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World Water Day – March 22 11 Mar 2013 | 07:18 pm
Cooperation is the theme for World Water Day 2013. World Water Day is held annually on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable mana...
Workshops Answer Questions about Monitoring Radioactivity from Fukushima. 26 Nov 2012 | 10:35 pm
The immediate question on everyone’s mind regarding radioactivity is “have my water (and air) been affected by fallout from Fukushima?” The workshop on Nov 19, 2012 was about ‘Local Monitoring of Radi...
Preparing for the BIG ONE: water you waiting for? 15 Nov 2012 | 03:54 pm
British Columbia’s current earthquakes are wake-up calls. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is clearly adjusting itself. Daily aftershocks continue to rattle the west coast of BC. These seismic events may ...
Salmon Spawn in City Creek: First Time Back in 80 Years 15 Nov 2012 | 03:47 pm
Word is spreading this week (Nov 15, 2012) that, for the first time in 70 – 80 years, spawning salmon have been spotted frolicking in one of Vancouver’s only three remaining creeks. How wonderful that...
Hidden Streams of Vancouver 15 Nov 2012 | 03:15 pm
We discovered the map (above) in this paper: AN EXPLORATION OF STREAM DAYLIGHTING AND URBAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENT by Caitlin Sinclair Some groups working on stream daylighting and creek re...
Vancouver Workshop: Local Monitoring of Radioactivity from Fukushima 6 Nov 2012 | 12:56 pm
This workshop (Nov 19) promises to be a unique opportunity for getting answers to lingering questions and concerns about the possible effects of radiation from Fukushima on Metro Vancouver’s water sup...
Metro Van Plans to JWUP our Drinking Water 18 Oct 2012 | 01:22 am
Metro Vancouver is quite far along in a proposal to harness hydro power from our drinking water spillways at the Capilano reservoir’s Cleveland Dam and also at the Seymour reservoir. Although at first...
watermatters at Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2012 9 Jul 2012 | 11:19 pm
Stay hydrated this summer. Look for watermatters filtered water refilling stands at the Vancouver Folk Festival at Jericho Beach Park on July 13 – 15. Bring your bottle and fill up for free.
Water is Life Event – what healthy water means to us all – May 19 19 May 2012 | 04:03 am
The False Creek Watershed Society, Village Vancouver, and others are hosting a free forum at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Yaletown this Saturday afternoon on urban streams and water flows, water...
Add Your Voice – NO Oil Tankers, NO Enbridge Pipline 1 May 2012 | 07:55 pm
Pipeline Map – thanks to Western Wilderness Committee The Alberta tar sands are the largest environmental disaster of our times. Vancouver (and British Columbia) is the proposed gateway* to China an...
