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Environment

Is Vancouver home to the greenest building in the world?

John Robinson, the visionary behind UBC's new Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, believes this one building can, in fact, change the world.

By David Macfarlane published Feb 1, 2012

Vancouver's Living Walls

Local design firm Green Over Grey is transforming the city's concrete surfaces into thriving, soil-free gardens, one building at time

By Michael Harris published Sep 1, 2011

60 Million Honeybees

Swarms of honeybees, who call the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel home, have Vancouver's downtown core abuzz

By Stacey McLachlan published Sep 1, 2011

Sturgeon and the Fraser River's Conservation

The monster fish that inhabit the Fraser are more than just the last wild stock of Pacific sturgeon in the world they’re a barometer of the health of the river

By Tyee Bridge published Jul 1, 2010

Dead Wood: What is Killing North Shore Forests

Over nearly two decades, in a grove of old-growth forest on the North Shore, UBC's Lori Daniels has witnessed a doubling of the mortality rate of our trees

By Brian Payton published Jun 1, 2010