

'Harperman' Star Comes to KU
If the line, "Who’s the king of secrecy? Harperman, Harperman. Who has slashed the CBC? Harperman, Harperman.” isn't familiar to you as a Canadian, you may want heave aside that rock you've been living under. Back in June, Tony Turner, then a scientist working with environment Canada, decided to his angst into an acoustic poke at Canada's Prime Minister at the time, Stephen Harper. His Youtube video exploded, becoming a viral phenomenon across Canada in a matter of days. Tod


Historic Deal Saves Great Bear Rainforest
In the mid-1990s, the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia -- the ancestral territory of many First Nations communities and the home to iconic species such as the Spirit Bear -- was under threat. In fact, less than 5% of the rainforest was protected. But today, after 20 years of campaigning that took Greenpeace from conflict to collaboration, the seemingly impossible has been achieved: One of the world’s largest remaining coastal temperate rainforests has been safeguarde