May 2011 Blog Posts (15)

 

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Here's a link to watch Dirt: The Movie

 

http://www.archive.org/details/DirtTheMovie

Last year's artichokes have produced about 100 bulbs, I've already given many away and have more.  Feel free to let me know if you'd like some.  Growing them requires a wide berth.

And now they're ready: Check out www.homeharvestfarms.com. Watch the video.…

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We have the choice of burning all the oil left and hacking down all the remaining rainforests - or saving humanity

 

by Johann Hari

Sometimes, there are hinge-points in human history – moments when we have to choose between an exuberant descent into lunacy, and a still, sober voice offering us a sane way out. Usually, we can only see them when we look back from a distance. In 1793, the great democrat Thomas Paine said the French…

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The Stockholm Memorandum



Tipping the Scales towards Sustainability



3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium* on Global Sustainability, Stockholm, Sweden, 16-19 May 2011



*The Nobel Laureate Symposium Series on Global Sustainability was initiated in 2007 at Potsdam and continued by the St James’s Palace Symposium in spring 2009. This Symposium series unites Nobel Laureates of various disciplines, top-level representatives from politics and NGOs, and renowned experts on… Continue

Having just read in the Sunday "Province" that there are lots of people still looking for gardening space, I am hoping that this post may interest someone. I have garden space available in SE Vancouver, around the 45th and Victoria/Knight area. The back yard has east and south exposure, and the front yard (with 3 raised beds) has south and west exposure. The back yard has raspberries that produce an awesome crop each year, and there is also a rhubarb plant, but aside from that, you are free to… Continue

The Oak Street Farmers' Market at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver is the newest thing to hit the organic food scene in Vancouver.  This brand new market boasts an awe-inspiring list of the best organic food vendors in the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland.  “We're excited to be building on Vancouver's vibrant local food system with the first official farmers' market in South Vancouver,” said Grant Watson, Chair of the market’s…

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I am wondering if anyone knows anything about a PIG ROAST ...I am wanting to have one for our annual dinner for our volunteers (100-120) and need any info regarding how, where, who???

 

Any ideas or info would be appreciated!

 

 

Stacy Bestard

 

sbestard@shaw.ca

I'm collecting photos and info on Wild Yards. For my purposes, this means a yard that contains useful plant communities requiring little or no human intervention to thrive. I'm more interested in yards that are loved and used rather than just neglected. Got any photos or stories to share? Know of a local WILD YARD that I should check out? Please let me know. Thanks :)

http://transitioninaction.com/profiles/blogs/the-four-dynamics-of-building



The Context: Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent over many decades by marketing consultants and nonprofit fund raising consultants, university development and endowment departments and charitable trade associations to glean the four indisputable truths of reaching the customer, the donor or the joiner of a… Continue

Just wondering if there are any foraging groups here in Vancouver or if there are plans to incorporate one into Village Vancouver? I would love to learn about foraging edible herbs and flowers, fruit, mushrooms, etc as well as DIY herbal medicines. If anyone has any information on this in the Vancouver area, it would be much appreciated! Thanks...

Bannock and Stew Fundraising Dinner: Eat for Food Justice!  



When:  Saturday May 7th, 6-9pm 

Where: 672 East Broadway  - The Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice 



Have a delicious dinner and support the work of the Mount Pleasant Food Justice Project!  With starvation level welfare rates and minimum wage, many people in our community can't afford healthy food.  The Mount Pleasant Food…

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(re. election results)

 

"Its like winning the bingo on the Titanic."

 

via thetyee.ca