Monthly Archives: February 2011

What is Green Roof? (amended version)

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Adelina

What is Green Roof? This is an amended version of “What is Green Roof?” Nowadays urbanization becomes a worldwide phenomenon while cities become the centre of economic activities in countries. Despite the number of cities, the size of a city … Continue reading →

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Carbon Footprinting Climate Change- New and Improved!

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Amy

 Today I have decided to improve my previous blog post. It may be fairly similar to what I had before but I decided to write a new one just in case I end up making a lot of changes.  In … Continue reading →

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Global Warming Threatens Polar Bears with Extinction

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Lindsay

The polar bear (also known as the Ursus Maritimus or the “sea bear”) is the world’s largest terrestrial predator, and can be found in many locations including the Arctic, Alaska, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Russia. The polar bear lives in … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: Solar Greenhouses: Saviour of modern agriculture

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Frank

Global Climate change is a rising issue amongst the world at the moment and every living thing on this planet is affected. For human beings, this impact is much greater than simply affecting our personal, it affects the society, affects … Continue reading →

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“Climate Change Doesn’t Care About People of Colour!”

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Kamilah

If you’re confused as to what the title is referring to, let’s revisit one of the most talked about moments from Hurricane Kartina footage, Kanye West style: Kanye West Speaks Out Don’t run away yet – my post is a … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 4, 2011 by Lindsay

The polar bear (also known as the Ursus Maritimus or the “sea bear”) is the world’s largest terrestrial predator, and can be found in the Arctic, Alaska, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Russia. The polar bear lives in extreme cold climate … Continue reading →

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Assignment 2

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Steve

For assignment 2, you are to work in pairs or groups of three: Choose a piece of writing that discusses some aspect of climate change. It could be a newspaper or magazine article, an opinion piece, a blog post (but it … Continue reading →

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Media Bias and Climate Change

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Aron

I did a complete overhaul of my blog post, as I wasn’t happy with the message it portrayed, and quite honestly it was quickly and hastily thrown together. I tried to attack the issue from a different angle, trying my … Continue reading →

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Toronto’s Face-lift

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Sarah

Mayor Rob Ford has a plan to transform downtown Toronto by 2050. Which includes re-designing the waterfront and introducing Eco-friendly buildings with green roofs and solar panels. Are you excited? For many of us we will be in our 70s before … Continue reading →

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