Posts Tagged education

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

How to be a good Greenwasher

How to be a good Greenwasher

Filed Under: environment, greenwash :-(, life on May 8, 2010

It’s interesting how some cyberclips manage to evolve into a life of its own. The viral message. The more successful viral sites and videos enjo [...]

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 [...]

Elders Forum 2009

Elders Forum 2009

Filed Under: environment, event, frogs, health, urban critters, vancouver on November 8, 2009

A few weeks back, a warm and friendly granny approached me and presented me with a flyer. On the small flyer was an announcement with environmentalist [...]

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 [...]

don't talk green… do it

don’t talk green… do it

Filed Under: design, environment, event, greenwash :-(, vancouver on October 16, 2009

I find it amusing to read or hear news about how some person or organization has gone “progressive” by potting up a tomato plant or finds [...]

Vancouver born David Suzuki honoured!

Vancouver born David Suzuki honoured!

Filed Under: environment, green Profile, vancouver on October 14, 2009

Is it the rain and or the water over in this city, Vancouver, that has spawned some amazing heroes? In particular, I’m thinking of the many Vanc [...]

Floating an Amphibian Lifeboat

Floating an Amphibian Lifeboat

Filed Under: design, environment, event, frogs on August 26, 2009

. Our local “Green Leap Forward!” event was an amazing success… considering the tight time frame we all worked within to pull it all [...]

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 [...]

Wind energy …bad for the Environment?

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 [...]

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