Plastic Plastic everywhere
in the garden and in the air
its in our food its in the sea
in the stomachs of fish
and its in you and me!!
The plastic bag conundrum will just not go away. I have been keeping
tabs on the bans and alternatives but here we still are. Like changing
lightbulbs, changing to re-usable shopping [...]

Here is an amazing and inspiring program I just heard about. It is called the
Take a Hike Program. Here is the description in their words:
“The Take a Hike program is a unique program made possible by a partnership
between the Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation and the Vancouver Board of
Education. The program [...]

Here is another local (for Vancouverites) great local group dedicated to
preserving, sustaining and educating about our highly esteemed, yet,
highly vulnerable local environments.
They are called the PACIFIC SPIRIT PARK SOCIETY and they are a community-
based volunteer organization. They act as public stewards of the park and
they…”hold a vision of an urban forest and [...]

Maplewood flats, also known as the MAPLEWOOD CONSERVATION AREA is now raising money so that they can build a NATURE HOUSE. (They have raised $400,000 so far).
The new Nature House with be used to help create and strengthen the ties between school children and conservation.
The Maplewood Conservation Area is “the last undeveloped waterfront [...]

Gabriel Dawe has created some amazing art. He has constructed huge
sculptures out of thread. He grew up in Mexico and he was unable to practise
embroidery or textiles because he was a boy. Many years later, and now living
in Canada, he is able to explore his desire to create “social constructions” which
are inspired by [...]