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Protect the nature in our neighbourhoods

Protect the nature in our neighbourhoods

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, environment, urban critters, vancouver on December 8, 2011

reprinted from the Vancouver Sun, December 7, 2011 Let’s protect the nature in our neighbourhoods . BY FAISAL MOOLA, MICHELLE MOLNAR AND PATRICK MOO [...]

7 Billion, Pesticides, Food and Frogs

7 Billion, Pesticides, Food and Frogs

Filed Under: city living, community, environment, event, food, health, history, life, vancouver on November 25, 2011

. Can Earth be sustained with 7 billion humans on pesticide-laden food? The month of October 2011 saw, “seven billion” as a new answer for [...]

Compact Fluorescent lights - are they safe?

Compact Fluorescent lights - are they safe?

Filed Under: design, energy, green Gadget, greenwash :-(, vancouver on May 11, 2011

The following thoughts on compact fluorescent lights (CFL) was sent to us from Architect, Helen O’Toole. We appreciate her sharing this informat [...]

Event: Guided tour of Endangered urban forest Nov. 5, 2010

Event: Guided tour of Endangered urban forest Nov. 5, 2010

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, community, design, environment, event, frogs, health, life, urban critters, vancouver on November 3, 2010

South Fraser Witness Trail Group Hike on the South Fraser Witness Trail! Friday, November 5 · 3:00pm - 5:00pm Meet at the bus stop at 168 St. & 1 [...]

video of Fraserview forest... 13 years later

video of Fraserview forest… 13 years later

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, environment, event, urban critters, vancouver on October 18, 2010

This year marks the 13th anniversary of our successful effort stopping the city of Vancouver’s plan to build market condos in one of our city&# [...]

Save the Environment… but it's humans who really need saving!

Save the Environment… but it’s humans who really need saving!

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, environment, life, urban critters, vancouver on September 10, 2010

by Celia Brauer, September 9, 2010 It was early in the 1970s when the word “environment” became part of the popular consciousness. This is curious [...]

Stanley Park Beaver Lake Walkabout and Dialogue on Biodiversity

Stanley Park Beaver Lake Walkabout and Dialogue on Biodiversity

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, design, environment, event, frogs, life, urban critters, vancouver on July 27, 2010

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 [...]

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 [...]

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