The fanfare of this holiday season doesn’t have to take a toll on your wallet, or the environment. Here are some helpful tips to make this Christmas a little bit greener. Take public transit (or walk) to go Christmas shopping. It may add a couple minutes to your trip, but it forces you to plan [...]
Talking about social impact usually involves mentioning the ripple analogy: you being the rock that is thrown into still water, and the ripples being the effects you made on others by your presence. We can’t see these effects, but others feel them. This was especially true for me today as I was participating in the [...]
The sun is out – and so is my list of great summer adventures for 2009! Be them complicated or easy, free or a little pricey, these are the things I’m looking forward to doing from now until Sept 1st. Disclaimer: the drinks on the patios, ice creams on the beach, bike rides, good hikes, [...]
365 days. 1100 miles. $93,000+. And countless running shoes. That’s how Run For One Planet measured this past year. Matt Hill and Steph Tait have finally returned after a year of running a marathon a day around North America, raising awareness of how to live a more sustainable life. It honestly seems like yesterday when [...]
UBC Public Affairs is launching UBC’s new brand in the fall, redesigning UBC’s website, and creating a social media component for the new brand launch. … … We’ve all heard this before. Talk about “using social media” with no real follow-up – just talk about all the risks, why it isn’t appropriate, and trouble defining [...]
Chris Guillebeau, author of 279 Days to Overnight Success, writes: “Whenever anyone talks about creating success for themselves or someone else, the first question you should ask is, “What does success look like?” In other words, how is it measured?” His definition success for his writing career is that he can now introduce himself to [...]
This past week, my sister told me that I was blogged about by one of her favourite Vancouver bloggers Kasia Fink. In her blog post, Kasia passed on the “Love Ya Blog” award to me, which has been circulating through the blogosphere. It’s essentially an awesome shout out to 8 great blogs she reads. (Sidenote: [...]
I had the good fortune of being asked to speak at the opening ceremonies of Enterprise 2009 this morning in order to “break the ice” and “get the delegates comfortable with networking with each other.” (I don’t think they realized that I HATE networking so my 30 minutes of fun were focused on two things [...]
I was able to attend an incredible event on the weekend called Terry Talks. It brought together UBC students, staff, faculty, and alumni to discuss global issues with a perspective from both the arts and the sciences. If there is one thing I enjoy more than engaging in intellectual conversations, it’s listening to people speak [...]
