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Yes. With the qualification that wetlands can be regenerated - so long as there’s some wetlands nearby. Produce the right conditions, plant some native species, bring some beaver in to give a hand, and let the insects and birds do the rest. = a particular set of circumstances so the point remains.
Dear Boneheaded Republican politicians, The continent’s on fire. The drill baby drill policies of the GOP and your President are going to make this far worse before it’s over. Canadians politely request you blame the right people. Perhaps start by looking in the mirror. Yours truly, Canadians
Time to pen a letter to the Governor of Idaho. Quit sending your smoke north!
This is a great resource. It won’t be understood by Albertans, who are being taught everything is still Ottawa’s fault, and just don’t get irony, but the smoke from the Fraser Canyon fire is heading straight to Edmonton… Firesmoke.ca
Wherein the author reveals they know nothing about #Passivhaus #PassiveHouse buildings. Here’s a primer: it’s a whole building system. Remarkably resistant to “gotcha” moments.
…so with simple building improvements we can lower heating and cooling loads, so heat pumps are right-sized, not over-sized for heating and cooling. For there’s a difference:
This bit of old growth removed from recognition and protection. Followed by that bit. An endless bargain with oblivion. Roderick Haig-Brown, author, conservationist, famed for his work from his home on the Campbell River, wrote of this in his essay, “Let Them Eat Sawdust,” in 1950. He was regarded…
It was a cartoon car with none of the pizzaz or charm of the original Beetle. You want a properly done retro car with looks and modcons inside? Look no further than the 1991 Nissan Figaro, which was a car done as a reward to older designers who never got to make their favourite cars.
Amazing but true: we tend to like the cars we thought were cool when we were 15. The 80’s and ‘90’s simply were not the pinnacle of car design. That title belongs to individual models over time. But I would say many from the 40’s to 60’s would make the grade. When I was 15? This was the car:
Under the current solar siting rules the solar canopy project at the Telus Science Centre in Calgary is illegal, requiring rigorous review…
🙄😃🤪 Thank you, your Royal Muskiness! I couldn’t care less. Getting rid of my account was just too tiresome, so I only appeared to fire barbs at the platform and Musk. Seems like that’s intolerable. ‘Cause freedom of speech, or sumptin…
Here’s a thoroughly Canadian cat: Utterly comfortable sleeping in front of a hockey game, with humans in the couch cheering and shouting at the TV. Epic game. Epic 🐈⬛
Viewer Warning: This video may contain partisan images. This video may also contain Stephen Colbert’s deathless image: his interpretation of James Talarico, in Sharpie:
In severe fire events, houses heat up from the outside, and then explode in flames, taking intact house to ashes in 10 minutes. Spray foam doesn’t help with that…
And it’s also determined by planning and building codes, which heavily favour single family homes and apartment buildings with 1-2 bedrooms.
Tho, to be fair, so many beautiful European fountains do not allow people in them. That rectangle of stone is simply not, however, this:
James Howard Kunstler nailed this very theme in his book, The Geography of Nowhere (1993) We love to vacation in Europe, and vote down every attempt to build it here (Canada and the U.S., at least).
The easy fixes in isolation from the rest of the urban system are simply not helpful. Density WITH alternative transportation options WITH blue/green infrastructure WITH high performance, resilient buildings, WITH… In short, just read this:
Yesterday in the Netherlands, we saw an antifascist celebrating Canadian antifascists: the mayor of the Berg en Dal urging people everywhere to resist oppression and totalitarianism, while celebrating the Canadian soldiers who did just that in 1944-45, liberating the Netherlands. 🇳🇱 🇨🇦
Ah. I thought it might be the Kia EV9 Very similar. Would be interesting to compare monthly cost to operate at 2000 km/month…