Monday, October 28, 2013 at 8:31PM The past few weekends have been a busy time for me in the garden. With the inevitable approach of winter, I have been harvesting the last remaining vegetables, weeding our vegetable plot, raking leaves and layering on compost. I am determined that we will be ready for spring the minute it arrives next year!
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 8:41PM The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is that part of the UN that speaks to issues of climate change. The IPCC staff is small, but the panel consists of 1,000s of climate scientists, each doing their own work at their own institution or agency. They do not work for the IPCC nor is their work funded by the IPCC. These scientists come together periodically, reporting on their work and their findings. It is where climate scientists get together.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 9:17PM In the run-up to the federal by-election I will be profiling the four major parties in relation to their stance on sustainability. In this first instalment we look at the current governing party and long-time local favourite, the Conservatives (or, Tories).
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 9:16PM News reports recently flagged the discovery of a huge aquifer under one of the driest parts of Kenya. ‘Enough water to supply the country for 70 years’ the Kenyan government reported. ‘And then what?’ I thought.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 9:12PM On Monday, the Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gordon MacKintosh and Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz announced the methane gas collection system at the Brady Road Landfill was finally commissioned. This $7million facility will collect and treat methane generated within the landfill over its lifetime and up to 20 years after it closes.