‘News’ Archives
A terrific start to the Koerner Lecture Series
Tuesday April 2nd marked the inaugural Koerner Speaker series in Neotropical Conservation with world-reknowned jazz pianist and Costa Rican Minister of Youth and Culture Manuel Obregón. In Tribute Communities Recital Hall, the afternoon began with an introduction from [Read More]
Manuel Obregón Jazz concert and conversation April 2, 3:30pm
Join us for this free musical and ecological jazz performance and lecture by Manuel Obregón, Costa Rica’s Minister of Culture and Youth. Manuel Obregón’s piano is immersed in images of Costa Rican ecosystems creating a sonic repartee with the birds and other [Read More]
Join us for our Silent Auction fundraiser!
Wednesday, November 7 at 5:30pm the Las Nubes Student Association will be hosting its annual Silent Auction in the Zig Zag Gallery, HNES Lounge, Keele Campus. Proceeds will go towards environmental community initiatives in the Alexander Skutch Corridor, Costa Rica. [Read More]
History of Las Nubes captured in Stunning Photo Book
Las Nubes: Conservation in the Cloud Forests of Costa Rica, a new book by two York graduate students, tells the story of the Las Nubes Biological Reserve through stunning photos and accompanying text, from its York beginnings until today. [Read More]
Message from the New Director of the Las Nubes Project
I envision Las Nubes to serve as a source of inspiration that will move a wide array of agents to explore ways of improving our relationship with the biosphere and increase the wellbeing of all. [Read More]
New Chair in Neo-Tropical Conservation
Las Nubes is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Felipe Montoya-Greenheck as the Chair in Neo-Tropical Conservation in the Faculty of Environmental Studies effective July 1, 2012. [Read More]
A very good year for York’s wine auction
What does a 1981 Château Lafite Rothschild have to do with a bird monitoring project in the Costa Rican rainforest? [Read More]
How fair trade T-shirts came to the York University Bookstore
York already has Las Nubes fair trade coffee available on campus. Now the York University Bookstore, in partnership with the Business & Society Program (BUSO), will offer fair trade T-shirts. [Read More]
Rainforest Living
Chris Saker is passionate about conservation—particularly when it comes to woodpeckers. [Read More]
Dear Tim Hortons: You Could Have Been a Green Giant
Why Canada’s biggest coffee company should double-double down on the environment. [Read More]
