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Green Light – Greenwashing

Green is the new, well, everything, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the plethora of ?earth-friendly? products now available. But isn’t this is a good development, giving us the opportunity to make a difference in our everyday lives? As the CBC reports, maybe not. A recent study of Canadian and American products suggests… Read more »

Write Stuff – Libraries and Lunches

At first glance, the headline in The Wall Street Journal is a little alarming: ?New Library Technologies Dispense With Librarians.? Your immediate reaction might be to envision a future in which the community library will disappear, and reading will be reduced to the lonely glow of a million e-readers, an experience barren of human interaction…. Read more »

From Where I Sit – Survival Kit

The village I live near has a population of less than 500. The school, which houses kindergarten to grade 12, has a combined population of around 200. In that context, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the high school graduation class numbers anywhere from 12 to 15 kids. Yet It’s a big deal. The local weekly… Read more »

Click of the Wrist – Candyland

One of the scariest aspects of Halloween?at least for parents and dentists?is the amount of candy That’s consumed around October 31. But how do those little brightly-coloured gems make it from liquid mixture to trick-or-treat baskets? This week’s links shed light behind the scenes of a few of the season’s favourite treats. Candy Corn The… Read more »

Did You Know? – Write Site

As the semester progresses, assignments and essays start piling up. And although many find their coursework stimulating and rewarding, It’s frequently the writing process That’s the biggest challenge. But there’s hope: if academic writing is your Achilles heel?or even if you just want some clarification on when to use a semicolon?consider visiting Athabasca University’s Write… Read more »