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Mushrooms – good medicine
by Lari Laurikkala • We have all seen some funny looking mushrooms growing in the forest, but the parts we see account for only a tiny fraction of how big the fungi really are. Underground, the fungi...
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The Great Shift Forward
the quiet transportation revolution by J-M Toriel • 2015 is the year to release addiction to oil and embrace a low carbon life. The world is on the cusp of a renewable energy revolution and Canadians...
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Navigating the law of unintended consequences
As LUC would have it by Geoff Olson • Let’s hear a laugh for the man of the world Who thinks he can make things work Tried to build the New Jerusalem And ended up with New York Ha Ha Ha… – Bruce...
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Clean technology the next wave
by Bruce Mason photo courtesy the Canadian Wind Energy Association • Cleantech – the most significant under-reported story of 2014 – might be the best news you receive this year. Unless you are ‘Big...
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Earth warmer as oil price drops
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki • With oil prices having plunged from more than $100 a barrel last summer to below $50 recently, the consequences of a petro-fuelled economy are hitting home –...
View ArticleGMO Bites: February 2015
GMO Inquiry 2015 • The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) has launched a major public investigation to dig behind 20 years of uncertainty around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food...
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BC’s cleantech industries cleaning up in more ways than one
by Bruce Mason A 50 kilowatt turbine manufactured by Surrey-based Endurance Wind Power, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of smaller turbines for local power generation. From a one-room office...
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Seedy Saturday at VanDusen
by Suzette Meyers Curtain photo by Stan Shebs • “It all started here, in the Floral Hall, over 20 years ago. That was 1990 and the very first Seedy Saturday in Canada took place in this very room.”...
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Eating & driving planet aids
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina MS, RD, and Sahar Lakhani • As spring buds appear, we might be looking at our lifestyle choices and considering new steps. Taking action gives a sense of empowerment and...
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Home radon test could be a lifesaver
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki • In late January, the BC Lung Association released results of Canada’s largest-ever, community-wide home radon testing project, conducted in Castlegar and Prince...
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GMO Bites: March 2015
• In January, groups from around the world joined together to denounce the US government for allowing the first genetically engineered tree, a loblolly pine, to be legalized with no government or...
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Lynne Quarmby
One scientist Harper can’t muzzle runs for Parliament by Bruce Mason Award-winning scientist Dr. Lynne Quarmby is leaving teaching and her lab at SFU to run for the Green Party in the upcoming federal...
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Spring into year-round food production
ON THE GARDEN PATH by Carolyn Herriot • Seed selection: To answer the question, “What shall I grow?” ask yourself what you and your family like to eat most. Plants adapt to cultural conditions so...
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Solar Impulse first plane to fly without fuel
by Bruce Mason • As you read this, one of the greatest adventures in the 21st century, if not in human history, is unfolding: a flight around the world, powered only by the sun. The objective is to...
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Your liver the inner alchemist
by Terry Willard • Your liver is one of the most exciting organs in your entire body. It is responsible for more functions than almost any other organ in your body and the fact that the root of the...
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Junkyard Planet and the fourth “R”
READ IT by Bruce Mason • According to Adam Minter, author of Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade, repair is the fourth “R” that fits perfectly with reduce, reuse and recycle....
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It’s time to end the grizzly trophy hunt
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki • The spring grizzly kill starts April 1 and extends for several weeks, followed by a second fall season. By year’s end, several hundred will have died at the hands of...
View ArticleNEWSBITES: April 2015
Scientists concerned about sugar • The sugar industry is at it again. The official recommendations on updating the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were just released and they include a critical...
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GMO Bites: April 2015
GMO Inquiry reveals where GMOs are in Canada In the ground and on our plates by Lucy Sharratt • “Where in the world are GM crops and foods?” It should be an easy question to answer, but our...
View ArticleNuclear Symposium addresses important issues
by Gordon Edwards • Engaged people of all kinds – physicians, researchers, aboriginal leaders, decision-makers and activists – from many parts of the world are converging on Quebec City in mid-April to...
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