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May 2013

Lost Rivers

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April 2013

*Main St. Monthly (May) Potluck & Workshop -…

event *Main St. Monthly (May) Potluck & Workshop -… 1 Like *"Salmon Confidential" Screening with Alexan…

event *"Salmon Confidential" Screening with Alexan… 6 Likes

September 2012

Informal sewing group I am posting this to the Discussion wall because the VV set-up makes it difficult to respond to people if you aren't already friends with them. Heather Talbot wrote earlier today in a message to the… Discussion Informal sewing group 1 Like

December 2011

The Bugs that ate Monsanto - Grist Magazine

This article is in part a reminder to check our home page…

Blog The Bugs that ate Monsanto - Grist Magazine 1 Like

November 2011

Tomato Harvest 2011

I've finally tallied up the numbers and in order of greatest harvest, here goes:

23 oz Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Helper* - beefsteak

16.25 Pollock

16 oz Black…

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October 2011

Our Most Basic Right -- To Choose What we Eat

Some of you may have been following the case of Michael Schmidt, biodynamic farmer in Ontario who is currently on a hunger strike. I think it is day 19 now....

What is he…

Blog Our Most Basic Right -- To Choose What we Eat 2 Likes

July 2011

Open Money - The Dunbar Dollar Community currencies are types of money used only within a particularly defined community, whether geographic (region, town, neighbourhood) or social (eg. parents networks, ethnic groups, Village Van… Page Open Money - The Dunbar Dollar 3 Likes

June 2011

Summer Solstice Party, June 25 Crow's Point Community Garden is having a Solstice Celebration on Sat June 25 from noon to 3 pm. Location: Crow's Point, 1 block west of the Nanaimo Skytrain Station on E 24th Ave. Veggie burgers, po… Discussion Summer Solstice Party, June 25 2 Likes

May 2011

Living the Real Simple Life (ABC Nightline)

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video China's Ghost Cities and Malls 1 Like

April 2011

Glass Skyscrapers coming to Main Street?

Everyone is invited to attend an Open House held at Heritage Hall (3102 Main St) on Tues April 12, 2011 from 4pm-9pm on a proposal to change height restrictions in Mt Pleasant that would…

Blog Glass Skyscrapers coming to Main Street? 2 Likes

March 2011

Open File: Dunbar set to get its own dollar b

Blog Open File: Dunbar set to get its own dollar b 3 Likes Meet me and my chickens on the CTV news at 11 I only had 30 minutes warning so I wasn't as prepared as I would have liked to have been for the interview but hopefully I won't make us all look like total fools for wanting to have chickens in our… Blog Meet me and my chickens on the CTV news at 11 1 Like WILLIAM REES: The Eureka Moment that Led to…

video WILLIAM REES: The Eureka Moment that Led to… 1 Like Time to seed tomatoes

Seems early, but yes, if you want to grow tomatoes from seed it's time to start. Dunbar Transition Village is sponsoring a Tomato Workshop on Thursday March 17th at St. Philips Church 3737 West…

Blog Time to seed tomatoes 2 Likes Q: What's a CSA? A: Community Supported Agr…

video Q: What's a CSA? A: Community Supported Agr… 1 Like Want to learn to sew? Know how to sew?

Come help Zero Waste Vancouver make bundles of matching Market Bags using old sheets. At the Zero Waste Bag Factory we offer machines, materials and basic instruction if you need…

Blog Want to learn to sew? Know how to sew? 4 Likes 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…

Blog 2011 Permaculture Design Courses! 3 Likes Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis…

video Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis… 1 Like "It takes a village to raise a child"; "Ongoi

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…

Blog "It takes a village to raise a child"; "Ongoi 4 Likes

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