Dedicating just one hour of your evening tonight, by going dark or off-grid entirely, doesn't seem much to ask for the planet that literally gives us everything. Gestures can sometimes seem pointless in the face of massive disruptions or a climate in crisis... but small actions taken in concert by millions of people really do have … Continue reading Power Down for Earth Hour at 8:30pm tonight
Western Screech Owl Stewardship Project - Pemberton and Squamish· Surveys for Western Screech Owl in the Pemberton and Squamish Valleys will be conducted in the spring of 2016 and the survey team is looking for help. Follow their Facebook page to stay in the loop. Extremely rare in the Lower Mainland, the Western Screech Owl … Continue reading Owl lovers, volunteer surveyors are wanted to count Western Screech Owl in Pemberton
They say sh*t happens. And sometimes it happens in the form of a composting toilet that overflows, after a random malfunction, costs you a ton of money to repair and future-proof, and requires that you replace all your floors, furniture, and lose use of your space in the busiest two months of the year. The … Continue reading Stewardship Pemberton rallies after repairing 2015 flood damage, with fundraiser set for March 12
Animal Trackers is just one of the programs on offer at One Mile Lake Nature Center this spring. Sign up now, for your 7-9 year old to join naturalist and environmental educator, Kathy Jenkins, learning about different animals from around the valley. This will be an outdoor adventure rain or shine on Thursdays. Kids will … Continue reading Sign up your 3-11 year olds for One Mile Lake Nature Centre’s spring programs
The keeners were up and at it at 8am this morning... but the Christmas Bird Count is underway all week, having started on Saturday. Any species seen between Saturday and Friday can be recorded as a count week bird. Birder-wrangler, John Tschopp shared these two pics of a flock of Pine Grosbeaks and a Pygmy … Continue reading Christmas Bird Count is underway
The Christmas Bird Count is set for next Tuesday. Here's the word from our man about bird-town, John Tschopp: The many birds in our yard tell me, that the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is not far off. This year's count will take place on Dec. 15, a Tuesday. We will meet at Grimm's Deli, next … Continue reading Snow, rain or shine, on December 15, we count birds.
I've been thinking a lot about mushrooms this fall - they're underfoot everywhere, it's hard to miss the mushroom buyers on the corner, and I still have "pick up mushroom book and learn to ID fungi" on my life to-do list. This comes via the David Suzuki Foundation, who send me interesting tidbits since I … Continue reading Mushroom season has been bountiful, and it brings a boatload of hope, too
This is the time of the year where we start thinking a lot about weather... whether the systems will align and deliver a banner snow year, or whether we're going to be riding bikes all winter long. The dry summer has left our local soils "hydrophagic" - meaning that for the next 3-5 years, they … Continue reading What’s happening to the climate: Vice magazine visited Pemberton this summer, to ask smart locals that very question
According to the David Suzuki Foundation: “Seventy percent of Canadian youth spends an hour or less playing outside each day, and more than seven hours in front of a screen. And yet, countless studies tell us that time outside makes children healthier, happier, more focused, more creative, more generous and, of course, better environmental stewards.” … Continue reading Subscription: Nature
Information session on Thursday 13th August from 5pm by the Sea To Sky Invasives at Pemberton Downtown Barn.
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