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The EKOS team are exceptionally pleased to have been awarded a contract with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to update secondary learning modules to include biodiversity conservation themes.

The EKOS team will be complimented by several leading Caribbean authorities in curriculum design, including Dr. Joyce Glasgow, professor emeritus within the Faculty of Education at the University of West Indies. The project team also includes Sue Staniforth, an acclaimed environmental educator who lives near Victoria, BC, but as worked internationally.

Think you know what a dome is? I thought I knew. I recalled the domes that some of my friends built and lived in. Funky structures that never seemed to live up to their potential as perhaps the best design for living and work spaces. Maybe okay for hippie communes of the 60s or back-to-the-landers of the 70s, but definitely not something you’d expect to find as suburban homes for the masses.

Well a company from the Southern Interior of BC has set out to change all this.

While in Calgary for the Canadian Parks For Tomorrow conference, I and some of the other attendees had the great pleasure of catching Sid Marty reading from his most recent book “The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek.”

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Marty’s writings, He is the author of such Canadian conservation classics as “Men for the Mountains,” “A Grand and Fabulous Notion,” “Leaning on the Win,” and “Switchbacks.” He is also an acclaimed cowboy poet and folk singer.

Canadian youth have a valuable role to play in the social and economic development of the nation. From their influence on political policy, to their strength in the marketplace as consumers, to their innovations and insights for the environment, youth have the power to determine the future of sustainability in Canada.

In this edition of ekosRadio, co-hosts Starr Munro and Rick Searle, chat with Justin Trudeau at Globe 2006, about the important role youth play in transforming our society’s understanding and respect for the natural environment.