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By Sierra Love
Dear beloved Friends of Science, Perhaps you did not get the memo, but the rest of us “denialists” have changed our tact and become delayers. The main method by which we mean to do so is to tell everyone that climate change is harmless or in fact beneficial. Due to the warmer weather for our… Continue reading Science? We don’t need no stinkin’ science!
By Sierra Love
While queuing up at Tim Hortons or Starbucks may be routine for most students, the implications of bringing coffee to North America is often far from our minds– even in the line-up. Although Canada and the United States consume two out of five cups of the world’s total, we are by and large ignorant of… Continue reading The hidden cost of coffee
By Sierra Love
It is always strange how, over a relatively short period of time, certain things are deemed necessary or important. This happens with both material possessions and things like appearances. We construct an ideal and then, whether this ideal is actually good or even if it leads to negative consequences, we continue to uphold it. It… Continue reading A look at the many problems with pesticides
By Sierra Love
The grizzly bear is a symbol of rugged wilderness. When we think of the grizzly, cold rivers, mountains and dense forests come to mind. However — though it is not well known — grizzlies are a plains species that had a population of around 6,000 that once roamed the prairies, and they behave accordingly. This… Continue reading Threatened grizzlies seeking bear necessities
By Katy Anderson
Emma Gilchrist did the unthinkable: she turned down an environmental journalist’s dream job to work on the BBC’s new Green website and stayed in the heart of oil country. As a new Calgarian and recently graduated student, she was having trouble finding information on how to make earth-friendly choices. And, she says, there’s a lot… Continue reading A student-sized carbon footprint
By Jocelyn Hunt
This past week, one of the daily polls on The Globe and Mail’s website was “Valentine’s Day makes me want to . . .” with the dominant response being “do nothing — it’s a consumer holiday and I won’t buy into it.” This answer received about 65 per cent of the 5,246 votes. This is… Continue reading Valentine’s Day and consumerism
By Andrew Barbero
In the backstage area of the MacEwan Ballroom, Ishmael Beah is ushered from the hallway to an otherwise empty stairwell because the photographers think there’s better light there. This is nothing new for Beah on his book tour, here from New York City by way of Sierra Leone. He’s happy to oblige, straightening up from… Continue reading Former child soldier visits campus