FREE ADOPT-A-PARK COMMUNITY HEALTHY WALKS
with Green Club community volunteer guides since May, 1999
To be a volunteer community guide, please contact Joseph Lin, at e-mail , 604-327-8693


We tried my best to identify the enthusiastic community leaders from our members and persuaded them to take the job almost without difficulty since May, 1999. The idea came from "Think globally, act locally".

As you may know, all of them are new immigrants and still learn adapt the new community. In the time being, not many leaders are interested in conservation issues and comfortably communicate in English. We encourage them to participate in the conservation issues and partner with the local organizations in the near future. One third of the leaders did interpret the nature somewhat. Some groups got more than 10 participants every time. Some walked every other day in the parks.

The mission is to promote cross-cultural understanding of the unique eco-systems and cultures between Taiwan, Asia and Canada, and to educate the public about the importance of conservation and bio-diversity by advancing a healthy way of living our daily life, providing guidance to appreciate the natural history, presenting opportunities to learn how to decrease human disturbances and impacts, and encouraging active participation in community environmental protection, in order to accomplish the ideal goal of a sustainable ecosystem and human society.

Goals:
Community volunteer leaders and their walking groups commit themselves to walk rain or shine, regularly at least once a month in their adopted community parks. They are encouraged to observe, appreciate, learn from, and care for the nature in long term.

Networking:
Related park information including trail map, natural history (geology, climate, plants, animals), aboriginal life, histories of early settlements, human impacts, conservation issues, and rehabilitation efforts are provided to the leaders. Seasonal networking party and training workshop are held.

Promotion:
We announce their meeting time and places to the public through daily e-mail newsletter, press release, and websites.

North Shore
West Vancouver Ambleside Park; North Vancouver Capilano River Park

Vancouver City
Vancouver Musqueam Park; Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Park ; Vancouver Jericho Park ; Pacific Spirit Park ; Vancouver Shaughnessy; Vancouver False Creek; Vancouver False Creek; Vancouver Pacific Spirit Park Sasamat Trail

Burnaby and Coquitlam Tricity
Coquitlam Colony Farm Park; Burnaby Central Park; Coquitlam Mundy Lake Park; Burnaby Deer Lake Park; Port Moody Rocky Point Park

Richmond and South Delta
Richmond Nature Park; Boundary Bay Park; Deas Island; Richmond Sturgeon Bank

Surrey and North Delta
Surrey Tynehead Park ; Surrey Bear Creek Park

To be a volunteer community guide, please contact Joseph Lin, at josephlin(at)shaw.ca, 604-327-8693

Active Healthy Walks
Free Community Healthy Walks with Volunteers (bilingual, no interpretation)
To be a volunteer community guide, please contact Joseph Lin, at josephlin(at)shaw.ca, 604-327-8693
Green Club Calendar in Chinese


North Shore Free Community Healthy Walks
January 5, 10 am, North Vancouver Mosquito Creek Healthy Walk, free register 604-922-8372
January 7, 10 am, North Vancouver Lynn Canyon Healthy Walk, free register 604-760-1700

Vancouver City Free Community Healthy Walks
January 2, 9:30 am, Vancouver Arbutus Community Healthy Walk, free register 604-263-9887
January 7, 10 am, Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Park Healthy Walk, free register 604-323-8567
January 9, 10 am, Vancouver Kerrisdale Community Healthy Walk, free register 604-266-2199
January 13, 10 am, Vancouver Jericho Park Healthy Walk, free register 604-224-4728
January 18, 1 pm, Vancouver Everett Crowley Park Healthy Walk, free register 604-438-3759
January 19, 10 am Vancouver UBC Campus Healthy Walk, free register 778-319-2280
January 20, 10 am, Vancouver False Creek North Shore Healthy Walk, free register 604-899-6279
January 27, 10 am, Vancouver Pacific Spirit Park Healthy Walk, free register 604-739-3037
January 30, 10 am, Vancouver Kerrisdale Community Healthy Walk, free register 778-891-6865
November 22, 10 am, Vancouver Jericho Park Healthy Walk, free register 778-834-9888

Burnaby and Coquitlam Tricity Free Community Healthy Walks
January 1, 2 pm, Port Moody Rocky Point Shoreline Park Healthy Walk, free register 778-355-3351
January 4, 10 am, Burnaby Deer Lake Park Healthy Walk, free register 604-525-6952
January 11, 10 am, Burnaby Mountain Park Healthy Walk, free register 778-318-0008
January 15, 2 pm, Port Moody Rocky Point Shoreline Park Healthy Walk, free register 778-355-3351
January 21, 10 am, Robert Burnaby Park Healthy Walk, free register 604-526-4369
January 25, 10 am, Coquitlam Colony Farm Regional Park Healthy Walk, free register 778-318-0008
January 29, 2 pm, Burnaby Lake Healthy Walk, free register 778-355-3351
November 6, 10 am, Burnaby Lake Park Healthy Walk, free register 778-889-6299
November 12, 10 am, Robert Burnaby Park Healthy Walk, free register 604-526-4369

Richmond, South Delta, and Surrey Free Community Healthy Walks
January 8, 10 am, Iona Beach Regional Park Birding Walk, free register 604-339-7609
January 15, 10 am, Iona Beach Regional Park Birding Walk, free register 778-987-0882
January 22, 10 am, Iona Beach Regional Park Birding Walk, free register 778-987-0882
January 23, 10 am, Richmond North Sturgeon Bank Healthy Walk, free register 604-318-7378
January 23, 10 am, Richmond Nature Park Healthy Walk, free register 778-297-0512
January 24, 1 pm, Surrey Tynehead Regional Park Healthy Walk, free register 604-589-5896
January 29, 10 am, Iona Beach Regional Park Birding Walk, free register 778-987-0882
January 31, 10 am, Richmond Garry Point Park Healthy Walk, free register 604-721-7566