Archive for the cultural Category

Vancouver's Chinese media greens up

Vancouver’s Chinese media greens up

Filed Under: city living, cultural, environment, event, green Profile, vancouver on October 18, 2009

One of the interesting observations shared within the environmental movement here in Vancouver, is the rather low participation rate of the Asian, in [...]

more on Evaporative cooling - refrigerators?

more on Evaporative cooling - refrigerators?

Filed Under: cultural, energy, green Gadget, health on August 3, 2009

Following our earlier post on evaporative air conditioning (Hot? try evaporative cooling), here’s another clever use of evaporative cooling. For [...]

JUNE 5: Today is World Environment Day!

JUNE 5: Today is World Environment Day!

Filed Under: community, cultural, environment, event, health, life on June 5, 2009

Happy WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY! Unite to Combat Climate Change World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5 June in more than 100 countries. The t [...]

Erikson's final touch, to be unveiled in 2010

Erikson’s final touch, to be unveiled in 2010

Filed Under: cultural, design, event, life, vancouver on May 22, 2009

This is a nice touch to a design masterpiece that Arthur Erikson had initiated over 33 years ago. Mr Erikson passed away yesterday at the age of 84 ye [...]

BC's *last* place on Earth

BC’s *last* place on Earth

Filed Under: cultural, environment, event, frogs, life, urban critters on May 5, 2009

I got this clever video today, courtesy of lastplaceonearth.ca: : : Last place on Earth is an effort by some concern BC citizens on the lack of an end [...]

First Nations' first Principles - love the Earth

First Nations’ first Principles - love the Earth

Filed Under: cultural, environment, history, life on May 2, 2009

One of the more memorable events I’ve had in my life has been the honour of being a guest, living in the communities of some of my First Nations [...]

Hi-rises in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown -part 2

Hi-rises in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown -part 2

Filed Under: city living, community, cultural, design, vancouver on April 30, 2009

Round 3 of the city held public “workshops” on the proposed idea of having tall buildings in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown occurs t [...]

Hi-rises in Vancouver's historic Chinatown -part 1

Hi-rises in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown -part 1

Filed Under: city living, cultural, design, vancouver on April 25, 2009

Vancouver’s chinatown was founded a number of years prior to the incorporation of the City of Vancouver. This community originated around the th [...]

Hello, from the Urban Treefrog

Hello, from the Urban Treefrog

Filed Under: community, cultural, design, environment, frogs, history, life, urban critters, vancouver on April 23, 2009

Welcome! and thank you for visiting. . . This is an effort I had wanted to do for quite awhile. I hope this blog will serve as an exchange for  shari [...]