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BCSEA News & Views

Can You Help with our Climate Change Program in BC’s Schools?

By Guy Dauncey on May 10, 2012

The grade six classroom was hushed and expectant. A special guest was coming but the students didn't yet know who it was.

Then the door swung open and Superwoman burst into the room, wearing a blue and red cape.

"Do you want to change the world?"

she called out to the awestruck children. "Do you want to make a difference?"

“YES!” they replied!

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  • Our Energy Future: BC Hydro's Integrated Resource Plan
    By Tom Hackney on May 15, 2012
  • Energy Return on the Northern Gateway Pipeline
    By Bruce Mackenzie on Apr 30, 2012
  • The Global Numbers Keep Rising
    By Guy Dauncey on Apr 23, 2012
  • What do cows, sustainable agriculture and electricity have in common?
    By on Apr 11, 2012

Upcoming Events

LEED® in Practice: Project Management

May 10, 2012, Vancouver BC

Gain a detailed overview of the LEED management process including: project milestones; typical roles and responsibilities of the project team and owner; best practices in the management of a LEED project; and the Integrated Design Process (IDP).

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More Events
  • BCSEA Victoria Chapter May Meeting - Cancelled
    May 21, 2012
  • Solar Colwood: Retrofitting a whole community for energy conservation and renewable clean energy.
    May 22, 2012, Victoria
  • BCSEA Webinar: Energy Return on the Gateway Pipeline
    May 22, 2012, Webinar
  • 3rd Annual Kamloops earthRUN
    June 02, 2012, Kamloops
  • Sustainable Homes Walking Tour
    June 02, 2012, Victoria

Sustainable Energy in the News

Around the World on Solar Power

New York Times, Bettina Wassener | May 4, 2012

On Friday, if all goes well, a sleek spaceship-like catamaran will glide into Hercule Harbor in Monaco after a remarkable 19-month journey around the globe.

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  • A Dutch cure for pollution: free parking
    Smart Planet | May 3, 2012
  • "Photochemical upconversion” could allow conventional solar cells to break 40% efficiency
    Gizmag | May 1, 2012
  • NASA one step closer to turning algae into fuel
    ABC Go Local | April 25, 2012
  • Nasa scientist: climate change is a moral issue on a par with slavery
    Guardian, UK | April 11, 2012
  • If everyone used as much energy as Americans, we’d run out of oil in 9 years
    Grist | April 5, 2012

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