Energy pulses through our world allowing us to see in the dark, feel warmth and cold, and connect with each other. It is present in microscopic cells and in the stars that shoot across the night sky. It is in the wind, the waves, and deep within the warmth of our planet. Most often, we unlock energy by burning finite natural resources such as gas and ...

When we think something no longer has value, we throw it away. We call it garbage, trash, junk or waste. It piles up in landfill sites that leach poisons into soil and water. Perhaps the biggest garbage dump in our region is the ocean, where the Great Pacific Garbage Pa...

UBC has an intimate relationship with water. Nested at the tip of the Point Grey peninsula, the campus is embraced on three sides by ocean and river, and bound on the other by a temperate rain forest. The university also sits on a natural aquifer, a porous, layered bed of sand and gravel that holds water and could contribute to future water self-suffi...

Towns and cities scattered around the globe are quietly joining a transformative grassroots movement called Transition Towns. Threatened by climate change and an unsustainable dependence on finite fossil fuels, these towns search for a new, holistic way to operate. They realize that an exte...