Jan 26 | Indigenous Knowledge for Food Security

Instructor: Susan Murch, Professor UBC Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Cost: Free. Please Note: Bring a bag lunch. Coffee and tea supplied. Please contact 604-822-3928 or botg@interchange.ubc.ca in advance to book a seat.

UBC Botanical Garden Seminar: Indigenous Knowledge for Food Security

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Jan 26, 2009
Location: UBC Botanical Garden - Reception Centre
6804 South West Marine Drive, Vancouver

Contact Information:

• Nadine Diner 604-822-3928
• Email
• Website

Jan 12 | Going to the Sun in Search of Wildflowers

Images of plant communities and rock formations from Two Dog Flats to Logan Pass and Hidden Lake. A sacred place preserved. Its Canadian sister in peace is Waterton Lakes National Park. Instructor: Tom Wheeler

UBC Botanical Garden Lecture: Going to the Sun in Search of Wildflowers
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Jan 12, 2009

Location: UBC Botanical Garden - Reception Centre
6804 South West Marine Drive, Vancouver

Contact Information:

• Nadine Diner 604-822-3928
• Email
• Website

Jan 10 & 11 | Lions Clubs Annual Tree Chipping Event

I usually get in big trouble every year as I rail against cutting down live trees for Christmas. However, if you did, and have a live tree, you’ll want to make sure it makes it into the compost. One way to do that is to get take it to the Lions Club tree chipping location near you.

Support the Lions Clubs by bringing your live, cut tree to the annual Christmas tree chipping event. Donations of cash and non-perishable food items will be distributed to local charities.
Date: Saturday Jan 10, 2009 to Sunday Jan 11, 2009
Contact: Jonathan McDermott 604-871-6241

Locations:

• Trout Lake Community Centre parking lot, Victoria Dr. & E 15th Ave
• Kerrisdale Ice Arena parking lot, East Blvd north of W 41st Ave
• Kits Beach parking lot, Cornwall and Arbutus St
• Sunset beach upper parking lot, Pacific Blvd & Broughton St

Dec 21 | Winter Solstice Lantern Festival

One Festival, six neighbourhoods. Honouring many cultural traditions, the Winter Solstice Lantern Festival illuminates six neighbourhoods with lanterns, singing, drumming, live music, dancing, and skating. Presented by the Secret Lantern Society - this event is now its 15th year.

A free family event. For more information, see www.secretlantern.org

Ecofont saves Printer Ink

From Holland comes a brilliant idea. The Ecofont maintains readability but uses less ink when printing.

Here’s the info from the folks who created it - a Dutch ad agency…

The prints we make for our ‘daily use’ not only use paper, but also ink. According to SPRANQ creative communications (Utrecht, The Netherlands) your ink cartridges could last longer. SPRANQ has therefore developed a new font: the Ecofont.

“After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes as well.”

Appealing ideas are often simple: how much of a letter can be removed while maintaining readability? After extensive testing with all kinds of shapes, the best results were achieved using small circles. After lots of late hours (and coffee) this resulted in a font that uses up to 20% less ink. Free to download, free to use.

One of my great frustrations is that I’m still printing loads of documents that end up going into recycling. So, I’m going to start using the Ecofont in my printed documents starting today.

Interestingly, on the screen at least, the cut-out dots don’t really show up until you get to a fairly big size - around 24 px and up.

I think, just to help spread the word, I’ll add a “made with the ecofont” in the footer.

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