Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 --- Ecolife <mail wrote: > > Ecolife... the pulse on your living city > April 2006, Issue 2 > > IN THIS ISSUE > • Three Cheers for Hepatica on Earth Day > • Mmmm... the Sweet Taste of Spring > • Malton Stewardship Day > • A Tree Planting Festival for Earth Day > • More Great Ways to Celebrate Earth Day > • Gardening with Mark Cullen > • Masks Help Student Link Art, Culture and the > Environment > • Swans Inspire Donation > > =============================================================================== > > TALES FROM OUR NATURALIST > Allan Foster, Nature Storyteller > > Three Cheers for Hepatica on Earth Day > Last year on Earth Day, I held a small contest with > a group of schoolteachers. > I asked them to create a story about the modest > wildflower, Hepatica. When > they had finished telling their stories, they were > so impressed by the tiny > wildflower that they recommended a new status for > Hepatica. They felt that > Hepatica should be honoured by becoming the symbol > for Earth Day. To read more, > please follow the link below. > http://links.trca.on.ca/a/l.x?T=ibicfhdcobkhlpjgbbbgnj & M=7 > > =============================================================================== > > CONSERVATION TIP: > Collect and use rainwater for your lawn and plants. > It's free and healthier > for plants than water from the hose. > > =============================================================================== > > WHAT'S ON > > Mmmm... the Sweet Taste of Spring > Celebrate Easter at the Sugarbush Maple Syrup > Festival. Enjoy special Easter > activities including Easter weekend scavenger hunt, > an interpretive maze, > quilt-making, cookie decorating and more. The > festival runs until April 17 at > two great locations: Kortright Centre for > Conservation and Bruce’s Mill > Conservation Area. To read more, please follow the > link below > http://links.trca.on.ca/a/l.x?T=ibicfhdcobkhlpjgbbbgnj & M=8 > > - > > Malton Stewardship Day > Here’s your chance to contribute to a healthier > community. Join the stewards > of Malton community in some exciting activities: a > greenbelt clean up, tree > planting, nature hikes, displays, free food, > entertainment and great prizes! > This event takes place on April 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 > p.m. Call (905) 615-4640, > ext. 2513 or to read more, please follow the link > below. > http://links.trca.on.ca/a/l.x?T=ibicfhdcobkhlpjgbbbgnj & M=9 > > - > > A Tree Planting Festival for Earth Day > Join us at the Earth Day Canada Tree Planting > Festival on April 22, from 12 to > 4 p.m. Activities for the whole family include > planting of 1,000 native trees, > dozens of exhibits, make-and-take crafts, face > painting, REPTILIA – a live > animal show, prize draws and more! Location: > Downsview Park at the southeast > corner of Keele Street and Sheppard Avenue. To read > more, please follow the > link below. > http://links.trca.on.ca/a/l.x?T=ibicfhdcobkhlpjgbbbgnj & M=10 > > - > > More Great Ways to Celebrate Earth Day > While building a healthy community requires > conservation efforts all year > round, why not join your fellow community members in > a special effort during > the many Earth Day celebrations around the city. To > read more, please follow > the link below. > http://links.trca.on.ca/a/l.x?T=ibicfhdcobkhlpjgbbbgnj & M=11 > > =============================================================================== > Ask Allan - Our Naturalist > allan > =============================================================================== > > AROUND OUR WATERSHEDS > > Gardening with Mark Cullen > > Like many avid gardeners, spring is my favourite > season. And, as my wife and I > went for a morning hike recently at beautiful > Bruce’s Mill Conservation > Area, I remembered why. To read more, please follow > the link below. > http://links.trca.on.ca/a/l.x?T=ibicfhdcobkhlpjgbbbgnj & M=12 > > - > > Masks Help Students Link Art, Culture and the > Environment > This past winter, students from six schools took > part in a mask-making > workshop as part of the Highland Creek Community > Stewardship Program. Through > the guidance of local sculptor, Pamela Schuller, > students created impressive > papier-mâché masks symbolizing many of the important > elements of their > watershed. > > From ferns to raccoons to water to pollution, the > masks draw on the students' > creativity and cultural backgrounds. Each mask is > accompanied by a > mythological story. The masks and stories will be > unveiled at the Scarborough > Civic Centre on Tuesday, April 18 and will be on > display throughout Earth > Week. Calendars and gift cards illustrating the > masks will be sold to > fundraise for future school programs. For more > information, contact Andee > Pelan at (416) 689-7322 or email > stewardship > > =============================================================================== > THE LIVING CITY IS... > A place where people live in harmony with nature > =============================================================================== > > CONSERVATION FOUNDATION > > Swans Inspire Donation > In February, Archetype for The Living City, a > sustainable house competition, > got a boost from David Knight, an individual deeply > committed to building The > Living City. Inspired by six swans which flew over > the Kortright Centre for > Conservation, the site where the winning design will > be built, Mr. Knight > pledged $100,000 over three years to this exciting > project. To read more, > please follow the link below. > http://links.trca.on.ca/a/l.x?T=ibicfhdcobkhlpjgbbbgnj & M=13 > > =============================================================================== > > > Healthy Watersheds. 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