I noticed another change in Vancouver on this trip: besides the over-grown, over-crowded cityscape, are the lovely community gardens popped up all over the city.
These community gardens are located on City of Vancouver’s parkland but organized through neighborhood groups.
Alone side the old train tracks in Kitsilano area, I walked through several very well-tended, beautiful gardens. [...]
Every summer, I take the kids to visit my parents for a few weeks. Last year, they were down in Taiwan. Kids got to use the Taipei’s Metro system and walking so much under 90 something degree heat.
This year, they are back in Vancouver, British Columbia, one of the 15 green cities as Grist listed, [...]
During my visit in Taipei, I took a trip to Guandu Nature Park, where Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival – Focus on Global Warming was taking place. I was not there in time for the opening, but I went to see the sculptures under 90 degree heat (dragging my family along with me).
It’s a great [...]
Kids and I went to Taipei visiting my parents for the whole month in June.
It’s my kids’ first trip to Asia, and my first trip back after 13 years.
Going from Indiana to Taipei, it is a completely different world.
I meant to write some posting while I was there, but there were so many places to [...]
Just got back from another one of my business trip.
This time, at least Charlotte Airport has blue recycle bins for newspapers.
I’m wondering how many plastic cups and aluminum cans were used and put into trash from just the flight I was on. It was a full 737 flight. Looked like everyone but me used a [...]
Another business trip yesterday. Again, no recycle bins at all 3 airports I pass through.
But to my surprise, when I pulled out the SKY magazine from the back packet of the seat, what did I see – a big GREEN Sky -
“If every American household turns off the lights during Earth Hour on March 29, [...]
Recently, I went on a business trip, one and a half a day trip to Long Island, NY.
During my trip, there were so many things I experienced that made me want to screen!!
It’s always amazing to see how many people travel for business every day at the airport. Laptops, iPod, cellphone… pretty much every person [...]