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Compact Fluorescent lights - are they safe?

Compact Fluorescent lights - are they safe?

Filed Under: design, energy, green Gadget, greenwash :-(, vancouver on May 11, 2011

The following thoughts on compact fluorescent lights (CFL) was sent to us from Architect, Helen O’Toole. We appreciate her sharing this informat [...]

Save the Environment… but it's humans who really need saving!

Save the Environment… but it’s humans who really need saving!

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, environment, life, urban critters, vancouver on September 10, 2010

by Celia Brauer, September 9, 2010 It was early in the 1970s when the word “environment” became part of the popular consciousness. This is curious [...]

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 [...]

Newly discovered frog with inflating nose

Newly discovered frog with inflating nose

Filed Under: biodiversity, environment, event, frogs, life on May 19, 2010

A frog that inflates its nose! A new species of treefrog that sports a long “pinnochio-like” protuberance on its nose has been found in In [...]

Vancouver’s alien invasion… part II, yummy pests

Vancouver’s alien invasion… part II, yummy pests

Filed Under: city living, food, frogs, life, urban critters, vancouver on October 11, 2009

People given the opportunity, would often explore ways to simplify their lives. One of the important efforts that we all try to realize, is the notion [...]

Sharing Fall's abundance

Sharing Fall’s abundance

Filed Under: city living, community, environment, food, frogs, health, life on October 7, 2009

As Canada readies itself for this weekend’s thanksgiving, we reflect upon all the abundance and bountiful harvests many of us backyard urban far [...]

wild salmon don't do drugs

wild salmon don’t do drugs

Filed Under: environment, event, food, health, vancouver on October 4, 2009

Almost 1,000 concerned citizens showed up at a rally in support of wild B.C. Salmon today (Saturday, Oct 3, 2009). Please join the Wild Salmon Circle, [...]

hermaphrodite Frogs and dying baby Boys

hermaphrodite Frogs and dying baby Boys

Filed Under: city living, community, frogs, health, life on July 31, 2009

Go “F*ck yourself!” GFY! has a complete new meaning when Hermaphrodites (individuals born with both sex organs) are showing up in Frog pop [...]

Hot? try evaporative cooling …or solar cooling

Hot? try evaporative cooling …or solar cooling

Filed Under: city living, design, energy, environment, green Gadget, health on July 28, 2009

Canada’s westcoast is experiencing a major heatwave… one of only a few that has occurred over the past 100 years of recorded history. Temp [...]

a Slug a day will keep the mildew away

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 [...]

On sustainable seafood…

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 [...]

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