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The basics of building a fire

January 21, 2016 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

The bloggers over at Fix have provided an excellent infographic that highlights the elements of building a safe and successful fire. Source: Fix.com

Filed Under: Bushcraft, Conservation, Courses and Education, DIY, Front Page, HowTo, tips Tagged With: campfire, Fire, Fire-building, how-to, kindling, tinder

The Rhino Hunter: Radiolab

September 8, 2015 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

We live in a world where compassion often quickly turns to outrage, which in turn can express itself as vitriol and disturbing calls for retribution, as evidenced in the recent reaction to Cecil the lion’s death. This is more than just a trip report, and I wouldn’t call it a defence piece—it’s a surprisingly gentle treatment of an extremely…

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Filed Under: Conservation, Front Page, News, Trip Reports Tagged With: Black Rhino, Conservation, Corey Knowlton, hunting, Namibia, NPR, Radiolab, Simon Adler, trophy hunting

I love my market!

October 30, 2011 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

When was the last time your grocery store gave you a hug, a handshake, and inspired you for the week’s cooking? That’s exactly what your market can do for you — there are people whose skills, hard work, and pride in their craft put quality food on your table, and I enjoy being reminded of…

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Filed Under: Conservation, News, Personal Tagged With: farms, fresh food, leslie market, local, market, produce

Balance leave-no-trace extremes

July 14, 2011 by Michael Zimmermann 4 Comments

Perhaps not something that everybody likes to hear, but I, for one, found myself nodding along with many of the points in Don Tryon’s Leave-A-Trace editorial page. He makes the point for a common-sense approach to camping, and takes issue with the extremes that some enthusiasts have gone through to erase our existence on the land….

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Filed Under: Conservation, editorial, Front Page, Personal Tagged With: camping style, editorial, ethics, Leave no Trace, LNT, opinion, purcell

London, Ontario is going to ban bottled water!

August 19, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann 1 Comment

Although I’m not a fan of banning everything for our own good, this makes me smile. I’d have preferred if they just levied an environmental impact fee on buyers, but hey. Read the article on the London’s plans to phase out bottled water.

Filed Under: Conservation, News Tagged With: bottled water, environment, London Ontario, politics, water

Ontario takes a good step to preserve boreal forests

August 16, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

There’s a good writeup CPAWs site about how our Boreal forests are going to be given a bit more protection when industrial development decisions get made. With any new policy or announcement that involves big business and the environment, I’m always a bit skeptical, but this seems like a great start. Continued conservation of Boreal…

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Filed Under: Conservation Tagged With: boreal forest, Conservation, CPAWS, environment, government, ontario, politics, species at risk, woodland caribou

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