ISBN 0-9733558-1-6
suggested retail price: $25.00

Green Pilgrims are tourists with a difference. Whether far afield, in their own back yards, or taking an armchair tour, they look for what's special, nature-wise, about a place. They're already primed to revere nature, but can benefit from a brief natural history overview of an area and some key defining details. This guide tells the broad story of the southern Gulf Islands, from their formation through eons of change to the life forms and communities that now call it home. From this introduction, Green Pilgrims can then make their own personalized tour of southern Gulf Islands' nature, exploring and paying their respects to such things as: - the forms and colours of arbutus trees, no two alike; - myriad mosses sending up calyptras when the rains come; - sandstone sculptings on massive and Lilliputan scales; - Garry oak meadow rarities, surviving despite native and non-native invaders; - California quail, Mexican turkey vultures, Scotch broom, and Himalayan blackberries, all relatively new to the islands and loving them; - star-bright nights, rich with subtle and sudden sounds .... There's more, world's within world's more. Resources abound for resourceful travellers. This guide points readers in the right directions, with an eye to keeping them light on their feet, ever open to what's available and happening, while staying light on the islands themselves.

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