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ALIBUT HERALDJuly 9, 2009

Andy Goldsworthy's Amazing Works of Art

ndy Goldsworthys Rivers & Tides DVD available at our Robin Best Library,if you have yet to shighly recommend checking out his thought-provoking mastery in sculpting natural materials and his theories of why he does

at he does.

youre taking a stroll through the English landscapeAndy Goldsworthy wants to stop you in your tracks.

s a British sculptor, photographer and committed environmentalist, and he likes arranging things. He turns random piles ofnes into gravity-defying structures and scattered leaves into dazzling gradiated rainbows. He tracks lines and curves upon theund where none should exist, stacks ice in the unlikeliest of places, and puts patterns and colors into the landscape that woulke any onlooker rub their eyes. And the true magic of his work is that for a second just for a second you believe its the woNature. What would yourfirst thought be if you encountered these in the wild?

verything has the energy of its making inside it.- Interview, The Guardian, 2007.

AD ON & MORE PHOTOS: http://www.ecosalon.com/andy-goldsworthys-amazing-works-of-art/ gital Catalogue and other info: http://www.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk/ UTUBE CLIP OF RIVERS & TIDES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYiVBgTtp-k


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People Come TogetherFellow Forward Thinkers/Movers/Shakers! We are halfway finished 2009 and Scientists have been requesting fordecades for us to act now in order to sustain a healthy planet for generations to come! This is far from old news, butonly recently is it being heard and taken to heart. The evidence of our proven collective disrespect to Mother Earth willnot just disappear with ignorance; however, in recent years, people are quickly assembling together for somethingthey believe in and its astonishing! Here are some examples of whats being done to motivate the rest of the worldpopulation to get up and change our future.

he Big Ask

MINUTE AWESOME VIDEO: MUST WATCH!re than 6,000 people took part in the recording ofe Big Ask-video clip at Ostende on the Belgianst. The film clip was made possible due to theagement of volunteers from Friends of the Earth.

ATCH IT:p://www.thebigask.be/nl/node/411

http://green.cbc.ca/

http://www.350.org/

The Happy Planet Index is determined by calculating life expectancy and peoples happiness against theirenvironmental impact in 143 countries that are home 99 percent of the worlds population.

http://www.happyplanetindex.orgANNUAL REPORT:http://www.happyplanetindex.org/public-

data/files/happy-planet-index-2-0.pdf

ONEHUNDREDMON

http://www.one

dredmonths.


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cus on Rich People of All Nations First: New

arbon Emission Reduction Method Proposed

Sharing Global CO2 Emissions Among 1 Billion High Emittersearchers from the Princeton Environmental Institute say that the

ting point in determining national emission reduction targets shouldndividuals.

ou fly a lot, have a large home with high air conditioning and/orting requirements, and drive countless miles in a fuel inefficient carr emissions are much higher than the average person in a pooron, or even your neighbors in the poorer parts of town.AD ON: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/focus-on-h-people-all-nations-new-carbon-emission-reduction-culation-method.php

In Kaslo, a Big No to River Power

More than 1,000 turn out to oppose Kootenay proje

People of all ages came with costumes, banners, marcbands, meticulously researched and passionately articspeeches. First they rallied outside the school before tmeeting, then they lined up one after another at themicrophone to say a resounding "no" to the project andwhole idea of privatizing our rivers for power we don't nand can't use. Why can't we use it? Because the bulk opower would come in spring, the time of our lowest deand highest supply, vowing that this project would be

stopped.READ ON:http://thetyee.ca/Views/2009/07/06/KasloNo/?utm_s=mondayheadlines&utm_medium=email&utm_cam=060709

anada Ranked Last in G8 onimate ActionCanada has fallen to last place inthe latest G8 Climate Scorecard,after the United States moved upin the annual rankings based onrecent climate initiativesannounced by the Obamaadministration. The report citesCanada as one of the few G8nations whose emissions are stillincreasing, due in large part tothe commitment to expandingexploitation of the tar sands.

Nowhere else on Earth dofewer people steward moreresources, yet Canada nowstands dead last amongst the G8Nations in protecting our sharedhome from the threat ofdangerous climate change, saidKeith Stewart, Director of WWF-Canadas Climate ChangeCampaign. Canada's future liesin creating green jobs on a livingplanet, not in becoming theenergy sweatshop for the world.

READ ON:http://wwf.ca/newsroom/?4000

10 Great Green Google EarLayers A SlideshowEXAMPLES:1. World Per Capita Carbon Emission

2. World Fisheries Catch Data since th1950s

VIEW ALL:http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/24/10-really-great-green-google-earth-layers.php?page=1


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quatic Deer and Ancient Whales

ou startled a deer, you might not expect it to jumpo the nearest pond and submerge itself fornutes."The behaviour is interesting because it isexpected. Deer are supposed to walk on land andze not swim underwater. But more interestinglythe zoologist are the evolutionary implications,"says.

e behaviour bolsters one leading theory regardingorigin of whales.

AD ON:p://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsi8137000/8137922.stm

Video: The Making of a Pedestrian-Only Street Curitiba, Brazil

If you have yet to rent from our Robin Best Library, A Convenient TrUrban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil, I suggest doing it soon!In the mean time, Check out this short vid from treehugger:http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/curitiba-pedestrian-only-street-video.phpTrailer for A Convenient Truth:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQTTG3NcYY

oo Installation Shows Trouble In Wildlife Paradise

uble in Paradise--an art installation at Vienna's Schnbrunn Zoo--shows the troubling impact of modern civilization on wildlifebitat.AD ON & VIEW MORE PICS: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/zoo-installation-shows-trouble-in-adise.php?dcitc=TH_rotator

New Monkey Discovered in Brazilian AmazoResearchers have discovered a new sub-species of monkey in a

remote part of the Amazon rain forest a U.S.-based wildlifeconservation group said on Tuesday.

The small monkey, which is mostly gray and brown and weighs 21grams, has been named the Mura's saddleback tamarin after the MIndian tribe of the Purus and Madeira river basins where the new sspecies was found. "This newly described monkey shows that evetoday there are major wildlife discoveries to be made,"

"This discovery should serve as a wake-up call that there is still somuch to learn from the world's wild places, yet humans continue tothreaten these areas with destruction,"READ ON:

http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/monkey+discoverBrazilian+Amazon/1767887/story.html


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ark-ravaged Sea Turtle Tries Outtificial Flippers After Losing Limbs; 'Itll Be A Global First'

BE, Japan -- Tests on artificial flippers for a loggerheadturtle with only two limbs started here over the weekendn attempt to return the turtle to the wild.AD ON:p://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=19107268

Jellyfish and Vermin: The Future of Food?

READ ON:http://scienceblogs.com/guiltyplanet/2009/07/jellyfish_verminre_meat.php

shy tale: one man'sht to save tuna

he owner of a fishing fleet duringpast four decades, Stehr had

ped empty the seas of the bluefina used in sushi restaurants fromw York to Tokyo. Now, at age 67,believed he was on the verge ofng the tuna - and the industry that

de him rich - from the threat ofnction.AD ON:p://business.smh.com.au/busineishy-tale-one-mans-fight-to-e-tuna-20090707-db2o.html

WatCleaner Robot Cleans Up WaterPollution

World's Largest OceanObservatory NearCompletion; 'This Is TrulyTransformative Science'Over the next two-and-a-half months, ateam of scientists and marine engineers willcomplete the installation off British

Columbia of NEPTUNE Canada, theworlds largest and most advanced cabledocean observatory.READ ON:http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=12067395104

Robots cleaning polluwater sounds futuristNot anymore.READ ON:http://bluelivingideam/topics/drinking-water/watcleaner-rocleans-water-polluti


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We Could Be On This List for 2009!

our help is needed: Employee Survey

our feedback will help to determine how we compare to other companies, and will provide

with insight into the things that we should celebrate and the things that we need to

ange in order to compete with the best and have an engaged Aquarium team.

of the responses to the survey will be strictly confidential and your completed surveys

l be submitted directly to a third party.

e survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your results cannot be saved,erefore please complete the survey in one sitting. Please submit your completed survey

soon as possible but no later than July 10, 2009.

o access the Employee Survey online starting today,

lease go to

ttps://www.keysurvey.com/survey/258839/ba05/

hance to Protect Babies from Toxic

hemicalshe decline in some marine mammal populations isked to the prevalence of flame retardant chemicals andher persistent organic pollutants, says marine biologistolly Lohuis of the Ocean Futures Society. Becausearine mammals are so similar in biology to humans, Id myself and my four-year-old son tested and, to myrror, we are both contaminated; my sons levels werethe charts. Its unconscionable to have these

emicals actually mandated in products for anyone, letone children.EAD ON: http://www.oceanfutures.org/of_blog-ost.asp?ID=94

urvey Says. . .Happiness Objectified:

Our Things Make Us Happ

Today, I went toEnglish Bay inVancouver and askedone simple questionof those who livehere, Where doesthe non-recyclabletrash go? Here arethe results:READ ON:http://www.trashtrip.

com/uncategorized/survey-says/

READ Ohttp://www.psfk.com/20/07/happiness-objectifi

do-our-things-make-happy.h

ea lion hijacks LA harboratrol boatut in the harbor the boats emergencyhts flashed, deck lights went on and offd the emergency pump and otheruipment began turning on and off atndom. The boat lurched to one side andeminglystering itself.

EAD ON:

tp://blog.ocsd.org/post/2009/06/24/Unsn-Boarder-Tries-to-Take-Control-of-epartment-Fireboat.aspx


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ome into the Gift Shop this week & seeall the new and exciting products wehave to offer. Its summer time whichmeans lots of great new products are

making their appearances on ourshelves!

Drop by and see our new assortment ofags, wallets, luggage tags and passport

holders in an assortment of motifs andcolours. Bright and beautiful just like

summer time.

Large Walletsregular: $24.99 staff: $17.49

Small Walletsregular: $22.99 staff: $16.09

Pursesregular: $54.99 staff: $38.49

Passport Holdersre ular: 24.99 staff: 17.49


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Archival Photo

Aquarium Entrance, 1974.


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Classified

Library NewsGet your up-to-the minutes news via RSS feed from the librarys Whats new pages. Currently, there are two Whats new pagrunning a variety of interesting news feeds

Whats New Animals and Nature for news about birds, reptiles, marine mammals, and places such as the Arctichttp://aquanet.vanaqua.org/IS/CRS/Lib/Pages/WhatsNewAnimalsandNature.aspx

Whats New Business and General for news about business, finance, tourism, visitor experience and marketinghttp://aquanet.vanaqua.org/IS/CRS/Lib/Pages/What%27sNewBGN.aspx

News on Environmental conservation and education will soon be available via the Conservation Current

http://aquanet.vanaqua.org/IS/CRS/Lib/ConservationCurrent/Pages/Default.aspx

Did you know that the Library has access to over 100 journals and magazines??At least 80 of these are available full text online.For a complete hyperlinked list, visit the library journals page on Aquanet:http://aquanet.vanaqua.org/IS/CRS/Lib/Pages/Journals.aspx

As well, you can find new books and movies listed on this page of Aquanet:http://aquanet.vanaqua.org/IS/CRS/Lib/Pages/LibraryCatalogue.aspx


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For Sale: Used DVDs and video games

DVDs

Matrix Revolutions 2-Disc version

Superman Doomsday animated movie

Ultimate Avengers 2 animated movie

The Animatrix

Nintendo Gamecube games

Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex

Spyro Enter the Dragonfly

Def Jam Fight for NY

True Crime: New York City

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

NBA Live 2005

The above are for sale at $7 each, if you buy 3 or more $5/piece

Also available:

Super Nintendo games ($4/each or 3 for $10)

Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D SOLD

Marios Early Years: Fun With Letters SOLD

Battle Clash (Requires Superscope to play)

Nintendo Wii

*Brand New Copy* (Factory sealed):

ExciteBots Trick Racing - $40

If interested please contact Esther: [email protected]


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Events

2009 Audubon MagazinePhotography Awards:Birds in Focus, created to celebrate the beautyand diversity of birdlife through the art ofphotography, and to honor the exceptional workof talented professional, amateur and youthphotographers from all over the U.S.

Audubonwill be accepting submissions online

between May 15-July 15 in three categories:Professional, Amateur, and Youth.Photographersare encouraged to reveal a new angle orperspective in their work. Think creatively,advises Audubons design director Kevin Fisher,one of the judges. Originality and drama rankhigh at Audubon. Include tight shots, such asclose-ups of eyes, feathers. We welcomeuncommon perspectives.LEARN MORE:www.AudubonMagazinePhotoAwards.com


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http://www.thebigwild.org/summer-friends-contest


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http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/exhibition.php?id=6

ENTER CONTESHERE:http://www.mariotobank.com/reces/OceaninFochotoContestHom09.php


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If you or anyone here at the Vancouver Aquarium would be interested in making a donation (taxreceipts available, and 100% of your donation goes to those in need!), please please PLEASE doso! So far, I'm at $0 here at the Aquarium :(

I've set up a CanadaHelps GivingPage where you can make donations towards the 2009 FOCUSHike4Life Challenge. The link is above, as well as a few other informative links as well.

And please remember that every little bit helps, and 100% of your contribution will go towardsFOCUS to help those in need! I will also be doing something special for all of those who havecontributed towards this wonderful cause. I'm not sure yet what this will be, but it could be alongthe lines of a large, high-quality photographic print, taken by yours truly, from the Hike4Lifeexpedition

http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=4311

http://www.focuschallenge.org/focus.html


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More exciting events hehttp://www.vanevo.ca/evs01.htmlCheck out videos of paslectures here:http://www.sfu.ca/cstudscience/darwin.htm

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