Pacific Parklands Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of Metro Vancouver’s regional parks. There are 22 such parks in and around the Lower Mainland, covering more than 10,000 square hectares. In 2009, almost 9 million visitors come to experience the natural beauty of British Columbia through our park system. This volume, and the demand on our parks, increases every year.
On November 5th at Fall Parksfest the recipients of the 2011 Dr. M. Wosk Awards were recognized. This year’s Wosk Award winners include
Miranda Wang, a grade 12 student at Magee Secondary School in Vancouver and a Peer Leader with the Catching the Spirit program;
and Caitlin Hill, a graduate of Pinetree Secondary School in Coquitlam
and a fourth year Communications student at SFU. The awards were presented by Dr. Ed O’Brien, the Chair of the Selection Committee.
This video explores the question: "What is Nature Worth?" It offers a look at what global natural capital loss costs us. Read about Pacific Parklands Foundation teaming up with the Suzuki Foundation to conduct a Natural Capital Review of the Lower Mainland.
The Lower Mainland Green Team (LMGT) is a group of people from all over the Lower Mainland who get together once a month (sometimes more) to help an environmental group, non-profit organization, charity or city tackle an environmental issue that needs co-operation and teamwork to get done. Some of their activities include pulling invasive plants, planting trees and native plants, beach, river and lake clean-up, and trail building and maintenance. The Pacific Parklands Foundation partners with the LMGT to connect individuals that approach our organization looking for hands-on volunteering experiences in the Metro Vancouver regional parks system. The success to date has been amazing and more projects are being developed to protect and conserve natural capital in BC ‘s Lower Mainland. For more information on the LMGT please visit their website.
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Recently Briony Penn was commissioned to create an annotated map of Boundary Bay. To honour her work and that of hundreds of committed conservationists, PPF joined with other BC, Canadian and International organizations to include our logo on the map. The value of an area like Boundary Bay goes well beyond its use as a port and a place for people to live – it’s an important stopover and habitat for 333 species of birds. It also offers places for many other plants and animals to live.
Pacific Parklands Foundation is 11 years old and, like most 11-year-olds, bursting with ideas. We’ve increased social media in our communications mix. In the first cycle of Shell’s online FuellingChange program, the Foundation received a $10,000 grant to encourage water conservation.
On April 29th the recipients of the 2012 Gordon Smith Youth Environmental Stewardship Awards were recognized. This year’s Gordon Smith YES Award winners include: Miranda Wang, a grade 12 student at Magee Secondary School in Vancouver and a Peer Leader with the Catching the Spirit program; and Cynthia Bhourji, a grade 12 student at Tamanawis Secondary School in Surrey.
Thank you to everyone who fuelled up at Shell and took the time to vote for the Pacific Parklands Foundation. Unfortunately, we were unable to stay in the top two and consequently will not be awarded $100,000. However, we will be notified later this month to confirm our receipt for $10,000 for participating in the campaign, which will be used to help restore the duck pond in Boundary Bay Regional Park.
