A tourist from Calgary found a lone seal pup while in British Columbia.  She thought the pup needed rescuing, so she put it in her car wrapped in a blanket then called the police.  Most likely, the pup was not abandoned.  Canada.com explains:

According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, mother seals will often leave their pups shortly after birth. They will often return to their pups within 24 hours provided conditions are right, one of those being that humans aren’t nearby.

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More and more homeowners are using rain barrels to conserve water while collecting soft, non-chlorinated rainwater to nourish grass and plants.

This weekend, in Calgary, Canada, Clean Calgary Association, in partnership with the City of Calgary, will hold its 8th Annual Rain Barrel Sale.

With spring coming, local residents there are thinking about their lawns and gardens. Water usage in Calgary doubles in the spring and summer due largely to lawn irrigation.

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But it appears that their interests grew, and as part of their investigation of greener living, the blog began to include articles about green news and topics of interest. It has grown to include links to a couple dozen other green websites and blogs (some of which are familiar, others may not be), and resources on elements of green construction.

The name of The Ramsay Home Project derives not from the family’s name, but instead from the name of the neighborhood the house is being built in. The house they are building is an Arts-and-Crafts style house built with insulated concrete forms (ICF) and using sustainable materials and building practices.

“While the project is still in its infancy, the vision is to build an environmentally responsible, small foot-print house that blends into Calgary’s historical neighbourhood of Ramsay, just outside the downtown core. The house will be primarily made of concrete and heated by the earth — with insulated-concrete-forms and super high-efficiency gas heating. The website is updated daily with content such as site reports, local resources, eco-friendly interiors, environmentally responsible suppliers and new green technology.”

In addition to collecting links about the products they are using, their site contains links to information about Alternate Energy, Local Non-Profit Organizations, and Smart Homes and more. Their blog includes a range of green topics. Recent stories they have featured have included green product information (”Home Depot promotes Eco Options”), green celebrity (”Brad Pitt starts eco-friendly building project”), general green news (”Gore Calls Canada Climate Plan a ‘Fraud’”), and more.

The home is still under construction (although they haven’t updated their pictures in a while). They haven’t documented the story of the project as fully as they might, though there are mentions in the discussion about their “new contractor” and their “old contractor.” And this entry is especially telling (it is also a good article to read for anyone who is going to be working with contractors).

The Ramsay Home Project provides another appealing source of green-oriented information with a decidedly personal perspective. Their scope is more limited and personal than some other sites, but in this case, I think it’s an advantage.