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Stereoscope III, Watercolour on paper, 4" x 6", 2016
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Natural and cultural sounds awaken a sense of awe that connects us to the splendor of national parks, and have a powerful effect on our emotions, attitudes and memories. From the mysterious calls of bugling elk in the Rocky Mountains to the patriotic, bugling trumpets heard across a historic battlefield, these sounds are part of a web of natural and cultural resources that the National Parks protects under the Organic Act. The sounds heard in each national park are uniquely special to that place. NPS invites you to experience our parks through this world of sound. ZooShare is developing North America’s 1st zoo-based biogas plant. We will recycle manure from the Toronto Zoo and local food waste into renewable power for the Ontario grid. This process will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 10,000 tonnes of C02 each year, and will return valuable nutrients to the soil in the form of a high-quality fertilizer. Our project will be located across the street from the Toronto Zoo (click here to see our project site in Google Maps). To learn more about biogas and its benefits for the environment, click here.
German designer Gitta Gschwendtner and Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves have planted a garden on a derelict barge in Bristol Harbour using the kinds of foreign seeds that were once mixed up in ships' ballast before being dumped in the river.
Maria Thereza Alves Seeds of Change A Floating Ballast Seed Garden for Bristol More: Maria Thereza Alves - Friday Event Lecture from The Glasgow School of Art Thanks everyone for participating in our hike this week at the Rouge! Below are a few informative links regarding some of the topics we covered:
The hikes History ROUGE National Urban Park Management Plan Yellow bellied Sapsucker Poo. Power. Profits Baby Blanding's turtles The National Park Service sound management and recording Emerald ash borer The emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive pest killing Southern Ontario’s ash trees, is here to stay --
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. Our hallmarks are scientific excellence and technological innovation to advance the understanding of nature and to engage people of all ages in learning about birds and protecting the planet.
Cultural Heritage
The human history of Rouge Park goes back over 10,000 years. Palaeolithic nomadic hunters, Iroquoian women farmers, early European explorers, and the multicultural suburban population that you see around the Park today are all part of this history. History Since humans began living in the area of the present Great Lakes-St Lawrence Lowlands in Ontario, many groups of people made the lands and waters now protected in Rouge Park their home. The river and its valleys, uplands, forests and wetlands, along with the animal and plant species that lived here, sustained small nomadic groups, and later on larger, permanent settlements long before the rapid urbanization of the 20th century altered the landscape dramatically. |
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July 2017
Quick Links: Welcome 9/29/2016 FAS450Y5Y (Syllabus) 9/15/2016 Rouge Urban National Park Hike 09/04/2016 Thousand Islands National Park site visit 10/16/2016 Rouge National Urban Park site visit 10/15/2016 Rouge National Urban Park Site Visit 12/1/2016 Light Tipi/ Tipi de lumière (yahkâskwan mîkiwahp) 12/21/2016 Tania Willard Class Visit 2/17/2017 Simon Pope Workshop Ward's Island Toronto 2/23/2017 Thousand Islands National Park Visit 2/26/2017 Cheryl L’Hirondelle and Camille Turner Class Visit 3/24/2017 Vantage Point Opening 5/24/2017 |