August 2009
3 posts
Treehugger. →
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Slow Cow: The Antihero of Red Bull. →
Society has reached a point where energy drinks have become a big seller in order keep up with the array of information and the speed at which we live. I’ve never understood it myself – the stuff…
Ninja Cat. →
Bringing back a classic!
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July 2009
2 posts
Can We Really Save The Planet? →
Thoughts?
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A Whale of A (Not So) Good Time. →
It is a sad occasion when we lose a songbird of the sea to natural causes or pollution, but for some reason this one tugged at the heartstrings.
Upon docking into the Port of Vancouver, a fin…
April 2009
2 posts
Celebrate The Earth. →
Trace the contours of her shape with your hands. Follow the lines of the horizon with your eyes. Appreciate her. Cherish her. Know that she is the only one who makes you feel alive. Nourish her…
The Man Who Snorted His Christmas Tree. →
Sitting at her parents 18th century antique dining room table a wide-eyed young girl, not quite 6, delicately plucked out the seeds in the beans and tomatoes on her dinner plate. When asked why she…
March 2009
2 posts
He Knows He’s Beautiful: Ugly Bat Boy. →
Ugly Bat Boy (Uggs for short) is about to become very famous very quickly…as he rightfully should be.
This unusual looking cat was given to Dr. Bassett as a gift from the original owner for his…
Flipper Comes In Fashionable Pink. →
Nature never ceases to amaze me…
A white lion is prestigious, a white tiger is beautifully eye-catching, a white whale is extraordinarily rare…but a pink dolphin?!? Who would have thought!
February 2009
5 posts
Dolphin Stampede →
A moment he will remember for the rest of his life…
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The Truth About Uggs Is Ughly. →
Before I became an official Treehugger, I discovered Uggs through my California-cousin 8 years ago it was love at first sight. My obsession began with $250 Ultra Chestnut’s that I…
Save Them? Or Let Them Suffocate? →
Dear Department of Fisheries and Oceans,
Canada is watching you…do not disappoint us.
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Make Me Immortal With A Kiss. →
Happy Saint Valentine’s Day. XOXO
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WWF: Looking Beyond The Latte. →
Sorry to post yet another video, but I love the messages in some of these and as much as I love writing…sometimes a video cannot be replaced by a few simple words.
World Wildlife Fund has A LOT…
January 2009
2 posts
The Girl Effect. →
If you are anything like me, be prepared for goosebumps!
This is one of the most touching videos I’ve seen in a very very long time.
Check out their site: THE GIRL EFFECT.
If They Can Do It, Why Can’t We? →
This video is breath taking.
“They harbor no fears, no secrets, no prejudices.”
Let’s be smart and learn from this!!!!!
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December 2008
6 posts
Green Burials. →
It’s a fact. We all die. Some earlier than others. Some at the right time. Some at the worst time. And some who just shouldn’t have died at all.
I admit I’ve been thinking a lot about…
Quite Possibly The Cutest Tiger EVER! →
Meet Antares (named from a star in the Milky Way), a Siberian cub in Berlin’s Tierpark Zoo in Germany. He was boring on June 23rd and is the 121st tiger born at this zoo.
Siberians are listed…
Piracy Is Environmentally Friendly. →
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That Stings Like A MO-FO! →
Entomologist Justin Schmidt created the “Schmidt Sting Pain Index” after he had been stung by almost everything in the Hymenoptera family while working at the Carl Hayden Bee…
A Blessing of Narwhals Slaughtered. →
I love my country. However, my love does not blind me and a slap in the face keeps me from wearing rose-coloured glasses, especially when I find things like this:
Pond Inlet, Nunavut…
Stinky, Steamy Dung Paper Products →
Just when I had thought I had seen it all, I found The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company. “What in the world is that?” you might ask. Allow me to enlighten…
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November 2008
5 posts
FLASH BACK: Lady Schick Speed Styler, It’s Fast! →
A little off my topic, but couldn’t resist…
Flash back to the 70’s when the ditzy-girl act could actually sell contraptions such as the Lady Schick Speed Styler. Farrah Fawcett and her girlfriends…
What Long Arms You Have, Mr. Alien Squid. →
I’ll confess that I like to investigate earthly creatures that look like aliens. So when Shell Oil Company’s remotely operated vehicle recently captured this footage of a Magnapinna, or…
Meteor Lights Up The Prairies Skies. →
Roughly 5:30 MT yesterday a fireball soared across the Prairie sky and made contact with earth somewhere in central Alberta. “It was very bright yellow, with hints of green in it. It stayed in the…
Mogwai-like Pygmy Tarsier Not Extinct! →
AWWWWWW!!!
One of the cutest animals on this planet, the pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) was classified as extinct. However, in 2000 an Indonesian scientists trapped and killed a…
The Shrimp Triathlete - He Swims! He Runs! But... →
A scientific experimentation has turned out to be a huge internet sensation and I just love when nature-oddities hit main stream so I had to pass the message along!
Prof David Scholnick at …
October 2008
10 posts
Banksy’s Pet Store and Grill. →
No. 89 Seventh Avenue in Greenwich, New York is causing a stir.
The British guerrilla artist Banksy created a store called “The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill“ but this pet store is…
Halloween Candy is Bittersweet. →
You have two choices this Halloween:
Support chocolate manufacturers who ONE: use genetically modified beet sugar, who TWO: puts out a food product that contains pesticides and…
Endangered Baby. →
(The girl in me made me post this)
Visit the World Wildlife Fund for the cold hard facts about these diminishing cats.
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Timmy’s Secret. →
My sister introduced me to mint chocolate chip ice cream almost 14 years ago. Ever since then, it has been an ongoing obsession of mine to find the mint chocolate chip flavour in…
Finding Balance In All Things. →
Kent Avery may not be known nationally or even internationally, but the Vancouver locals sure know who he is.
In the afternoon, if you stroll down to Stanley Park you might just happen upon a…
What do you get when you cross a burger joint and... →
SPACE!
(Image: Constellation Cassiopeia)
It smells like a combination of hot metal, like welding a motorcycle, and fried steak according to Steve Pearce who is a chemist and the…
F The Economy. →
Something I’m adding to my Christmas List this year…
BY PRINT LIBERATION
Special thanks to Holycool for this little gem of a find.
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Dolphin Burps. →
When I was a little girl I use to get in trouble for blowing bubbles in my milk. It was just a pure fascination with how much of the cup I could fill with bubbles, the colours, how long they would…
Japanese Imperial Palace Moat Patrolled By Naked... →
A naked, and very hairless, 40 year old British man - let’s call him Adam - decided to frolic in the royal water of Japan’s Imperial Palace today at 11:30am. He was seen at one point throwing…
Dog Dye, But Why? →
I’ve tried to do research and a posting on this (see above) but I can’t, for the life of me, figure it out! There is even an eHow on this! WTF?
Can someone PLEASE explain this trend…
September 2008
4 posts
Rubber Ducky I’m Awfully Fond Of You. →
Sometimes in life you just have go primitive and when a high-tech sensory-probe failed to produce any information regarding the path that glacier water takes, Alberto Behar of NASA’s…
And While I’m on Campaigns… →
It’s time to fire your Creative Director when …
Where did this ad come from? The 19 - freaken - 20’s?!?
When I saw this headline I was hoping for a different type of “appliance.” …
“You’re Naturally Beautiful” says The Body Shop. →
As you know by now, I am a huge support of modern day artisans and supporting my local economy (click here and here for tips). As a result you often will not catch me wandering through a…
Animals Can’t Wrap It Up. →
Did you know that 3 major human STD’s have come from animals?
Discover Magazine reports that, according to Alonso Aguirre (Vice President for Conservation Medicine at Wildlife…
June 2008
7 posts
UFO Created By Earthlings. →
University of Florida’s scientist Subrata Roy has created a UFO that is not unidentifiable. His UFO is a “wingless electromagnetic air vehicle,” (aka WEAV) that is a saucer-shaped…
How To Save Money With Rising Gas Costs. →
Kudos goes out to my sis for this little gem.
Evolutionary Theory Evolves Through Worm-Like... →
With the help of 30 international labs, research biologist Linda Holland has solved the sequence of the amphioxus genome (aka lancelet). Although it’s not a well-known marine animal,…
He’s Pregnant For Father’s Day. →
Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad and nature demonstrates this beautifully…
Just like my Dad is the backbone of my family, this weedy sea dragon…
One Horn To Rule Them All. →
We now know that there are white lions, tigers and whales…but is there such a thing as a real life unicorns?
I am thrilled to present to you an image that will excite the child in you…
The Anaconda Hunt. →
Jamie Oliver: The Fowl Truth. →
We’ve all heard the name Jamie Oliver before, aka. The Naked Chef. One of Britain’s hottest and most well-known personalities in the kitchen. In January of this year, he decided to take his…
May 2008
17 posts
Deadly Snake Bites Penis. →
This story was just too good to NOT post. I have no doubt the tourist must have been in horrendous pain and agony; I was stung on the toe by a hornet a week ago - right between two toes,…
Bunny Lovin’ Interrupts Commercial Shoot. →
Click here to see the final cut.
Special thanks to Julie over at The Pet Blog for the find.