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Posts tagged with ‘health’ (42)


What is Biodiversity?


Posted by Graham Lanktree on Monday, August 23, 2010




Biodiversity - Vancouver Film School from Vancouver Film School on Vimeo.

Find out what biodiversity is in this short animated clip created by Vancouver Film School students Amanda Healey, Jesse Lang, Juan Carlos Arenas and Robert Ramalho through the VFS Digital Design program.

Want to learn more? Check out CG's biodiversity issue.




Only YOU can Prevent Forest Fires


Posted by Jessica Bell on Wednesday, August 11, 2010




However ancient this ad campaign may be, its message is simple, consistent and important: the prevention of forest fires is paramount and largely up to us.

As of August 10, 331 fires are burning across the forests of B.C., with more than 2,100 firefighters doing whatever it takes to quell the blazes.

Some ...




Packaging Made of Mushrooms Stamps out Styrofoam


Posted by Graham Lanktree on Wednesday, July 28, 2010




The next time you open a box you bought at the store or had shipped to your home, it may be packed with mushrooms.

The abundant fungi are being touted as the future of eco-packaging.

Credit: Edward Browka, Ecovative Design

A new line of product cradles made with Mycobond™, a mixture of mushroom ...

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A Short Tale About Plastic


Posted by Graham Lanktree on Wednesday, July 21, 2010




Oceans from Sol Linero on Vimeo.

Artist Sol Linero takes on plastic in this colourful short animation.




Digital e-waste documentary up for Emmy


Posted by Jessica Bell on Friday, July 16, 2010




Upgrade - it's a common word in the western world. Upgrade your iPod, upgrade your computer, upgrade your life. But what happens to those old machines that get thrown to the curb and picked up by the garbage truck?

University of British Columbia journalism students investigated the answer in a documentary ...

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