Posts Tagged water

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&# [...]

Metro Vancouver's backyard / lost fish streams

Metro Vancouver’s backyard / lost fish streams

Filed Under: biodiversity, city living, community, design, environment, event, food, frogs, health, life, urban critters, vancouver on June 25, 2010

During our late summers, we can still observe salmon spawning, right in front of the new waterfront walkway built along the Fraser river in east Vanco [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

The Prince's Rainforest Project

The Prince’s Rainforest Project

Filed Under: environment, frogs, health on May 15, 2009

The Prince of Wales’ Rainforest Project launches it’s global awareness campaign with a video featuring some well-known faces. I just *love [...]

a Home renovation …

a Home renovation …

Filed Under: city living, design, environment, health, vancouver on May 13, 2009

Make it simple. Making it simple and easy, is perhaps, the most important impetus to make change happen. It appears that there is much out there in th [...]

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 [...]

Eco-Tek's wastewater solution

Eco-Tek’s wastewater solution

Filed Under: design, environment, green Profile on April 24, 2009

After posting thoughts on my colleague David Rousseau and on his company, Archemy, I thought of another former schoolmate and passionate environmental [...]

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 [...]