by potential | Aug 13, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Sometimes, community hits you where you least expect it. Since over a year, I’m member of a cheap and cheerful gym, a quite well known franchise in Germany, McFit. And this is, where I recently had a sort of community-epiphany. That’s right: I hereby postulate...
by potential | Aug 12, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Last month, our book club* did something a bit different. Instead of the usual book club agenda, comprised of the reading and then discussing of a book (in addition to the not-so-usual quizzes, plays, and trophy bestowals), we wrote and shared letters. The inspiration...
by potential | Aug 11, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Six weeks from now, greenspace will resurface the city streets across the world. September 17th is PARK(ing) day, the moment when both socially concerned and more simple fun-seeking citizens will unroll sod and set up benches in metered parking spots. Originating in...
by potential | Aug 8, 2010 | 100 Community Builders
Who are you? I am Elissa Joy Watts, wife of Steve, daughter to Jon and Marilee, sister to JJ. I was born into a loving relationship with language, food, and all things beautiful. By day, I wield my linguistic skills as lululemon’s Communications Specialist. By night,...
by potential | Aug 3, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
A couple of weeks ago my post about Canada’s farming community painted a somewhat bleak picture about how they are currently doing. The past 70 or so years of industrial farming, cheap imports, and government policy has been hard on farmers (see Part 1). But the...
