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Stephanie Taylor

A Better Measure of Success

How three Vancouver women are changing business for the better through environmental and social sustainability.

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Rethink Re-Use

Despite challenges, Vancouver residents and businesses are finding ways to successfully curb their plastic consumption.

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Preserving Chinatown

An investigation into the ongoing housing crisis of Vancouver’s Chinatown and Downtown East Side, and the groups trying to solve it.

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Down the Amazon

Iquitos, Peru is your gateway to an unforgettable adventure exploring the Amazon’s villages, exotic plants, and animals.

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Urban Homesteader

With a few inexpensive, eco-friendly lifestyle changes, helping Mother Nature has never been so easy. Here are a few options to consider adopting in your everyday life.

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Future Harvests

Innovative UBC program provides a new generation of farmers with agricultural education and hands-on experience.

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The Repair Economy

Re-using and recycling old technology is just the first step in reducing the environmental impacts of electronic waste in our world.

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Sustainable Fashion

Fashion Designer Nicole Bridger talks about the importance of sustainable fashion in this one-on-one interview.

Tough Market for B.C. Grown Ginseng

Market problems plague BC ginseng growers, despite a huge harvest last year.

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When the eastern U.S. market dried up for the province’s forest industry, B.C.’s wood producers found a market farther east: the Far East.

After Shock

Asia economic downturn stifles B.C.’s tourism industry.

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Dam Ethics

Canada’s role in harnessing the Yangtze.

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Cranes, Trains and Container Ships

Canadian Cargo comes home.

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Vietnam: the Next Dragon?

Vietnam looks to return to a market economy.

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CGA Canada Leads

CGA Canada is recruited to train China’s accountants for the year 2000 and beyond.

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