Environment
Protesting professors launch course on civil disobedience
January 6, 2015Two SFU professors are bringing their experiences from the front lines of the Kinder Morgan pipeline protests to the frontiers of the classroom in this spring’s President’s Dream Colloquium, titled “Obedience and Disobedience: Taking Action on Climate Change.” The colloquium invites leading thinkers to give a series of talks on what the organizers describe as “two intersecting crises”: the ongoing issue of anthropogenic climate change, and the “failure of democracies [. . .] to adequately preserve common goods, especially those that are global.” The speakers include John Borrows, the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria…
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The hypocrisy in condemning a national park graffiti artist
November 17, 2014Last month, graffiti artist Casey Nocket was caught by federal officials after painting on rocks in several national parks across the United States. Although popular opinion and the law suggest that Nocket is an awful person for having destroyed the…
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Unique degree explores environmental controversies
November 17, 2014SFU’s Faculty of Environment (FENV) launched Canada’s first Bachelor’s of Environment program, which aims to create environmental problem-solvers and decision-makers capable of making a contribution to mitigating climate change. A balance of the social sciences and the natural sciences, the…
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VIDEO: SFU community rallies against Kinder Morgan expansion
November 13, 2014Pipeline protests pickup steam, while three SFU professors deal with injunctions filed against them by Kinder Morgan. Check out The Peak's written article about the rally for more information.
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RE: “Your environmentalism is nauseating”
November 10, 2014Dear editor, Miss Cassondra Lozynsky wrote a lovely piece detailing the failings of any and all environmental sentiment. Allow me to paraphrase: “Jeez guys, how dumb are you? Our sweaters are made from oil, so duh, that’s just the way…
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Plastic grocery bags should be taxed
November 10, 2014When purchasing groceries at the supermarket, it seems natural to respond with a “yes” when the cashier asks, “Do you need a bag?” Whether we are purchasing one item or a refrigerator’s worth, at least one plastic bag always seems…
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SFU Protests Kinder Morgan Pipeline
October 31, 2014The Peak's News Editor Leah Bjornson interviews SFU English Professor Stephen Collis is protesting against the construction of the Kinder Morgan pipeline.
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SFU Community Summit explores the future of innovation
October 27, 2014Experts, innovators, and artists gathered at venues throughout the city last week to discuss the implications of innovation at SFU’s third annual Community Summit. Hosted by SFU Public Square, this year’s summit, titled, “Innovation: The Shock of the Possible,” explored…
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CLIVE takes People’s Choice Award at MIT contest
October 20, 2014CLIVE (Coastal Impact Visualization Environment) is a project co-directed by an SFU professor. The project won the People’s Choice Award at a major MIT-sponsored contest that concluded in early October. The contest, entitled ‘Communicating Coastal Risk and Resiliency,’ focused on…
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The Twin Flowers: Eco-terrorism and the extremist approach to environmentalism
June 4, 2012By Ljudmila Petrovic ECO-TERRORISM (from UrbanDictionary) Eco-terrorism is a crime committed to save nature. The crime must have the characteristics of terrorism as defined by the FBI Terrorism that actually seems to have a reasonable backing. Done to make the…
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