Vancouver is now proud to be awarded the accolade of The Earth Capital of 2013 due to its ongoing efforts to become a greener and more sustainable city in an ever changing climate. This has come in time for the annual Earth Day celebrations that will be happening this Saturday around the world.
This coming weekend is the annual Earth Day – Earth Hour celebrations – this year, the city of Richmond to the south of Vancouver will be host to celebrate this in festival fashion for the 7th year of this occasion. If you decide to bring the family down, you will be entertained with Live music, environmental exhibits, art, dancing, food and much much more…
Vancouver has a rich history steeped in environmentalism and it makes sense that this city would be so, just by taking a look at the local surroundings – there is a great appreciation of the land it resides in and the importance of retaining each and every ecosystem that is interwoven to each other, this is what puts Vancouver in the driving seat for the cause. The climate and geography of the area is rich in abundance of some incredible species of wildlife and plant-life with areas of special significance that is unique to us alone.
Vancouver is home to some major organizations that are now world renowned for their efforts in conservation, please take a look at some of the links below if you are interested in this.
GREENPEACE
Most of us know who Greenpeace are.
Founded in Vancouver on September 15th, 1971, Greenpeace has grown to become the world’s largest, independent environmental organization.
THE DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION
David Suzuki is one of the most influential persons to come from Vancouver when it comes to working within the environmental cause. The David Suzuki foundation was created in 1990 and it has grown steadily to be quite a force to be reckoned with. Its primary goal is to bring awareness to the masses of the environmental battle and to create a sustainable practice that will conserve the environment while working with Government, local business and individuals through Scientific research.
THE LAND CONSERVANCY
The Land Conservancy is a non for profit charitable land trust that works to preserve and protect lands of significant importance through the process of acquisition.
TLC are modeled after The National Trust in Britain, it is the only organization of is kind that recognizes the importance of the wilderness around us in BC and will do all it takes to enable long term protection of these important land masses that require extensive conservation.
