Systems crucial to stability of planet compromised
Â鶹AV Newsroom | January 15, 2015
Almost half of the processes that are crucial to maintaining the stability of the planet have become dangerously compromised by human activity.
Â鶹AV hosts annual Fair Trade Conference
Â鶹AV Reporter | Jan. 22, 2015
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The three-day event brought together leaders from across the country committed to the advancement of Fair Trade, both on a small scale and globally.Ìý
Reimagining housing for the poor and cities without cars
The Vancouver Sun | Jan. 25, 2015
By: Daphne Bramham
Â鶹AV architecture professor Vikram Bhatt, winner of the Margolese National Living Design Prize from UBC, thinks people should live where they can grow some of their own food.
ECOLE sustainable housing project gains Independent Student Group status
Jan. 13, 2015 | The Â鶹AV Tribune
by: Ashley Kong
Educational Community Living Environment (ECOLE), a sustainability initiative, gained Independent Student Group (ISG) status on Dec. 4 during the Students’ Society of Â鶹AV (SSMU) Legislative Council meeting.Ìý
L'habitat des ours polaires en danger [lien français]
le 14 janvier 2015 | RadioCanada
Une étude suggère que les menaces aux habitats glacés des ours polaires sont plus importantes que ce qui était prévu jusqu'à maintenant.
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Sustainability — at Â鶹AV, they've made an app for that
Dec. 22, 2014 | Montreal Gazette
By: Sarah Rogers
Thanks to a Â鶹AV law professor with an interest in social responsibility, there’s an app that will monitor your commitment to sustainability.
270 000 tonnes de plastique dans les océans
Le Devoir | le 10 décembre 2014
par: Alexandre Shields
La pollution provoquée par le plastique a pris de telles proportions au cours des dernières décennies que près de 270 000 tonnes de ce matériau flotteraient à la surface des océans, selon une étude internationale publiée mercredi.
The climate is changing, and so are Arctic berries
Nunatsiaq Online | Dec. 10, 2014
By: Sarah Rogers
Â鶹AV Researcher Anna Bruce explores how Iqaluit women are adapting to "bad" berry seasons
Bhatt wins national prize for urban living ideas
Â鶹AV Reporter| Nov. 28, 2014
by: Â鶹AV Reporter Staff
Architecture professor Vikram Bhatt has won the 2014 Margolese National Design for Living Prize, the University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture announced this week.
Â鶹AV Prof. Chris Ragan chairs high-profile group on economic and environmental fiscal reform
Montreal Gazette | Jan 25, 2015
BY: Rene Bruemmer
The Canadian committee of economists headed by Â鶹AV economics professor Chris Ragan, are looking at ways Canada can follow the lead of other countries and start taxing pollution instead of jobs and profits, without hurting taxpayers or Canadian firms’ ability to compete internationally.
The Â鶹AV Space Race
The Â鶹AV Tribune | Nov. 26, 2014
By: Remi Lu
Alan Chen didn’t know it at the time, but one afternoon three years ago in Lev Bukhman marked the start of a multi-year project that would reduce the gap between students and administration, and re-envision the entirety of Â鶹AV’s downtown campus.
Opinion: What it means to be an 'Aboriginal student' today
Nov. 18, 2014 | The Gazette
by: Stephanie Willsey
First of all, I should introduce myself: I am a First Nations Canadian, of the Chippewa, or Ojibwe, community of Rama, Ont. I was raised off the reserve, butÌýonly a short drive away, and I am there often.
Â鶹AV to study shared-space model for cycling
Â鶹AV Reporter | October 14, 2014
by: Â鶹AV Reporter Staff
Â鶹AV will conduct research on the concept of adopting a shared-space model that could pave the way to allow cycling on the downtown campus under certain conditions, after the senior administration accepted the recommendations put forward by a Working Group tasked with addressing the question of cycling on campus.
Â鶹AV renews its approach to sustainability with Vision 2020
The Â鶹AV Tribune |ÌýOct. 21, 2014By: Victor Tang
Imagining a sustainable future for Canada
LaNouvelle.net | October 17, 2014
by: Jean-Olivier Goyette
This initiative for sustainable development is in collaboration with researchers and citizens who wish to express an idealistic vision for a sustainable future in Canada.