A reminder about the current water restrictions in Vancouver. This is from the Greenest City newsletter. The record low snowpack on the mountains this spring […] Read More
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Derrick Jensen, an author, teacher activist and small farmer wrote a book called Endgame, The problem of civilization, Volume 1. It is 451 pages long […] Read More
In the early 1990s, I read a little booklet on grey water systems by Robert Kourik. Kourik has gone on to become a widely published […] Read More
The Society for Environmental Conservation (SPEC) invites you to join them on a tour to the Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) store on Broadway to learn […] Read More
I’ve been on one of these watershed tours before and they are fabulous. Metro Vancouver offers them July to September. Details below. Every summer we […] Read More
[youtube_sc url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=20&v=52D4jSOagBU”] Okay, I don’t want to sound like a no-fun Vancouver type, but tomorrow is Khatsalano Days. Which means 4th Avenue will be closed […] Read More
Another great Facebook post from Green Renaissance. These South American Llareta plants grow ever so slowly – about a centimetre and a half a year, […] Read More
Thanks to Green Renaissance for this haunting shot of Indonesian surf champion Dede Suryana riding a wave off Untung Jawa Island, Indonesia. He wasn’t surfing […] Read More
In addition to being summer solstice, today is National Aboriginal Day. I spent Friday morning at the Musqueam celebration. They had a day of festivities […] Read More
Did you know that radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers? This post is from Lisa Gue, Senior researcher and analyst at […] Read More