by Andrew T. Barton | May 26, 2013 | Blog, Century Ride, photography
As always, it was a great day for the 14th annual Century Ride, and my 5th year taking photos of the cyclists. After a week of almost solid rain, the bike Gods came through and gave us a beautiful day that was dry enough to make us all happy, cool enough to make the...
by Andrew T. Barton | Feb 8, 2013 | Blog, Creativity, Environment, geography, Philosophy, photography, Politics
As I have mentioned before in my posts, I am currently working through a geography degree at the University of British Columbia, here in Kelowna. At first glance, you would think this has very little to do with photography. I mean, with course titles like “Development...
by Andrew T. Barton | Jan 30, 2013 | Activism, Blog, Environment, Northern Gateway
The folks at the National Energy Board sure are fast! The transcript from the January 28th Joint Review Panel hearings were posted by the time I checked first thing the following morning. The PDF of the days testimony can be found in the document archives. The...
by Andrew T. Barton | Jan 28, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized
Today was a big day. I presented for 10 minutes before the Joint Review Panel (JRP) who are responsible for the environmental assessment of the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. It was a really great and interesting experience. As always, the panel was very...
by Andrew T. Barton | Jan 12, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized
It has been quite a while between posts here. There has been lots going on though, and I hope to share some of those details over the coming months. I am currently transitioning to hosting my own wordpress site and changing my photo hosting. If you are looking for...
by Andrew T. Barton | Jul 8, 2011 | Activism, Blog, Environment, geography, Habitat Destruction, Mountains
As many of you know, one of my favorite areas to go hiking is the Rogers Pass area in Glacier National Park. The Selkirk Mountains run almost north–south through the park and it is a wonderland of mountain peaks, glaciers, and alpine meadows. Aside from being an...