For WORLD WATER DAY..Drip by Drip
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-04-18 10:27:32 -0700 | green-news
Most people know that I like my water with some hops, barley, yeast and a little sugar. BUT..it all starts with water..right? I've spent a lot of time around water. I've sailed on it with the help of the wind....
From a Trickle to a Torrent; WORLD RIVERS DAY
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-04-18 12:07:46 -0700 | green-news
Some 30 years ago Burnaby, British Columbia resident Mark Angelo decided to express his love for creeks and streams by organizing an event to clean and celebrate the oft forgotten waterways languishing and collecting debris in his own backyard. The...
Helping the BP Battle with BULLRUSHES?
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-04-18 09:01:48 -0700 | green-news
An enterprising group in British Columbia, Canada has come up with a rather good and organic way to deal with oil spill residue. I have heard that hair is rather good for sopping up oil and I myself have worked...
SPRING BREAK ( Northern Style!)
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-04-18 09:03:19 -0700 | green-news
A touch of winter descended on Smithers, British Columbia for the first part of this week. I could look up and see chilly "dust devils" blowing off the peaks of Hudson Bay Mountain just behind my place. You never know...
Smithers goes "Slushy"..I'm Melting!!!
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-04-18 09:04:31 -0700 | green-news
Things are pretty topsy-turvy with the weather these days. Up here in Smithers (Northern British Columbia) we have had an unseasonable warm spell since last weekend. This has held true for most of Canada as temperatures have risen from below...
Ali Howard heads South for the Skeena
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-11-02 03:25:34 -0700 | green-news
By a stroke of luck I just happened to be dropping by the Smithers VIA Rail Station this afternoon in time to see Ali Howard board the train for Prince Rupert. Ali is on her way south to Vancouver and...
SKEENA SWIMMER speaks throughout the Province
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-04-18 09:07:43 -0700 | green-news
Smither's famous Skeena River runner Ali Howard is a woman on a mission. A very important mission to educate people about the Sacred Headwaters of the Skeena River in Northern British Columbia, Canada. It was not enough she swam the...
A Celebration of Rivers!
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-04-18 09:09:05 -0700 | green-news
With a Canadian Thanksgiving upon us this weekend and with World Rivers Day just past (see attached article)....I thought I would offer up my personal tribute to the tributaries in my backyard. Consider it a thanksgiving for the blessings our...
SWIMMING A GREAT RIVER...ALI'S CURRENT AFFAIR
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-04-18 09:30:34 -0700 | green-news
I decided on Monday to attend the K'san village celebration of swimmer Ali Howard's arrival at the confluence of the Bulkley & Skeena Rivers in Hazelton, B.C. Ms Howard is swimming 600 km from the sacred headwaters of the Skeena...
A Woman..A River and an Epic Swim.
Posted by: Andy Mathisen
Smithers :: Canada | updated 2012-04-18 09:30:49 -0700 | green-news
33 year old water polo player Ali Howard from Smithers B.C. has embarked on an epic journey to raise awareness of river conservation. She has just finished swimming through the rapids of the upper Skeena River in Northwestern British Columbia....
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