Ian Stuart, professor of supply chain management with UBC Okanagan's Faculty of Management, is working with the Okanagan Valley's wine industry to design and implement a business plan that reduces wineries' carbon footprint and saves them money by reusing wine bottles in the Valley.

Almost everyone knows Pogo ‘Possum’s famous utterance from Earth Day, 1970. On contemplating the desecration of his beloved Okefenokee Swamp, Walt Kelly’s memorable cartoon-strip character sadly observed: “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

On the surface, it might strike some as, well, an Olympian challenge: Tracking and forecasting the carbon footprint of the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.

As temperatures dive and natural-gas costs soar, perhaps you are considering the purchase of a wood-pellet stove. But you wonder, is this an environmentally friendly choice?
The answer is yes.

According to Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor Xiaotao (Tony) Bi, wood pellets are the best choice for residential heating.