where some of the most skilled and highly trained people work together on are project that they acknowledge … Continue reading →

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Life: Steve Jobs

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Stefan

Life was created by people no smarter than you. Make your own.

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New Energy Paradigm, Al Gore’s vision

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Stefan
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The Future – Open for Business

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Stefan
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Atlantic crossing, 1 tank of Diesel

Posted on September 8, 2007 by Stefan

Every time I’m stuck in a ferry line up at one of the terminals in Vancouver’s lower mainland, I ask myself why we don’t all have our own vehicles. Inevitably its a cost issue and fuel consumption issue, but perhaps … Continue reading →

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Holy Shit

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Stefan

Here is a news piece on an innovative use of waste, human excrement and other disease causing by-products in Nairobi slums. The article is titled, “How to Clean Up the Slums — Cook on Garbage” by Barry Moody for Reuters … Continue reading →

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Stay hungry, stay foolish

Posted on August 24, 2007 by Stefan
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Live Earth Update

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Stefan

I feel its important at this point, while watching Jane Goodall of the Jane Goodall Institute welcome everyone from New York with the greeting call from the African Chimpanzee, that Alicia Keys, more than any other artist I’ve seen perform … Continue reading →

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Cradle to Cradle – William McDonough

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Stefan

Recently, while out to dinner with the a-team, Raffael brought up a lecturer he had recently seen talk at UBC. His name was William McDonough. I went to University with Raffael and after graduating he has gone on to pursue … Continue reading →

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Now this is progress…update

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Stefan

Fig. 19. Henry Ford swinging an axe at his 1941 car to demonstrate the toughness of the plastic trunk door made of soybean and hemp. (From the collections of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.) Big thanks to weatweebee for … Continue reading →

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