by potential | Mar 29, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
I have been living in Buenos Aires for 4 years now. Usually people do not know much about Canada. Sometimes I get weird face when I say I’m from Canada even if I clearly speak with a french accent. First thing Argentineans mention is how cold it must be. Some think we...
by potential | Mar 27, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
In my apartment there are two Rubbermaid bins. Often they are tucked away under a table or bathroom counter. Every once and a while a visitor will notice them and ask why they have holes drilled into their sides. After I respond, the reactions vary from disgust and...
by potential | Mar 20, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Ben, my husband, is spending the summer working at an intentional community on Vancouver Island, called O.U.R. Ecovillage. We visited O.U.R. for the first time in September, during one of their regular open houses. We joined the residents for a public event about...
by potential | Mar 19, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
This article was co-written by Robert Bryce and Peter Mackenzie. Grandma used to say, “Some people can fall into a bucket of crap and climb out smelling like a rose”. As we grow older, we start to realize the wisdom behind those words. Why do some people...
by potential | Mar 6, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Australians have known for a long time that we have a bit of a problem with food. As a population we’re not the healthiest eaters, which our national dish of meat pies with chips and beer is a pretty good indication of. But over the past five years, our little problem...
