On Saturday we are going to join the Bike Rally in Kelowna to support international action against climate change. There are events happening across Canada, if you would like to get involved… check it out!
What are you doing this Saturday?
In three days, millions of people around the world will gather in support of protecting our [...]
all these books are available in “My Bookstore“, as well as in your local library!
My Father’s Daughter
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My friend T lend me this book, and I ate it up in 2 hours. It’s the (true) story of a British woman, adopted from Eritrea, who finds her birth family and goes back to Eritrea to meet them. [...]
This whole “no pesticides no herbicides” thing has been a big deal for my farmer-raised-in-Saskatchewan husband… but he is getting into it and having some real fun gardening these days.
We’ve found a few aphids on the cherry tree and one of the rose bushes (Jrock’s prized roses!!) and he has been diligently soap-straying them. But [...]
The spring wine festival starts at the end of the month - it’s the biggest event in the year in the Okanagan - aside, of course, from the fall wine festival. We have noticed that we have been drinking more wie since we moved here… not too much! but we did go through three barrels [...]
Continue reading about We’ve definitely been drinking too much
From my David Suzuki Foundation newsletter…
There’s no better time than this financially challenged, politically confusing shopping season to check your list twice and consider: do you own your stuff or does your stuff own you? Think about it. One less gift can save about 200 kg of natural resources (the equivalent of two, queen-sized mattresses) [...]
My poor husband - I drag him all over the place volunteering…
This past weekend we planted trees (oh yes, one of the hardest jobs out there!) on a rocky rocky hill. In the middle of Kelowna is a hill called Knox Mountain, and the city just bought some semi-bulldozed land with a ecologically special akaline [...]
I got these photos via email… it’s interesting on so many (cultural, health, economic, political, etc.) levels…
(if anyone knows where this came from originally, please let me know.)
Germany : The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
United States : The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week $341.98
Italy : [...]
It’s amazing some of the lines of hooey that politicians feed you when they want something to happen. For example, “hydro-electric energy is green energy.”
Hooey! Water coursing through a dam is renewable energy… but what about the devastating effects from flooding a watershed? Animals and their habitat drowned. Farmers and landowners displaced. First Nations cultural [...]
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When’s the last time your wrote your MP (or federal government respresentative) and had your voice heard?
Jrock and I write a letter about twice a month, as we become aware of an issue (animal rights) or it’s decision-making time (ie, the budget.)Â It’s actually so easy to do… just fire it off to your MP [...]
