Doctor STFs! visits Vancouver
Filed Under: event, frogs, green Profile on June 30, 2009
Dr Kerry Kriger, founder of SAVE THE FROGS! was in sunny Vancouver yesterday. An amazing young man with a passion for the environment, Kerry has been [...]
Archive for June, 2009
a Slug a day will keep the mildew away
Filed Under: environment, urban critters on June 28, 2009
Don’t like the dark mildew spots and mould stains on your bathroom tiles? Don’t like to use bleach or other caustic cleansers? Let’s [...]
Wind energy …bad for the Environment?
Filed Under: energy, environment on June 23, 2009
One of the things the Urban Treefrog blog would like to do, is to stimulate thought about what is truly “sustainable”. It is always intere [...]
Demolishing neighbourhhoods for survival
Filed Under: city living, community, environment, life on June 19, 2009
As some cities and places face decline – in terms of economic opportunities, work places and shrinking populations, an interesting and somewhat cont [...]
China: greening humanity’s greatest urbanization
Filed Under: city living, environment on June 17, 2009
We often hear of the massive urbanization that is, and had been, happening in China. An unprecedented urbanization rate … greater than in any pa [...]
On sustainable seafood…
Filed Under: city living, environment, food, health, life on June 13, 2009
Yesterday, one of metro Vancouver’s large grocery store chains announced that it will no longer sell “non-sustainable seafood”. Acco [...]
City folks… eating and growing local
Filed Under: city living, community, life, vancouver on June 12, 2009
There was a time, when I was growing up in Vancouver, where it seemed that all the produce was grown locally. With the exception of oranges and lichee [...]
The Oregonian headlines missing frogs
Filed Under: city living, environment, frogs, urban critters on June 11, 2009
I’ve got to admit, three of my most favourite cities in the world are here, in the Pacific Northwest – Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. These [...]
Planes better than trains in Greenhouse gas emissions?
Filed Under: energy, environment on June 10, 2009
True or false: taking the commuter train across Boston results in lower greenhouse gas emissions than travelling the same distance in a jumbo jet. Per [...]
Canadian eco-Energy efforts
Filed Under: energy, environment on June 9, 2009
A few years back, a group of westcoast Canadian design professionals were invited to China to give a presentation on Canadian sustainability ideas and [...]
Healing naturally, zebra fish style
Filed Under: environment, health, life on June 8, 2009
Yesterday, a baby red eye treefrog was found in my toilet! Yes, this little fellow was very much alive and had managed to locate the only free standin [...]
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 [...]
