Posts Tagged discovery

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&# [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Who said Mathematics is ugly?

Who said Mathematics is ugly?

Filed Under: design, frogs, life on April 7, 2010

Beauty in numbers… or is that we humans have figured out how Nature’s beauty may be distilled into numeric formulations? My favourite is t [...]

Vancouver's alien invasion... part I, the greens

Vancouver’s alien invasion… part I, the greens

Filed Under: city living, environment, life, vancouver on October 6, 2009

As we ready plans for neighbourhood kids and families for our upcoming nature walk around one of Vancouver’s urban forest… one of the things w [...]

Green Leap Forward: an enviro Pan-Asian message

Green Leap Forward: an enviro Pan-Asian message

Filed Under: city living, environment, event, frogs, life, urban critters, vancouver on August 10, 2009

Frogs to help deliver environmental message into metro-Vancouver’s pan-Asian communities 7:30 pm Saturday August 22, 2009 . Reaching into some [...]

Toads crossing : Drive with caution!

Toads crossing : Drive with caution!

Filed Under: city living, community, environment, event, life, urban critters, vancouver on July 10, 2009

Approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) east of Vancouver, lays the Fraser Valley community of Chilliwack. A community that has seen some expansive gr [...]

Healing naturally, zebra fish style

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 [...]

Discovery of previously thought extinct frog (near Vancouver)

Discovery of previously thought extinct frog (near Vancouver)

Filed Under: city living, environment, frogs, life, urban critters on May 19, 2009

Here’s an interesting article from “The Progress” (on-line news from the Fraser Valley) on the previously thought extinct Oregon Spo [...]

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