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.
FuellingChange is Shell Canada’s new program to support environmental projects and organizations. Pacific Parklands Foundation has applied for a $100,000 grant to help restore the Centennial Beach Pond located in Boundary Bay Regional Park. Votes are accepted from now until April 30, 2012. Sign up for a free account and immediately get 10 votes. Then continue to make purchases (gas or snacks) at Shell to earn more votes! Help PPF fuel change in BC and Metro Vancouver regional parks and communities by visiting www.fuellingchange.com
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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Eleven years and counting! It is hard to believe that CTS has connected with the lives of over 1400 youth and contributed thousand of volunteer hours to the Metro Vancouver region. While these facts are impressive, it is stories like that of CTS Peer Leader, Lisa Odland that are the real successes of the Catching the Spirit Program...
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.
On November 9th, the Pacific Parklands Foundation celebrated its 11th birthday at a special lunch event hosted at the Vancouver Convention Centre. PPF would like to acknowledge and thank the five corporations...
The late Gordon Smith was dedicated to serving people and the environment. To inspire others to follow his path, his friends and colleagues initiated the “Gordon Smith Youth Environmental Stewardship Award”. This endowment fund provides an annual bursary to a student for his or her contribution to conservation in the region. The award is open to any youth in the region who has shown a passion for involvement in the environment and who intends to pursue post-secondary education in an environmental field. Nominations are available here.
The submission deadline is February 14, 2012.
PPF welcomes Chihiro Yamasaki from Hiroshima, Japan who will be completing a 12 week volunteer work internship in our office as our Administrative and Volunteer Coordinator. Chihiro worked at the Hiroshima Airport as a member of their ground staff and has been studying English in Canada since last September. Chihiro is really enjoying her stay in Vancouver and through her internship with us is looking forward to improving her English speaking and writing skills and to also learn more about the environment. Welcome Chihiro!
