Aug 28, 2011

INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson It’s time to re-imagine the role of both citizens and government. It’s past time for governments to become more permeable and to encourage and empower citizens to govern themselves. In many ways, the process to re-imagine citizenship and governance seems to be well underway. Citizens are newly empowered by online...

Aug 28, 2011

NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina Would you like your kids to have fun in the kitchen while learning to make nutritious foods for themselves? The ideal way for children to learn about good nutrition is if they become our little kitchen helpers starting from the time they can hold a plastic spoon. Youngsters learn to like veggies when they can grasp and gnaw on a...

Aug 28, 2011

ON THE GARDEN PATH by Carolyn Herriot I became a vegetarian in 1975 when I landed in Vancouver from London, UK and found myself sharing a cooperative house with five other people who were all vegetarians. The deal was we each took turns making dinner and because I loved cooking, instead of being daunted, I dashed out to buy a vegetarian cookbook that would...

Aug 28, 2011

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young If we are not happy with our lives, we tend to attribute our current state to bad luck, other people or to simply not having been blessed as much as others. We might feel bitter, disappointed, angry or depressed and it is easy to keep our focus on what is missing rather than on what is present. If happiness were a...

Aug 28, 2011

FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead   We all like something for free, don’t we? So what’s not to like about Fresh Air Cinema, a free, outdoor series of movie screenings offered around the Lower Mainland this summer? This mobile cinema company has been setting up its giant, inflatable movie screens, sound systems and generators in parks and...