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February 2010 Blog Posts (6)

"The World Needs More Canada" Critical Mass Bike Ride

"The World Needs More Canada" Critical Mass Bike Ride



Vancouver's Critical Mass Bike…
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Added by Kathie Wallace on February 26, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

The Great Turning*



THE GREAT TURNING*



You’ve asked me to tell you of the Great Turning, of how we saved the

world from disaster. The answer is both simple and complex:



We turned.



For hundreds of years we had turned

away as life on earth grew more precarious.

We turned away from the homeless men on the streets, the stench from

the river, the children…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on February 23, 2010 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Seed to Sky - February 20 , 2010

Welcome to warm weather (sorry about those Olympics …). Some upcoming activities:

Pruning workshop:…

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Added by Shamir Bhatia on February 21, 2010 at 11:23pm — No Comments

The Omo People

If... If we choose, Avatar is here right now. Every single one of us is 100% full potential: magnificence being
magnificent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGLR8wEvRfQ


Added by Kathie Wallace on February 8, 2010 at 7:20pm — No Comments

Sending out an SOS

...and in our interconnected world-brave woman sending out an SOS-U Tube forced to remove it-help this go viral http://ow.ly/14ApN #VO2010 Regrets re misinformation-interesting though!-avatar indeed….Seems like someone had some fun with Patricia……

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Added by Kathie Wallace on February 6, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Our Canadian Identity



Our Canadian Identity

By Kathie Wallace



In 1972, when Paul Henderson became the “Magic Man” in hockey for Canada, I and millions of Canadians stopped our lives to listen breathlessly as we won the Summit Series over the Russians.



The score was tied 5-5 and the series was also tied. With 34 seconds left in the game, Henderson scored to win for Canada. It was called “the goal heard around the world”.

I will always… Continue

Added by Kathie Wallace on February 4, 2010 at 10:06am — No Comments

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