Not much to see in Vancouver's first Passive House apartment block
And that's just the way the architect and developer like it.
LaneFab's little Vancouver laneway houses are pretty fab
They may not be the answer to the housing crisis, but they certainly are wonderful little homes.
Vancouver’s Mobi bike share system is just weird
I wish them luck but there are a lot of complications.
Multifamily Passive House completed in Vancouver
These are very common in Europe but new to North America. We need a lot more of them.
For this woman, van dwelling is her solution to high rents (Video)
High rents in the city prompted this young woman to look for an alternative -- in a van conversion.
Small city apartment maximized with clever cabinets & folding furniture (Video)
A small apartment is made to feel larger with custom cabinetry and more.
Students move in to the world's tallest timber tower
Worried about wood? Brock Commons Tallwood House is probably one of the safest buildings anywhere.
Father told kids can't ride bus to school or go outside alone until age 10
Yet another bizarre, fact-free, and infuriating ruling has been handed down by British Columbia's Ministry of Children and Family Development.
What are the world's most livable cities? Depends how you measure it.
The Economist puts Melbourne in number 1 spot, Vancouver in 3. They're not.
Passive House beats building code box in Ice Box Challenge
But is it a pyrrhic victory?
Terrace House to be tallest timber tower
Shigeru Ban mixes it up next to Arthur Erickson’s Evergreen Building on Vancouver's Coal Harbour
Startup upcycles discarded chopsticks into new decor & furniture (Video)
Billions of chopsticks are thrown out each year worldwide. This Vancouver company is trying to turn some of of these into new items for the home.
Vancouver Aquarium bans water bottles and other disposable plastics
From now on, thirsty visitors can refill their own bottles at water fountains or grab a reusable cup in the cafeteria.
How to make green building a no-brainer: Lessons from Vancouver
Rules really matter, and the city uses them to encourage the right kind of building.
Bring back the trolley bus
Most trolley systems were ripped out in favor of diesel buses. This was a big mistake.
It's all about delight: Why Vancouver is a multi-modal success story
Clarence Eckerson Jr's latest video has lessons that can be applied everywhere.
'This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate' (book review)
Naomi Klein's latest book is about more than just science. She explores the extractivist mentality and historic decisions that have led us to where we now find ourselves, living in a totally unsustainable way.
Why interconnectedness makes disaster relief so hard
Kevin Kelly explains why the complex interconnectedness of modern technology and society makes disaster relief and system change so challenging.
Should we geoengineer the climate? We already are.
Geoengineering can be more than doing stuff to the environment. We could try leaving it alone.
Artist Creates Cloud Making Machine to Test Geoengineering "Limits of Knowledge"
Inspired by geoengineering techniques, an artist creates a personal cloud-forming machine to make a point.
Ocean Geoengineering Experiment May Not Have Broken Laws After All
Because the iron dumped in the ocean off British Columbia wasn't dumped as waste, it didn't violate international law.
Ocean Geoengineering Experiment Likely Broke International Law
It may have also been done under falsely obtained consent...
A Tale of Two Geoengineering Experiments: Ocean Iron Fertilization & Injecting the Atmosphere
The first field test of injecting sulfate particles into the atmosphere is proposed for New Mexico; ocean iron fertilization experiment shows more promise than previous ones.
Geoengineering 'Round the World (Map)
The quest to find a last-ditch techno-fix for climate change is more intense and globe-spanning than you possibly could have imagined. See for yourself.
Geoengineering by Increasing Aerosols Could Make Blue Skies a Thing of the Past
Some new research looks at the unintended consequences of injecting aerosols into the atmosphere to block solar radiation and cool the planet, finding that doing so could turn skies everywhere into a brighter, whiter, hazier, ugly mess.
Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises."
Geoengineering Virus Infecting Gates Foundation?
Wealthy individuals funding geoengineering feasibility studies because no one else will.
Climate News Recap: Climate Scientists Get A Legal Defense Fund; Warming to Both Help & Hurt UK; More
Plus, spewing sulfate into sky to stop warming won't fully work (redux); what Singapore's doing to make sure sea level rise doesn't swamp their city. Here's what caught our eye this morning.
Financial, Energy Costs of Scrubbing CO2 Directly From Atmosphere Grossly Underestimated
Reducing CO2 emissions at the source, or better yet, not emitting them in the first place, is the better option.
New "Cyborg" Yeast Can Be Controlled By Computer
A breakthrough in controlling yeast with computers gives a glimpse at where science is headed with controlling lifeforms.
Cells with Installed "Operating Systems" Could Create New Life Forms
Researchers are working on "reprogramming" cells to create customized organisms that can be used for everything from new medicines to environmental clean-up crews.
Six Astronauts 'Return to Earth' After Successful Mars-500 Mission
Can humans endure the isolation, self-reliance, and deprivations of travel to Mars and back? Six pale-faced but smiling astronauts answer the question.
Hubble Hits a Milestone - NASA Celebrates Millionth Space Observation
If good design means longevity, Hubble is well on its way to redeeming the missteps that required high-tech space missions for vision correction before it could serve its purpose. Could it be a coinicidence that Hubble
Is Sunlight Unfairly Competing With Fossil Fuels?
We can and should go back and forth about the merits, demerits, risks and potential rewards of the spectrum of geoengineering techniques, from the simple but slow and effective (like afforestation) to the well, more fraught with potential catastrophic
Injecting Aerosols Into Atmosphere to Slow Global Warming Environmentally & Economically Risky
Another report on another geoengineering method that is likely too risky to try and utterly not cost-effective: Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere to slow warming (which would do absolutely nothing about ocean acidification, by the way).
Whitening Clouds To Stop Climate Change Might Actually Increase Warming
One of the more invasive geoengineering methods that's been proposed to avert global warming is spraying clouds with seawater to whiten them, reflecting solar radiation. New research presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting urges caution
Message for Policymakers: Ocean Iron Fertilization Chances of Success Low
Another summary of the potential risks and benefits of ocean iron fertilization--the geoengineering method which proposes seeding oceans with iron so as to stimulate microscopic plants that absorb carbon from the
NRDC Assesses Biochar - Says High Hopes For Carbon Storage Premature
There's been lots of back and forth in the past year on biochar, ranging from research showing it has huge potential for absorbing carbon emissions on one side, to uncertainty about its potential, to outright
Would You Travel One-Way to Mars?
This week two scientists, Dirk Schulze-Makuch and Paul Davies, suggested in the Journal of Cosmology that it is time for humans to start colonizing Mars. Humanity needs some
Ocean Iron Fertilization Could Stimulate Toxic Algae Blooms in Open Ocean
There's no doubt that geoengineering brings out passionate emotions both pro and con, as recent debate on TreeHugger about the sort of-moratorium on some research coming out of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Why The UN Moratorium On Geoengineering Is A Good Thing, Maybe
Late last week at the Convention on Biodiversity a resolution was adopted which places a moratorium on geoengineering unless it can be proven that the method in question can be shown to not have an adverse effect on
First-Ever Geoengineering Research Ban Considered by Convention on Biological Diversity
While preservation of the planet's dwindling biodiversity itself has rightly grabbed the headlines at the ongoing Convention on Biological Diversity in Japan, Science Insider points out an important geoengineering
Reflecting Sunlight Away From Earth to Cool the Planet Could Help Some Places, Really Hurt Others
Among the more high risk methods of geoengineering, methods that reflect sunlight away from the Earth to counteract temperature rise are right up there in terms of potential unintended consequences. Well, a new piece of
Ozone hole is officially shrinking, proof that international treaties can be effective
New NASA study offers first direct proof that the ozone hole is recovering thanks to the Montreal Protocol treaty and the international ban on CFCs.
The Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances is already saving your skin
Hopefully someday we can say the same thing about an effective effort to combat greenhouse gas emissions.
Remember the hole in the ozone layer? We slowed that. We can slow climate change, too.
Ben Richmond at Motherboard highlights a climate change success story.
In 2011 the Arctic's Ozone Layer Hole Grew to an Unprecedented Size
Left: Ozone in Earth's stratosphere at an altitude of approximately 12 miles (20 kilometers) in mid-March 2011, near the peak of the 2011 Arctic ozone loss. Right: chlorine monoxide - the primary agent of chemical ozone destruction in the cold polar
Rogue NASA Satellite Will Crash Into Earth Sometime Soon, Somewhere
In late September, NASA's Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite will crash into Earth. Weighing more than 1,300 pounds and roughly the size of a school bus, the satellite will likely land somewhere between Canada and South
California Paves the Way for Lower-VOC Cleaning Products to Reduce Smog
Household cleaning products in the U.S. might soon be a little greener, thanks to a new rule in California that will require companies to reformulate products so they contain fewer volatile organic compounds, or
The Secret Life of the Sun (Slideshow)
We rely on the sun for everything from powering up our electronics to basic heat and warmth for survival, but this massive star does more than just send light our way: It's a huge nuclear reactor with explosions, eruptions, storms,