Day 147, Car-free year, complexity and uncertainty

Car Free Year

Today – January 25! – the snow was melting on Saskatoon’s streets and I was slush-splattered from riding in it. Guess I’ll go back to walking.

It’s really thanks to living in the downtown core that I can do this. Everything is close. I live in an old section of town, designed before the car . . . → Read More:

Risk Assessment; Northern Gateway Pipeline

By Murray Hidlebaugh, SES Board Member

The public arguments used by the proponents of the Gateway are that the pipeline will reduce Canada’s dependency on the market to the States. It will enable Canadian producers to ship 500 thousand b/d to China at a higher price than the Americans pay. And it . . . → Read More:

Good Climate Practice Stories #4

Building Their Own Future:  Campbell Collegiate Environmental Club

By Phil Boychuk 

Most people feel more energy on a sunny day, but for the students of Campbell Collegiate in Regina a sunny day brings a different kind of energy in the form of hot water produced by their solar-thermal panels. Thanks to the Campbell Collegiate . . . → Read More:

Pipeline Affects Quality of Life

By David Henry, SES Volunteer Researcher

In Washington D.C. there have been demonstrations urging the Obama administration not to approve the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.  Across the U.S. Midwest there have been debates expressing concerns that the pipeline will pollute people’s drinking water and ultimately contaminate the Ogallala Aquifer.  The people of Saskatchewan . . . → Read More: