Stanley Park Beaver Lake Walkabout and Dialogue on Biodiversity

Walkabout at Beaver Lake with Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Loretta Woodcock & Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES): A dialogue on biodiversity [...]

Vancouver: Greenest City Neighbourhood Small Grants

Vancouver: Greenest City Neighbourhood Small Grants

Filed Under: city living, food, vancouver on July 23, 2010

From the city who recently brought in urban chickens into a backyard near you, the Vancouver Foundation has partnered with the City of Vancouver to fu [...]

family of urban raccoons killed

family of urban raccoons killed

Filed Under: city living, environment, life, urban critters on July 20, 2010

Yesterday, we watched the evening news on a story that a mother raccoon and her cubs were bludgeoned to death by a hockey stick wielding man. Apparent [...]

Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 2

Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 2

Filed Under: city living, community, design, environment, event, frogs, history, life, urban critters, vancouver on July 4, 2010

Background: As part of our neighbourhood community building effort, a number of neighbours and I have been documenting the flora and fauna of our sm [...]

Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 1

Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 1

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, community, design, history, urban critters, vancouver on July 3, 2010

As part of our neighbourhood community building effort, a number of neighbours and I have been documenting the flora and fauna of our small urban fore [...]

10 ways to protect biodiversity

10 ways to protect biodiversity

Filed Under: biodiversity, community, environment, event, frogs, health, life, urban critters, vancouver on June 29, 2010

Originally published in Georgia Straight, January 14, 2010 butterfly photo courtesy of PDPhoto . Ten ways you can help protect biodiversity in 2010 By [...]

Metro Vancouver's backyard / lost fish streams

Metro Vancouver’s backyard / lost fish streams

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, community, design, environment, event, food, frogs, health, life, urban critters, vancouver on June 25, 2010

During our late summers, we can still observe salmon spawning, right in front of the new waterfront walkway built along the Fraser river in east Vanco [...]

June 5th is WED!

June 5th is WED!

Filed Under: biodiversity, environment, event, frogs, health, history, life on June 5, 2010

Today is World Environmental Day. It is not just a reminder of thinking green, but the importance of abundance – an abundance of different things, d [...]

[GP] Agricultural Biodiversity & Sustainability for the Future

[GP] Agricultural Biodiversity & Sustainability for the Future

Filed Under: biodiversity, environment, event, food, health on June 3, 2010

Today’s Guest Post [GP] is by Jack Lundee. Agricultural Biodiversity and Sustainability for the Future June 2nd, 2010 “In other environmen [...]

Never seen before… treefrogs that shake their booties!

Never seen before… treefrogs that shake their booties!

Filed Under: Uncategorized, biodiversity, environment, event, frogs, life on June 2, 2010

Who likes big butts, and just can’t stand it? Your neighbourhood red eyed treefrog, that’s who! Well… actually, they shake their behinds [...]

Urban beekeeping & green roofs on the rise

Urban beekeeping & green roofs on the rise

Filed Under: city living, community, design, food, health, urban critters, vancouver on June 1, 2010

Vancouver’s new Trade and Convention Centre expansion, has a beautiful new green roof. The roof is covered with indigenous grasses, small shrubs [...]

Free biodiversity tour in Richmond BC - May 22, 2010

Free biodiversity tour in Richmond BC - May 22, 2010

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, community, design, environment, event, health, urban critters, vancouver on May 21, 2010

A FREE May 22nd Biodiversity Tour of the Garden City Lands, Richmond, British Columbia Eco-tour: Saturday, May 22, 2010  10:00 am Meet at the Garden [...]

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