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July 2010 Blog Posts (5)

Farmers on 57th: growing living food

Gardens are a natural way for a community to come together: at the farmer’s garden on 57 and Cambie, people come to picnic, exercise, commune with the stars,

learn about gardening, sit in the garden, suntan and even the coyotes

drop in at dusk. Gardens are a dimension of our lives that affirm

life for all things.

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Added by Kathie Wallace on July 16, 2010 at 3:42pm — No Comments

How Vancouver reclaimed the 2010 Olympics from IOC's dominator energy

International Olympic Committee (IOC), as a controlling dominator energy, cast a dark shadow over Vancouver during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. This third article on the topic explores

IOC’s attempt to manipulate and control the people and their Olympic

stories. http://ow.ly/2aORe…



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Added by Kathie Wallace on July 13, 2010 at 8:53am — No Comments

The Walk Away Movement





Join the walk away movement & dance …into the green beautiful. - Part 1/9



It’s simple: sing reciprocity of joy, gratitude, and beauty.



May we all bless-ed be! http://ow.ly/26Qg0 Please spread widely.…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on July 6, 2010 at 6:06pm — No Comments

Oh Canada! Canada Day

Canada

Day 2010 saw Vancouverites doing what we love to do: coming together to play

and celebrate being a community. Community celebrations like Canada Day are one

example of what Mark Lakeman of City Repair

in Portland, Oregon calls “placemaking” where people

claim their space in their community. Read more http://ow.ly/26qUQ…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on July 2, 2010 at 1:38pm — 1 Comment

Canopy helps re-claim caribou’s forest home: 170 million acres

This Agreement is the largest conservation initiative in the world at a time when less than 1/4 of the world’s original forests remain in the large tracts necessary to maintain the critical diversity of a functioning
forest. Read more http://ow.ly/26iFY

Added by Kathie Wallace on July 2, 2010 at 8:07am — No Comments

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