I found a great website (www.gaisma.com) it gives sun direction, number of daylight hours, etc. I find it easier to understand then other azimuths I have used.
I’ll attach the charts that are relevant to us, and look for the print out on the studio wall.
This may or may not be relevant to our project depending on your thesis, but it might interest some of you. The talk is titled, The Forgotten Women of Stanley Park; its this sunday from 1-3 by donation. Here’s the link.
Hey guys here are some photos from the new installation in the bear cages.
I found this looking for some images of the Childrens Zoo HERE>
It’s a list of Canadian Blogs about Stanley Park.
Georgia Straight article
The article appeared in this week’s issue of the Straight. It discusses “nature” and the stewardship of the park. A good’n if you get a chance.
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The “medicinal” uses listed here are mostly traditional folk remedies. In some cases they are backed by scientific evidence, but in most cases not. I am making no claims here- just pointing out traditional uses.
“Aquaquest - The Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre - opened in November 2006 and is designed to LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold standards, and is slated be the first LEED Gold building in a zoo or aquarium anywhere. Some of its environmentally sustainable features include low-flush toilets, a rainwater harvesting system, an efficient [...]
photo courtesy of Christian Kliegel
On Sunday September 7, 2008 Christian Kliegel spotted a turtle digging a hole. After telling me about it we returned to the site and were amazed to witness the turtle laying her eggs.
The Western Painted Turtle commonly lays her batch of eggs in June or July either at dawn or dusk. [...]