James Glave

Marc Jaccard Talks Climate Change

You characterize yourself as “a very mediocre economist.” How does a mediocre economist win the Nobel Peace Prize? I was just one of hundreds who shared the prize for our collective work on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I understand people and policy, and people and ...

Density Is Not The Boogieman

Individual Submission Bowen Island Official Community Plan Update Committee February 28, 2010 Dear Members of the Committee: My name is James Glave and I'm a father of two. Ours is a young commuter family, and my wife and I actively participate in many aspects of island life. I love this place, and I am ...

Bowen Island Land-Use Politics, Illustrated

"Rural." "Urban."

Voltage Test: Behind the Wheel of the Car that Could Save Detroit

On Saturday, General Motors, invited me to test-drive a working prototype of the automaker's potentially business-saving 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle. The company, an official 2010 Olympics sponsor, has wheeled a pair of the cars up to Vancouver for the biggest show on Earth. GM cordoned off a generous section of ...

Cool New Low-CO2 Transportation Video Released

One thing that frustrates me is that our low-carbon future is too-often depicted with slick architectural renderings that are designed to show how a certain infill development will make the world a better place. They're populated with bus stops and stick figures on bicycles, but they don't often adequately convey ...

Petro Cos Can’t Spare a Drop for Haitian Orphans

Petroleum companies have shown their true colors again. Operation Stork, a Citizenship and Immigration Canada operation to evacuate Haitian orphans, flew an all volunteer mercy flight last week out of Port au Prince, the Globe and Mail reports. It was an all-volunteer operation: Air Canada donated a fully crewed Airbus, flight ...

Superfast Bullet Trains Are Finally Coming to the U.S.

If you don't count the various efforts to commercialize aviation biofuel, electrified high-speed rail (HSR) is our best bet when it comes to preserving continental mobility in the post-carbon age. Thing is, unlike much of the rest of the world, Americans are only just now figuring this out (and please ...

How to Get Ahead in Journalism

[caption id="attachment_1381" align="alignleft" width="275" caption="Gratuitous unlicensed stock shot. "][/caption] Every few months or so, I get an email or Facebook message from the younger brother of a long-disconnected friend, or a former colleague who worked down the hall from me three gigs or so back. It goes something like this: Hi! it's ...

Will New Climate-Science Update Move Leaders?

Only days remain until world leaders meet in Copenhagen to hash out a new international climate treaty to replace the Kyoto protocol, and in recent weeks many world leaders have attempted to quell expectations that the world will emerge with a strong, fair, and binding deal. President Obama has hinted ...

Not-Quite-So-Giggly Gas

I frequently parrot the message that a lot of small actions can add up to big change. For proof, look no further than this short video clip I did over the summer, one of a series of greener-living advice segments for a real-estate website called Cyberhomes. There I am, proving the ...