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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 [...]

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 [...]

Scientists say oceans will be empty of fish in 40 years

Scientists say oceans will be empty of fish in 40 years

Filed Under: environment, food, health on May 18, 2010

from Yahoo news: Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years: UN by Sebastian Smith Sebastian Smith – Mon May 17, 11:07 pm ET NEW YORK (A [...]

banning frogs for human consumption

banning frogs for human consumption

Filed Under: environment, event, food, frogs, health, life on May 9, 2010

It has been documented that frogs imported into North America (and elsewhere) for the food and pet industries are known carriers of the deadly fungus, [...]

Sad ending to (planned) Chinatown roof farm…

Sad ending to (planned) Chinatown roof farm…

Filed Under: city living, community, design, environment, event, food, frogs, green Profile, health, life, urban critters, vancouver on May 7, 2010

Our earlier blog post (Vancouver’s first rooftop urban farm) had introduced our readers to what was to have been our city’s first parkade [...]

Smart Growth and Foodbelts

Smart Growth and Foodbelts

Filed Under: city living, community, design, environment, green Profile, health, life, urban critters on May 5, 2010

Article courtesy of the Georgia Straight and DavidSuzuki.org David Suzuki: Using smart growth to combat urban sprawl in Canada By David Suzuki and Fai [...]

our Urban forest in the Spring

our Urban forest in the Spring

Filed Under: city living, design, environment, event, frogs, health, history, life, urban critters, vancouver on May 2, 2010

Last fall, we introduced you to Vancouver’s secret forest (link here). Today, a number of friends and neighbours went on another walk through ou [...]

New York frog vs invasive weed

New York frog vs invasive weed

Filed Under: city living, community, design, environment, event, frogs, health, life, urban critters on January 29, 2010

I’ve been running ragged over the past while, and hadn’t updated my thoughts on this blog… This morning, an interesting article on a [...]

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