-
Many cones, hard winter
-
Crawford Lake Iroquoian Village
-
The end is the beginning
-
This 15th century Iroquoian village (Crawford Lake) features three re-constructed longhouses and numerous artefact that bring light into the lives of the early settlers. From ...
-
Rattlesnake Point. Home of ancient cedars and limestone cliffs
Rattlesnake Point is one of the most beautiful spots in Southern Ontario. Popular rock climbing spot, spreads over 264 hectares of protected land and features ... -
Monumental Flora Graeca is one of the most remarkable illustrated floras ever to see
Book Flora Graeca is one of the most remarkable illustrated floras ever to see the light of day. The authors, botanist John Sibthorp and illustrator ... -
Trees are living beings from whom we should learn
O wondrous trees, my old friends, Albert Schweitzer addresses the trees and ends his confession: teach me, brothers, to live thus, to die thus. Vasily Shukshin ... -
German New Medicine. Five Biological Laws. How to change life
The Germanic New Medicine, Germanische Heilkunde® discovered by Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer and systematized in the 5Biological Laws represents a change in the understanding of ... -
Grey Owl wanted to protect the forests and animals of Canada
Grey Owl / Wa-sha-quon-asin (1888 – 1938) was the most famous Canadian Indian in the world in the 1930s. He wanted to protect the forests ... -
Northen Forest Atlas. A truly extraordinary project of great people
The Northen Forest Atlas is a truly extraordinary and extensive project. Personally, I can appreciate the incredible amount of very high quality work that will ... -
World-known Niagara Escarpment is an old rocks but a young escarpment
Niagara Escarpment is composed of very old rocks and it is a relatively young landscape feature that is still evolving. The hard dolostone rocks capping ... -
What wildflowers are in Canadian provincial and territorial symbols?
The various Canadian provinces have native Canadian flora in their emblems. The provincial floral symbols account for the flora of an area. A total of ... -
The Bruce trail reference. 42 maps. Queenston to Tobermory
The Bruce Trail Reference Maps & Trail Guide is the definitive resource for exploring the Bruce Trail and your key to a safe and enjoyable ... -
Misery Bay. Ancient sea with stone bottom and unique alvar
The uniqueness of Misery Bay Provincial Park on Manitoulin Island lies in its geological foundation, which is an ancient flat rock bed. The entire ecosystem ... -
Heaven and Earth. Plimer’s bestseller about climate change
This a brilliantly argued 598-page book is a comprehensive work that summarizes in detail all the objections that many people, including many prominent scientists, have ...
-
"In case nobody has told you," she said, "this is the United States of America, where nobody has a right to rely on anybody else—where everybody learns to make his or her own way.
"I'm here to test you," she said, "but there's a basic rule for life I'd like to teach you, too, and you'll thank me for it in years to come."
This was the lesson: "Paddle your own canoe," she said. "Can you say that and remember it?"
Not only could I say it, but I remembered it to this day: "Paddle your own canoe." -
“it is illusion to think that there is anything fragile about the life of the earth; surely this is the toughest membrane imaginable in the universe, opaque to probability, impermeable to death.
We are the delicate part, transient and vulnerable as cilia. Nor is it a new thing for Man to invent an existence that he imagines to be above the rest of life; this has been his most consistent intellectual exertion down the millennia. As illusion, it has never worked out to his satisfaction in the past, any more than it does today.”Lewis ThomasLives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
-
There are 60 065 species of trees
in the world.
In Ontario, there is a study
of the Native Trees of Ontario Collection,
which has about 85 species.