Photo Haley McConnell, story by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell I’m pretty pro community economic development and love the idea of our own small town community forest company sustainably logging suitable timber for value-added jobs & products in our community. But sooner or later we’re going to have to pay the piper, environmentally-speaking. At some point, the [...]
Figwort family. Lanceolate leaves. Dioecious (occasionally hermaphrodite or trioecious). Wikipedia can make anything sound sexy, can’t it? Another thing hard to believe about the Butterfly Bush is that the government of BC classifies the plant as ‘invasive‘, noting it has ‘escaped cultivation’ in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, Europe & North America. It is listed as a noxious weed in Oregon [...]
by Laurie McConnell Editor/Publisher, Bigpacific.com UPDATE: If you live on the Sunshine Coast, visit here, work here or are involved in similar concerns in your own community – regardless of whether you are an environmentalist/community activist, or a forestry sector worker – this issue should concern you. Please make every effort to learn about it [...]
The second annual fungi event of the season happens this October 16 & 17, 2010 in Madeira Park, BC and promises to be an entertaining and informative festival for everyone – experienced mushroomers or eager beginners. The second annual Sunshine Coast Mushroom Fest will be bigger and better than the first, with display tables, cooking [...]
I received this great communique from our very own and very innovative Gibsons Recycling Depot (see story in Just Business People, date) about a funky new program they’ve got going on to encourage recycling and reuse of discarded materials: JUNE 10, Gibsons Sunshine Coast Gibsons Recycling Depot, 1018 Venture Way Gibsons, is currently looking for [...]