A Summer Spent in the Trenches
It has been a busy, busy summer! Since early May, I think I have spent a grand total of 4 weeks at home in Edmonton, and for the rest I’ve been occupied with TA’ing field school, [...]
Sediment-hosted Ore deposits blog part 9
Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS): Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits. The GRC/GRS is a state-of-the art, in-depth look at our current understanding of geochemistry [...]
Sweden Advancing towards 100% renewable by 2040!
CoV Greenest City tweet – August 8, 2018 @greenestcity Kudos to Sweden who are on track to meet one of their renewable energy targets years ahead of schedule (thanks in part to wind [...]
Plastic now Floating Park in the Netherlands
The world’s first floating park constructed entirely of recycled plastic waste was unveiled on 4 July 2018 in the city of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The park is made entirely from [...]
AI Managed Green Village Coming Soon
World Economic Forum @wef Aug 4 There will only be 203 homes, but is it the start of something new? Learn more about the future of construction: https://wef.ch/2FUqm3l
Solar / Wind Energy Success Story
UN Climate Change (@UNFCC) It took 40 years to reach the 1st trillion watts of installed #wind & #solar generation capacity. @BloombergNEF expects the next trillion watts to be installed in [...]
Extremely Hot Summer
Inside Climate News (@insideclimate) There shouldn’t be any doubt that some of the deadliest of this summer’s disasters are fueled by weather extremes linked to global warming, [...]
Youth Take Action
UN CLIMATE CHANGE (@UNFCC) Young generations will suffer the most from #climatechange impacts globally. Teenagers marched this past weekend in many cities across the United States calling for [...]
