Tag: sustainability

Green Talks, July 3rd: Is Waste Incineration in our Future?Green Talks, July 3rd: Is Waste Incineration in our Future?

July 2, 2013 Whistler MuseumWhistler Museum 0 Comments

Energy, waste, recycling, land-use planning, carbon emissions, air quality, climate change… The topic of producing electricity through burning our garbage touches on many of the key environmental issues of our time. Not surprisingly, it is also quite polarizing. There is significant movement surrounding the potential of bringing a waste incineration plant to the Sea-to-Sky (click […][...]

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Bringing the environment into the mainstream: Ken Melamed, AWARE in the 1990sBringing the environment into the mainstream: Ken Melamed, AWARE in the 1990s

March 23, 2013 Whistler MuseumWhistler Museum 3 Comments

Last week we wrote a post about the early history of local environmental group AWARE (Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment). We wrote the piece, in part, to promote this month’s Speaker Series featuring long-time environmentalist, former AWARE president, and former Whistler mayor Ken Melamed. Well, last Wednesday Ken delivered some great insights […][...]

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AWARE.: definitely not a WASTEAWARE.: definitely not a WASTE

March 16, 2013 Whistler MuseumWhistler Museum 2 Comments

With Ken Melamed’s upcoming speaker series on the history of habitat conservation in the Whistler Valley, we figured it was an opportune time to look into the history of AWARE (Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment) the local environmental advocacy group that Ken played a formative role in during the 1990s. AWARE’s origins could not be […][...]

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Speaker Series – Ken Melamed on Whistler’s Conservation HistorySpeaker Series – Ken Melamed on Whistler’s Conservation History

March 14, 2013 Whistler MuseumWhistler Museum 0 Comments

It is easy to take Whistler’s natural splendour for granted. A closer look, however, reveals that it is only thanks to a number of thoughtful, committed people that so much has been preserved for future generations. One of these figures is Ken Melamed. Ken moved here in 1976 to live the ski bum’s life as […][...]

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