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March 2011 Blog Posts (26)

Oil Roller Coaster Gets Wilder

With the price of oil soaring in recent weeks, politicians around the world are scrambling to react. The price of the benchmark 'Brent' crude oil has increased by almost 90% in just 12 months, to around $115 a barrel. Now some speculators are betting that the price is headed towards…

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Added by Eric Doherty on March 8, 2011 at 1:20pm — No Comments

Seed Starts March 7, 2011

Wow, it feels early to be doing seed starts and apparently it isn't, so Peter and I have planted our first batch of 24 pots, 4 seeds in each.  Some will go toward the Cedar Cottage spring fling event, some for our gardens.

 

My method:  clean/wash the reusable plastic pots (the square kind work best), use purchased seed starter mix (took out the big lumps of wood chips), fill the pots with soil up to 1/4 inch from top, compress gently so particles meet, spray the top with…

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Added by Cylia on March 8, 2011 at 7:18am — 2 Comments

2011 Permaculture Design Courses!

I'm stoked to be instructing at two Permaculture Design Courses this summer, one in Richmond at Terra Nova in association with the Richmond Fruit Tree Sharing Project, and one in the Downtown East Side in association with SOLEFood Farm.

 

Info on both courses is on my blog at passionatepermaculture.wordpress.com or you can email me for info.  Here comes the Permaculture (r)Evolution!

Added by rin on March 7, 2011 at 7:43pm — 3 Comments

Oh break my heart...

“Oh break my heart, oh, break my heart again…

Oh break my heart, oh, break my heart again…

Oh break my heart, oh, break my heart again…

So I can love even more. “

Adapted from Rumi…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on March 6, 2011 at 8:34am — No Comments

"It takes a village to raise a child"; "Ongoing crisis in masculinity" What do you think?

Jackson Katz argues that widespread violence in American society, including the tragic school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and elsewhere, needs to be understood as part of an ongoing crisis in masculinity. Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college and high school students to systematically examine the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st…

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Added by Karen Elaine Gilchrist on March 3, 2011 at 11:05am — 1 Comment

Shared Housing in Kits: Spacious "Haven" in 2-Level Character Suite

Welcoming

quiet, mature, fabulous

FEMALE ROOMMATE



to share

2-Person ❥ 2-Level

Kits Character Suite

with same



May 1'st  (April 15'th negotiable)



UPPER ROOM (Unfurnished)

$715



HOUSE



- Kitsilano Character Home

- smoke-free, pet-free environment

- utilities (gas, electric, heat & water) $35

- backyard, garden, picnic table, balcony

- short walk to amenities, beach & bus



SHARED…

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Added by Joey Rae on March 2, 2011 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

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