by potential | Sep 15, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Greenpeace and I would like to tip its hat to the founders who began an environmental movement forty years ago in their Vancouver, Kitsilano living room. Greenpeace Turns 40 On September 15th, 1971 Greenpeace set sail on its first...
by Kurt Heinrich | Sep 14, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Yesterday was a big day for theatre and education (at least in Vancouver). It was a kick off of a new partnership between Green Thumb Theatre and the Vancouver School Board. The aim of the partnership was to preserve one of Vancouver’s top heritage sites by reclaiming...
by potential | Sep 13, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Harvest is in full swing. To kick it off Jim and I attended our CSA’s (Community Shared Agriculture) annual harvest party. We’ve been CSA members of Kawartha Ecological Growers for three years now and this is the second time we’ve made it out to the farm(s) for their...
by John Horn | Sep 12, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
What We Read This month, Vancouver’s Circle of Literary Judgement read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (with Steven L. HoppKingsolver) and Camille Kingsolver. The story – a non-fiction narrative that follows the path of the Vegetannual...
by Godfrey von Nostitz-Tait | Sep 8, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Ever notice that Vancouver’s English Bay skyline is constantly littered with those, squat, red-hulled ships? Or maybe not. They’re such an omnipresent feature of our surroundings, that we pay them little heed despite their importance. Each of these modern-day...
by Kurt Heinrich | Sep 5, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Some things go well together. Peas and carrots. Redheads and green (at least according to Theo Lamb) and of course, BBQ and Labour Day weekend. This weekend I was lucky enough to get an invite from BBQ-lover Mike Worth. Pitched outside the Waldorf Hotel, Re-Up BBQ was...
