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Posts Tagged ‘Current Affairs’
The Meat and Dairy Crisis Earthcast
Posted in Geography & Environmental Studies, Podcasts, tagged Current Affairs, Earthcasts on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Saving the Beaver Pond Forest
Posted in Geography & Environmental Studies, Places, tagged Current Affairs on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Beaver Pond Park is located within the highlands of Ontario, only 15 minutes from Parliament Hill in downtown Ottawa. It is located and virtually surrounded by a protected forest area to the north, and is the gateway to the forest area for three communities in Ottawa and, it is the last large tract of forested [...]
Fake Lake declared “Harper’s Folly”
Posted in Geography & Environmental Studies, Places, tagged Canada, Current Affairs on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A protest group from the Council of Canadians has formally applied to the Geographical Names Board to make official the name of the fake lake, Harper’s Folly, that was built for the upcoming G8 & G20 Summits. “The fake lake, complete with docks, Muskoka chairs, canoes and a giant television screen which will show the [...]
Turn on the tap!
Posted in Carleton News, Geography & Environmental Studies, tagged Current Affairs, Environmental Studies on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bottled Water Free Day is a joint project of the Canadian Federation of Students, the Sierra Youth Coalition, and the Polaris Institute to help bring awareness to the problems associated with bottled water. Only ten years ago the concept of bottled water was a novelty. Now, bottled water is seen as a necessity—water fountains have [...]
Chernobyl in the Amazon
Posted in World News, tagged Current Affairs on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Oil giant Chevron faces losing a historic lawsuit on its dumping of toxic waste in the Amazon — let’s help the people of the rainforest win in the court of public opinion and before the law, by pressing Chevron’s new CEO to clean up this mess and stop Chevron’s dirty lobbying. Click here to take [...]
Future of academic journal publishing
Posted in Library News, People, tagged Current Affairs on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kyle Grayson a Lecturer in International Politics in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University takes a looks at “The Future of Academic Journals in the Digital Age” – how changes are initiated by the digital economy and how academics and publishers are responding. A great read!
