VACC Winter Programs 2009 Streetwise Secondary and Bike Commuter Station #3 This spring Grade 11 students from Churchill Secondaryin Vancouver plan to ride north along the east coastof Vancouver Island, cross to Powell River from Comox,and return south to Vancouver via the Sunshine Coast. The students were split into two groups,intermediate
Month: December 2009
Dialing For Death
This NY Times article (full text linked below) exposes the hypocrisy inherent in the mobile phone industry’s lukewarm support for rules governing cel phones and driving. It also shows that despite evidence of the dangers since day one, corporate profits have (as usual) trumped public safety. Promoting the Car Phone,
Pedal Power Puts The Christmas in Copenhagen Climate Talks
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Counting down to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in December, the people of Copenhagen will be pedalling hard to light up the traditional Christmas tree on City Hall Square. Tradition has it that the big Christmas tree on Copenhagen’s City Hall Square is lit