Almost out of hibernation
THIRTY SOMETHING by Ishi Dinim AT THE TIME of writing, I’ve spent the last five days nursing a mean flu. Probably lost about 10 pounds … Read more
Month: May 2009
Social media, social change
INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson SOCIAL MEDIA tools like Facebook and Twitter are all the rage these days. We often hear about the incredible potential … Read more
Exploring food and nutrition
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina WHILE WE can certainly find some pretty absurd stuff on the Internet, I marvel at the ease with which we can … Read more
Get a good head start
ON THE GARDEN PATH by Carolyn Herriot BY NOW, most gardeners will have acquired their seeds for this year’s garden. You can keep better track … Read more
Infinite possibility
THE POWER OF NOW by Eckhart Tolle What about all those people who, it seems, actually want to suffer? I have a friend whose partner is … Read more
Fixing the inner hard drive
UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. – G. K. Chesterton AS … Read more
Soul force at work
FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead IN THE 2004 feature documentary Scared Sacred(www.nfb.ca/film/scared_sacred), activist filmmaker Velcrow Ripper went to what he called the “ground zeroes” of … Read more
Let’s get it together
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola THE NORTH Coast of BC is one of my favourite places. If you visit this spectacular and … Read more
Your turn to be the change
by Maureen Jack-LaCroix “YOU MUST be the change you want to see in the world.” This profoundly grounded and compelling call to action by Mahatma … Read more
Growing Citizens – can gardening change the world?
Fertile ground makes good things grow by Joanna Ashworth Free Talk Gardening as a Catalyst for Civic Engagement Wed., May 6, 6:30-8:30pm, Simon Fraser University, … Read more