Petition to protect Jefferson salamander habitat in Kitchener
The Jefferson salamander, an endangered species in Canada and Ontario, has wriggled its way into another controversy over urban development. The dispute centres…
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Connecting to the planet: Chris Earley discusses the Galapagos
Chris Earley is interpretive biologist and education coordinator at University of Guelph Arboretum. He has written four field guides to birds of North…
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White-tailed deer: a brush with elegance
This has been a remarkable week. I received a writing assignment from a regional magazine. I spent most of the week working on…
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Vegetarian lasagna for baby Gilda
Obviously newborn babies do not eat lasagna, but this is a story about love and community, so bear with me. Earlier in the…
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Ending alienation from nature
Eighteen months ago, living in an apartment without direct access to personal green space, I felt woefully disconnected from nature. It hit me…
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Quebec couple wins right to keep kitchen garden
A Drummondville, Quebec, couple has succeeded in swaying their city’s stance against street side kitchen gardens. This year Josée Landry and Michel Beauchamp…
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Tips for summer foraging in the city
This is my favourite time of year for food: when summer fruit are ripening. It presents some great opportunities for foraging in the…
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Artists respond to Goderich tornado
“Nature giveth and taketh all,” says an inscription on The Tree of Life, a new sculpture in a Goderich, Ontario, park. On August…
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Standing in the rain
Thursday was a special day. When I stepped outside for my habitual morning tour of the garden, a fine rain had begun to…
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New bird feeder visitor: red-breasted nuthatch
We have a new visitor at our bird feeder: a red-breasted nuthatch. Danny first noticed the unfamiliar bird on Sunday, but I did…
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