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作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-7-15 00:33 標題: LYK's Green Revolution

本帖最後由 Ovaltine 於 2010-7-15 00:34 編輯

Since Gregor Robertson is hyping us to be one of the greenest city by 2020, I would like to spark some awareness through going Green.

Things we can do:

Composting

Start a compost, not only yard trimming, get a compost bin through vancouver.ca. Throw all our organic garbage in there, banana peels, etc etc etc

Rain Barrels

Connect rain barrel to your storm drain.

Beekeeping

Cultivating bees in your garden can be fun, you can yield up to 200lbs of honey through a single honeybee hive.

Cycling

Gonna brag a bit, I am planning to buy a Valencia Trek bike to be my summer transportation.

Chicken Coop

Since Vancouver just allowed chicken raising, why not own a few chicken to off-set the costs of going to supermarket?

Okay, enough of my ideas and rambling, these are my plans for the next year, what are yours?

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2010-7-15 09:39

Since I live in an apartment and don't really want to have warm composting, I will start collecting and bringing organic garbage to my parents' place for composting.
They have been doing that for years with good fertilizer for their garden.
I guess the next thing i can do is cycling/walking. And I will do that more.

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-7-15 23:35

Since I live in an apartment and don't really want to have warm composting, I will start collecting ...
布小熊發表於 2010-7-15 09:39

To speed the process, you can by red worms from local pet store to bring the composting time down to 2-3 months.

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-8-4 13:36

本帖最後由 Ovaltine 於 2010-8-4 13:38 編輯

I am not suprised many chinese people are not interested in this thread, but as a Chinese in a foreign country, we are actually the future leaders of the world in terms of power and knowledge. We do not have the power in which government and other institution has, but i hope many chinese people in this little online community can influence others to do some environmental work. I was back in Asia last month, and it hurts me to see the degree of pollution affecting the lives of so many people. It is really time to change our lifestyle to be more sustainable. Being green is not some hippie **** anymore, it's about saving the world from destruction in your own hands.

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-8-4 13:44

本帖最後由 peter236 於 2010-8-4 13:45 編輯

I am not suprised many chinese people are not interested in this thread, but as a Chinese in a forei ...
Ovaltine 發表於 2010-8-4 13:36

In China, they are building solar power, wind power, highspeed railway, subway etc. These are all designed to reduce pollution and to reduce the reliance on cars.
Shame on Canadians and Americans who drive their cars way too much every day.

China is now the leader in green revolution. Why don't you read some of my threads on China's green revolution?

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-8-4 14:02

本帖最後由 Ovaltine 於 2010-8-4 14:04 編輯

回復 5# peter236

Yes, china is doing it's share in the green revolution. its true, there is no doubt about it. But on this delicate subject, its not the question who is doing what, rather its how come we are not doing more. China has 1.5 billion people, neighboring India has 1 billion people. This global warming pollution problem is not going to go away after one night, economic growth and population growth will just add more salt to the wound. The American and Canadian lifestyle is not sustainable at all, our footprint on earth is about 4 times the size of a normal Chinese peasant in China. The problem with the Chinese culture is, we have this inferiority complex, our inferiority complex allows us to accumulate lots of wealth through hard work and labor. After wealth what happens? leave it for the next generation to waste it away of LV, fly cars and things of the materialistic nature. Evidence of that all around you today, all these Chinese businessmen bringing kids from overseas to gain knowledge. They be taking all these business administration, economic classes? What else do they learn other than doing good business and accumulating wealth?

The extravagant lifestyle of Euro, Canada and America.

This is the major problem! We keep thinking their culture is better than ours. The endless partying, the entertainment and the high life. How long is this gonna last until every inch of the earth's resource is stripped away through our extravagance?

I was raised in Vancouver, came here since I was 7, back in the day, there was no need to wear t-shirts in the summer due to the cold, that was only 15 years ago. What do y'all think we happen to the next generation?

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-8-4 14:44

回復 peter236

Yes, china is doing it's share in the green revolution. its true, there is no doub ...
Ovaltine 發表於 2010-8-4 14:02

hahaha, that is why the Chinese should buy their own brand names Chinese hand bags and Chinese luxury cars, so that the money stays in China.

From what I can see in North America, there are many Chinese scholars and students doing research in the areas of biological sciences, medicine, various types of engineering etc, not only business administration.

作者: vilium 時間: 2010-8-10 10:26

Just wondering how raising chicken in the backyard can contribute to a greener environment?

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2010-8-10 11:23

Just wondering how raising chicken in the backyard can contribute to a greener environment?
vilium 發表於 2010-8-10 10:26 AM

cos that's 0 mile food for the eggs. no carbon foot print to transport eggs from far away to supermarket then to you home.

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-9-9 20:53

Green films:

What A Way to Go: Life at the end of an empire
A Crude Awakening

Green Dude:

http://www.ranprieur.com/ Ran Prieur is actually a homeless dude in Spokane, he has a 10-acre piece of land that he envision to transform in to sustainable enviroment.

Daniel Quinn, author of Ismael, must read book, will change your life. Basically he believes the agricultural revolution was a wrong way to go for human civilization.

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-9-28 13:31

本帖最後由 Ovaltine 於 2010-9-28 13:35 編輯

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARIG-BQRATs

Terence Mckenna speaking against the Consumer culture.

Just got my bike, been riding everyday for commute.
building the Chicken Coop with my brother this weekend

Plan on turning front yard lawn in to a vegetable garden in the next couple years.

Erased my urge to buy a new car, my vision is to phase out my personal use of automobile in the next five years. If I cannot, buy a hybrid. I personally think each family should be limited to one car.

There are many Community-support Agriculture groups out there, they help fund turning back and front yard lawn into a vegetable garden.

example:

http://kitsilanofarms.com/

Saving the planet is officially my new religion.

作者: emailyahoo 時間: 2010-9-28 22:49

本帖最後由 emailyahoo 於 2010-9-28 22:54 編輯

太遲！

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-10-4 17:10

Am I the only green LYK here? saving humanity is never too late, it can be fun too. My experience biking for commute is so different than through automobile. Yes, its more time consuming, but its also good exercise, can smell the streets and the sweet vancouver air. Cruise around the neighborhood, check out nice houses. Recently I saw my Chinese Neigbor install solar panels on the roof of his house, not really cost efficient for Vancouver, but seems like the right thing to do.

作者: emailyahoo 時間: 2010-10-5 03:48

本帖最後由 emailyahoo 於 2010-10-5 03:49 編輯

人類是不會覺醒的，除非殺到埋身，但已太遲！其實現在開始已太遲，來不及補救了！

作者: mukmuk2 時間: 2010-10-5 08:07

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作者: myversa 時間: 2010-10-5 08:09

Am I the only green LYK here? saving humanity is never too late, it can be fun too. My experience bi ...
Ovaltine 發表於 2010-10-4 17:10

I tried to do some green like recycling or use solar energy lights for my gardening.

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-12-7 07:54

Been busy with other things lately, planning to remove the grass in the front lawn, no more English grass and lawn mowing, gonna change it in to vegetable farm! Decided not to buy any chicken yet, its might be too cold of a winter, don't want to set up a heater. But the chicken coop is built, will post pics later.

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2010-12-7 09:26

回復 17# Ovaltine
That's cool!
I finally applied for bus pass and will get it in Jan. So busing to and from work unless I have to carry some heavy load back home.

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-12-7 10:01

Heres the pics

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-12-7 10:15

本帖最後由 Ovaltine 於 2010-12-7 10:23 編輯

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作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-12-7 10:16

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11152831@N04/5241832826/" title="008 by terencechung1988, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5241832826_df0aa6b58b.jpg" width="374" height="500" alt="008" /></a>

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2010-12-7 10:34

It looks GREAT!

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-12-8 02:05

thanks bear bear, i put in the money got my bro to build it for me

I've been biking everyday and been thinking...

Biking is not really low carbon, yes, I am not burning petroleum, but I still end up eating more food due to more exercise. Where does all the food come from? Petrochemical fertilizers. There could be a low carbon lifestyle, I think though, we are at a time of crisis where there is a huge population overshoot in the world. I am starting to think war is good, kill some people off to release the tension of the lands as well as human vs human conflicts. am i crazy? hahaha

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-12-8 03:00

thanks bear bear, i put in the money got my bro to build it for me

I've been biking everyday an ...
Ovaltine 發表於 2010-12-8 02:05

hahaha, you should tell the Indians to control their population. China is already controlling their population growth.

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-12-8 03:57

回復 24# peter236

We are at a point where governmental policy is probably not enough, the problem is the growth of the Chinese economy allows the wealthy Chinese citizens to imitate our lifestyle, the western extravagant lifestyle, which in turns raises the carbon footprint per capita. I only hope China and India goes to war, nuclear Armageddon for Asia, very unlikely.

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2011-2-5 04:28

Just started composting for a couple of weeks, at least a bucket of organic waste every few days.

Earth 2100 by ABC, typical American propaganda trying to belittle China and India's rise.

[youtube]bISCbOUozMk[/youtube]

I have done 3 of 5 of my goals already, gonna add some more

6. Redevelop current front and backyard into a vegetable garden.

7. Retrofitting current home to conserve more energy

8. Purchasing a PHEV, most likely a Prius

9. Purchasing a LEED Gold or Platinium home or apartment

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2011-10-5 01:11

回復 26# Ovaltine

http://www.streamlinegroup.ca/

These are LEED Platinium luxury homes created by streamline Group. Millenium Group's Olympic Village will come to mind for most people, but their condo ARE NOT LEED Platinum. Their condos are LEED Gold, while the public areas are LEED Platinium. Beware of the marketing companies when it comes to environment and saving the world.

作者: satil 時間: 2011-10-5 09:12

本帖最後由 satil 於 2011-10-5 09:19 編輯

回復 26# Ovaltine

我無用筒, 我直接埋入地, 每數天dig一個2' 深洞, 放入廚餘, 混入泥及草. 不出一個月就化了, 泥土變得黑潤. 每數天移位做一在洞.
一年後, 搬泥做花肥菜肥果肥. 我從來都不要市府收剪草, 果皮, 咖啡渣及廚餘. 加埋秋天收成後的廢葉枯枝, 搞/切碎.

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堆肥位 12' x 12' 上面蓋一層剪草, 下邊泥會多很多蚯蚓. 從來都不需買花果肥. 仲係有機添.

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作者: fibbi 時間: 2011-10-5 12:43

回復 28# satil

Great backyard!

作者: satil 時間: 2011-10-5 21:50

回復 satil

Great backyard!
fibbi 發表於 2011-10-5 12:43

thx, i have a big backyard... i use two sides for veg/fruit. .. share more

季初.. 種菜... 留意藍筒.. 是連接來收屋頂雨水. 留水來淋花淋菜.

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八九月收成有機合掌瓜 (這品種有刺, 批皮後肉一樣甜美)
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有機荳 (煮後變回綠色)
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作者: fibbi 時間: 2011-10-5 22:03

回復 30# satil

Would take lots of work to manage a large backyard. Now looking at my own grass in the back...

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2011-12-13 06:54

本帖最後由 Ovaltine 於 2011-12-13 06:57 編輯

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Anyone planning on using Car2Go?

作者: fibbi 時間: 2011-12-13 12:12

What does "car to go" has to do anything with the chicken???

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2011-12-13 12:29

回復 32# Ovaltine

handsome looking chickens!!

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2012-5-27 00:47

回復 33# fibbi

Environmentalism.

作者: peter236 時間: 2012-5-28 01:17

Are you still raising chickens at home?

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2012-5-28 02:17

of course, harder work than i thought..too much feces, but the eggs are huge though, about 2x bigger than supermarket eggs. honeybees is next on my list.

作者: peter236 時間: 2012-5-29 16:26

of course, harder work than i thought..too much feces, but the eggs are huge though, about 2x bigger ...
Ovaltine 發表於 2012-5-28 02:17

Do you have pictures of the eggs?

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2013-6-26 23:44

My new hobby for green living is raising rabbits for meat. Its healthy and easier to manage than chickens, also they reproduce real fast. I have a little backyard farm now.

作者: somewhereintime 時間: 2013-6-27 05:47

回復 39# Ovaltine

So you can start farm direct biz. from home.
Rabbits, Mmm, B.B.Q. party for Canada Day!

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2013-7-7 11:36

回復 40# somewhereintime

I need to get a cat or two, many mice in my backyard. Also thinking of raising goat in the future for milk.

作者: 吳孟達 時間: 2013-7-9 10:23

Any photos for your farm? Ovaltine

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2013-7-20 15:27

Hi, I will post some pics later. I made a rabbit run, so they can eat outside in the grass lawns.

Here is some garbage waste and composting tips, since we do composting in our backyard, there is significantly less garbage in the garbage bins and the green bins. So we called up the City hall to order us a 75L Green bin and 75L Garbage bin, its tiny, and more economical. We pay less taxes now.

Annual Green Bin collection rates
Cart volume Max weight Cart dimensions
(width × depth × height) Annual rate
120 L    50 kg 56 cm × 60 cm × 1 m
(22 in × 24 in × 40 in) $78.00
180 L    75 kg 63 cm × 76 cm × 1 m
(25 in × 30 in × 40 in) $92.00
240 L    100 kg 66 cm × 84 cm × 1.1 m
(26 in × 33 in × 43 in) $105.00
360 L    150 kg 76 cm × 91 cm × 1.2 m
(30 in × 36 in × 46 in) $131.00

Annual garbage bin collection rates
Cart volume Max weight Cart dimensions
(width × depth × height) Annual rate
75 L 30 kg 56 cm × 60 cm × 1 m
(22 in × 24 in × 40 in)
Capacity reduced by fixed insert $84.00
120 L 50 kg 56 cm × 60 cm × 1 m
(22 in × 24 in × 40 in) $97.00
180 L 75 kg 63 cm × 76 cm × 1 m
(25 in × 30 in × 40 in) $115.00
240 L 100 kg 66 cm × 84 cm × 1.1 m
(26 in × 33 in × 43 in) $133.00
360 L 150 kg 76 cm × 91 cm × 1.2 m
(30 in × 36 in × 46 in) $169.00

作者: shoparound 時間: 2013-7-20 16:24

Is the mouse problem due to your farm?

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2013-7-20 20:53

Its a problem everywhere in Vancouver, we stopped raising chickens because of this, chickens are kinda dirty, their poop is everywhere...Gonna get cat in the near future.

Here is an interesting family from Cali, they don't work, just farm at the home, and they grow enough food for an adult family of 4 with 20,000 profit every year.

http://urbanhomestead.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IbODJiEM5A

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