For those dinner conversations where someone argues that oil & gas is one of Canada’s most important/powerful sectors…
While the report, “What’s fuelling BC’s economy?”, focuses on GDP and economic development narratives, it states that oil & gas only represents 3% of BC’s GDP. Particularly interesting is the comparison between the beer industry and oil & gas industry!
Download the report here.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/let-em-out-the-many-benefits-of-outdoor-play-in-kindergarten/
http://www.theprovince.com/Culturally+modified+trees+point+history+culture+technology+Heiltsuk+First+Nation/10053311/story.html?__federated=1
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/07/21/meet_indias_widows_of_climate_change.html
This awesome book is by Jon Mooallem.
Hear a portion of it read with music on the 99% Invisible podcast.
The book also has a fun trailer:
Two interesting articles about water use and growing food in California:
On Almond Milk
On water usage for California produce
http://www.ecotonejournal.com/index.php/home/about/
http://www.forestschoolcanada.ca/wp-content/themes/wlf/images/FSC-Guide_web.pdf?date=july72014
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