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Nature Activities and Climate Solutions Resources for Busy Parents, Educators and Nature Lovers
This free downloadable e-book for parents of children age 0 – 12, is filled with creative activities, practical tips, nature activities and climate friendly solutions. It will spark environmental awareness, foster nature stewardship and make sustainable habits a part…
National Food Security? Not Without a Healthy Diet
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization describes an agri-food system as encompassing everything from “field to fork.” Unfortunately, Canada’s new National Food Security Strategy fails to pay much attention to either the field or the fork end of the system.
Send a Wake-up Call to the Forest Practices Board
The BC Forest Practices Board calls itself “BC’s independent watchdog for sound forest and range practices”. The Board is the BC public’s only avenue for holding logging companies and the government accountable when either transgress a narrow range of forest-related…
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Citizen Science Double Blind Testing
Good health solutions never get double blind testing so I designed a Citizen Science Double Blind Study method to inexpensively get the testing done. It was published in a medical journal of bioethics May 8 2019
Move From Denial, to Protests, to Building Better Mousetraps
Courtesy of the Times Colonist “Stop denying our Earth is dying,” read a poster held by a young woman taking part in a protest by the Extinction Rebellion group outside the BBC headquarters in London recently. Young people can see what is coming, and they are…
Inspiration Plus!
Thanks to everyone who came out in support of our Earth Day event Monday evening and dropped by to say “hi” and volunteered at our table at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific’s Earth Day event earlier in the day. Our line up of speakers for…
Urban Forests Benefit Us All
Thank you to the more than 100 people who attended Community Trees Matter Network’s April 17th discussion with Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk. His inspiring presentation clearly illustrated the true value of trees from a public health and wellness perspective and why we…
Help Us Save The 6
The 6 acres, located beside Wildwood, were once part of Wildwood and despite several changes in ownership have remained intact. Merv did some selective harvesting in line with his ecoforestry principles and practices, but the property hasn’t been touched for decades….
Earth Day In The Gardens Community Event
Meet and interact with earth-minded community groups, nonprofit organizations, green businesses and more at this, “enviro expo for all things eco!” Admission is free and includes access to our nine acres of demonstration gardens to inspire you, as well as interactive children’s activities to engage the next generation of environmental stewards.
Municipal Survivor Climate Challenge
The District of Highlands initiated the Municipal Survivor Climate Challenge in response to the catastrophic climate impacts we are experiencing and that will continue to escalate if we don’t collectively and immediately reduce our emissions. Here in BC and Canada we…
First Flight Out – A Poem
One mote one note one earth one world floating pearl and blue wholly indivisible. Bearer of life in this system shouting through space, by endless schemes we partition you: Language. Colour, Coins..Philosophy. Faith. But in the context of this universe you are what…
The Redfish School of Change
The Redfish School of Change is an Environmental Studies field program open to ES students at the University of Victoria and at Western Washington University. Now entering its tenth year, this field school takes students on a tour through the the communities on both…
Tree Love Town Hall
This event is taking place on the unceded territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nations. Calling all tree lovers, land defenders and concerned citizens! There is growing public concern about the future of our remnant Garry oak forests. The once-expansive Garry oak forests have…
Happy National Volunteer Week
Thank you for your support of our Volunteer Friends of Uplands Park Society. We greatly appreciate the many ways that our members volunteer: helping to restore Uplands Park and other natural areas in Oak Bay, stopping by to appreciate those that are able to do this,…
Chantay and the Forest Illustrated Children’s Book & Storytelling
A fantasy story-poem supporting urban forest, Chantay and the Forest is offered as a fundraiser for non-profits. Storyteller Gerald Harris and artist Holly Joy Harris published the fun and lively children’s story mainly for children of primary school age. Chantay and…
