"The global water crisis is the greatest ecological and humanrights crisis of our time,” says Maude Barlow, the chairperson of the Council of Canadians. Barlow is the author...
Getting Vocal About Local
In 2005 two Vancouverites, Alisa Smith, and J.B. MacKinnon, decided to eat nothing but local food for one year. The experiment was initially documented in a series, and published online...
The Power of Writing: My Five Year Retro Diary
I’ve wondered over the years, since I began journaling in a decade far away, about the picture people would form of me, after reading my journals. Maybe they would think I was...
Pesticides: Learning to Live Without Them
Rachel Carson raised the alarm over pesticide use with her prescient book Silent Spring almost 50 years ago. Although the worst of the toxins: DDT and PCB‘s, have been largely eliminated,...
Having Power
With excitement and anticipation I tore the stickers off of the parcel from the post office. My friends, caught up in my enthusiasm, watched with anticipation, and then shook their...
What Will We Choose?
In the quiet moments of our minds it is entertaining to listen to some of the thoughts that bounce in and out of our consciousness. Lately, I doubt if there is one among us who cannot...
Shoved Around With Love
"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom” – Anais NinEver had that thought of "right place/right...
Befriending the Day
"It is more difficult to spend a day well than to write a book."(Tadeusz Rozewicz) One commonality we all share today is that everyone woke up this morning with the same gift...
Wealth and Spirituality are NOT Mutually Exclusive
This may not be headline news to some of you, and, superficially at least, it was not news to me. But it wasn’t until recently that I really understood and believed it. I don’t...
Oscar’s Gift
One of the many hats I wear is that of a sessional instructor for the local community college. Of the workshops I teach, one is a day long certificate program. It is not a difficult...
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