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Ramos & Fortier

@ramosfortier

Championing Canadian talents in the #arts & #sciences. Working to protect #wildlife & the #environment. Promoting #TextileSustainability. (We’re also on Bsky.)

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By enlisting the help of #bees, #farmers are able to safely keep #elephants away from their crops - and earn extra income in the process.

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Here’s an #electric #driverless vehicle that can move hundreds of passengers in an hour - our beloved #Skytrain! The world does not need more cars on the road - #EV or not. What we need is more #sustainable mass #transit. TransLink BC #Vancouver #BCstorm 📸: Daily Hive

Here’s an #electric #driverless vehicle that can move hundreds of passengers in an hour - our beloved #Skytrain!

The world does not need more cars on the road - #EV or not. What we need is more #sustainable mass #transit. 

<a href="/TransLink/">TransLink BC</a> #Vancouver #BCstorm 
📸: Daily Hive
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#Vancouver can learn a thing or two from the City of Markham when tackling the #textile #waste issue facing our city. #sustainability #fashion #apparel #fastfashion #landfill #SkyTrain #Translink #recycle #reuse #repurpose 📸: A. Mungal/City of #Markham thestar.com/news/gta/markh…

#Vancouver can learn a thing or two from the <a href="/cityofmarkham/">City of Markham</a> when tackling the #textile #waste issue facing our city. 

#sustainability #fashion #apparel #fastfashion #landfill #SkyTrain #Translink #recycle #reuse #repurpose 
📸: A. Mungal/City of #Markham
thestar.com/news/gta/markh…
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The R&F team is ready for the #SolarEclipse on April 8th! Are you? The next one is in 40 years, on 23 August 2044 - so be sure to experience this rare event. #SolarEclipse2024 #Solar #Eclipse #Astronomy #Canada 📸: R&F Poster image: Canadian Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency

The R&amp;F team is ready for the #SolarEclipse on April 8th! Are you? 

The next one is in 40 years, on 23 August 2044 - so be sure to experience this rare event. 

#SolarEclipse2024 #Solar #Eclipse #Astronomy #Canada 
📸: R&amp;F 
Poster image: Canadian Space Agency, <a href="/csa_asc/">Canadian Space Agency</a>
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This is, by far, the best picture of the #SolarEclipse on April 8: the Moon’s shadow cast on the Canadian provinces of #Quebec and #NewBrunswick. #SolarEclipse2024 #Solar #Lunar #Eclipse #Astronomy #Canada #Science 📸: NASA

This is, by far, the best picture of the #SolarEclipse on April 8: the Moon’s shadow cast on the Canadian provinces of #Quebec and #NewBrunswick. 

#SolarEclipse2024 #Solar #Lunar #Eclipse #Astronomy #Canada #Science 
📸: <a href="/NASA/">NASA</a>
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#TeamCanada x lululemon unveiled the Summer #OlympicGames athlete kit for Paris 2024. #Olympics #Olympics2024 #Paris #France #Sports olympic.ca/2024/04/16/tea…

#TeamCanada x <a href="/lululemon/">lululemon</a> unveiled the Summer #OlympicGames athlete kit for <a href="/Paris2024/">Paris 2024</a>. 

#Olympics #Olympics2024 #Paris #France #Sports 
olympic.ca/2024/04/16/tea…
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Happy Earth Day 2024! Let’s remember that every living entity on #Earth has the right call it home and flourish - not just us. #EarthDay #EarthDay2024 #Biodiversity #Nature #Science #Ornithology #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Pollution #TextileSustainability #vMFW

Happy Earth Day 2024!

Let’s remember that every living entity on #Earth has the right call it home and flourish - not just us. 

#EarthDay #EarthDay2024 #Biodiversity #Nature #Science #Ornithology #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Pollution #TextileSustainability #vMFW
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Great finish Canada! 🇨🇦 9🥇, 7🥈, 11🥉 = 27 medals at the XXXIII Olympiad! The Olympic Games Paris 2024 #Olympic2024 #Olympics  #Paris2024  #ClosingCeremony  📸: CBC Olympics; #TeamCanada

Great finish Canada! 🇨🇦 

9🥇, 7🥈, 11🥉 = 27 medals at the XXXIII Olympiad! 

<a href="/Olympics/">The Olympic Games</a> <a href="/Paris2024/">Paris 2024</a> #Olympic2024 #Olympics  #Paris2024  #ClosingCeremony 

📸: <a href="/CBCOlympics/">CBC Olympics</a>; #TeamCanada
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Congratulations to British-Canadian Geoffrey Everest Hinton, dubbed the “Godfather of AI,” for being awarded the 2024 #NobelPrize in #Physics: “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” #science #STEM #AI

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We will always remember their sacrifices. #CanadaRemembers 🇨🇦 #RemembanceDay2024 #RemebranceDay #lestweforget2024 #LestWeForget #Vancouver 1924

We will always remember their sacrifices. #CanadaRemembers 🇨🇦

#RemembanceDay2024 #RemebranceDay 
#lestweforget2024 
#LestWeForget 
#Vancouver 1924
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‘Amphibious mouse’ among 27 new #species found in #Peruvian #rainforest. #biodiversity #wildlife #amazon #forest #sustainability #conservation #AltoMayo #Peru #SusTAINcentre 📸: Trond Larsen conservation.org/press-releases…

‘Amphibious mouse’ among 27 new #species found in #Peruvian #rainforest. 

#biodiversity #wildlife #amazon #forest #sustainability #conservation #AltoMayo #Peru #SusTAINcentre
📸: Trond Larsen 
conservation.org/press-releases…
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Wishing you all an exciting 2025! ✨ Let’s all try to be kinder to the #Earth in everything we do this year. 🌎 #SusTAINcentre #Roomify #vMFW #KRED #TextileEngineering #TextileSustainability #arts #sciences #wildlife #biodiversity #environment #christmas #newyear #newyear2025

Wishing you all an exciting 2025! ✨ Let’s all try to be kinder to the #Earth in everything we do this year. 🌎

#SusTAINcentre #Roomify #vMFW #KRED #TextileEngineering #TextileSustainability #arts #sciences #wildlife #biodiversity #environment #christmas #newyear #newyear2025
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Fellow Canadians: Do not stand by the sidelines. Do your duty. VOTE today for the kind of Canada you want to see tomorrow. (Many polling stations are open until 7:00 pm.) #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli #elxn45 #GoVote #elections2025 #CanadaVotes #FederalElection

Fellow Canadians: Do not stand by the sidelines. Do your duty. 

VOTE today for the kind of Canada you want to see tomorrow. 

(Many polling stations are open until 7:00 pm.) 

#CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli #elxn45 #GoVote #elections2025 #CanadaVotes #FederalElection
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Did you know?: The City of Vancouver has an online "Waste Wizard" and an app to tell you how to Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Repurpose and/or Recycle (RRRRR) -- and where to discard your waste. Try it out: vancouver.ca/green-vancouve… #ZeroWaste #Vancouver #BC #Canada #clothing #textiles

Did you know?: The <a href="/CityofVancouver/">City of Vancouver</a> has an online "Waste Wizard" and an app to tell you how to Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Repurpose and/or Recycle (RRRRR) -- and where to discard your waste.

Try it out:
vancouver.ca/green-vancouve… 

#ZeroWaste #Vancouver #BC #Canada #clothing #textiles
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Metro Vancouver GHG emissions decreasing due to, “more walking and cycling, remote working,… use of public transit, and a steady shift toward [EV]…” vancouversun.com/news/metro-van… #sustainability #GreenWeek #SusTAINcentre #climatechange #biodiversity 📸: R&F, Tynehead Regional Park

Metro Vancouver GHG emissions decreasing due to, “more walking and cycling, remote working,… use of public transit, and a steady shift toward [EV]…”

vancouversun.com/news/metro-van…

#sustainability #GreenWeek #SusTAINcentre #climatechange #biodiversity

📸: R&amp;F, Tynehead Regional Park
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From Germany, to Ireland, to Spain, to Australia, and now Canada. Green Week is coming to Vancouver, BC! 🇨🇦 Join us and learn about new research, technologies, and practical tips to live sustainably. greenweek.ca #GreenWeek #RamosFortier #recycle #zerowaste #nature

From Germany, to Ireland, to Spain, to Australia, and now Canada. Green Week is coming to Vancouver, BC! 🇨🇦

Join us and learn about new research, technologies, and practical tips to live sustainably.

greenweek.ca

#GreenWeek #RamosFortier #recycle #zerowaste #nature
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#DYK that about 50% of vegetables & 75% of fruits eaten in Canada are imported? One way we at R&F strive to be sustainable, cut down on GHG emissions, & be tariff-free is by growing some of our own greens via hydroponics. #foodsecurity #sustainability #SusTAINcentre #GreenWeek

#DYK that about 50% of vegetables &amp; 75% of fruits eaten in Canada are imported?

One way we at R&amp;F strive to be sustainable, cut down on GHG emissions, &amp; be tariff-free is by growing some of our own greens via hydroponics.

#foodsecurity #sustainability #SusTAINcentre #GreenWeek
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On this day, we remember and honour the sacrifices of all Veterans of Canada who served in the First and Second World Wars, Korean War, Afghanistan War, and all other wars, recent and past. 🌺 🇨🇦 Lest we forget Nous nous souviendrons #RemembranceDay #Legion #JohnMcCrae #poppy

On this day, we remember and honour the sacrifices of all Veterans of Canada who served in the First and Second World Wars, Korean War, Afghanistan War, and all other wars, recent and past. 🌺 🇨🇦 

Lest we forget 
Nous nous souviendrons

#RemembranceDay #Legion #JohnMcCrae #poppy
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Could this be our saviour to the ever-growing #plastic waste? This soil bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis, can break down Polyethylene terephthalate (PET). big.ucdavis.edu/blog/plastic-e… #zerowaste #sustainability #environment #landfill #garbage #recycling #greenweek 📸: UC Davis

Could this be our saviour to the ever-growing #plastic waste? 

This soil bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis, can break down Polyethylene terephthalate (PET). 

big.ucdavis.edu/blog/plastic-e…

#zerowaste #sustainability #environment #landfill #garbage #recycling #greenweek

📸: <a href="/ucdavis/">UC Davis</a>
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Though beauty is always welcome, (cherry) blossoms in the middle of Winter may be a sign of a warming planet. #canada #earth #climatechange #pollution #sustainability #SusTAINcentre #GreenWeek #RamosFortier 📸: Ramos & Fortier. Taken at Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC; 28 Feb 2026.

Though beauty is always welcome, (cherry) blossoms in the middle of Winter may be a sign of a warming planet.

#canada #earth #climatechange #pollution #sustainability #SusTAINcentre #GreenWeek #RamosFortier

📸: Ramos &amp; Fortier. Taken at Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC; 28 Feb 2026.