by Kurt Heinrich | May 23, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
This Monday, intrepid Gumboot illustrator/photographer Phil Skipper and I embarked on a journey to ride from East Vancouver to New Westminister along the vaunted Central Valley Greenway, a bike route that weaves through the “Vancouver specials” of East...
by potential | May 22, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
If you remove all the drugs & debauchery from Slash’s memoirs, he may have written the world’s best handbook for building a career in today’s complicated world. Slash grew up in 20 square blocks of Hollywood and Beverly Hills. He discovered...
by John Horn | May 21, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Editors’ note: Kurt and John are firm believers that Vancouver can and should be the Canadian epicenter for growing the sport and culture of soccer football soccer. This is a self-described healthy community. We can play outside year-round, as fields are rarely closed...
by potential | May 18, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
A good friend recently had her second child and instead of a baby shower, she had a small gathering where guests shared stories and our wishes for her journey through birth and into becoming a mother of two children. It was refreshing to be a part of an intentional...
by Kurt Heinrich | May 17, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Yes, that’s right, today is international anti-homophobia day. Lots of things happening around the world to mark this day. I’m going to focus one one small event that happened locally. In Gladstone Secondary on the eastside of Vancouver, a pride/Canadiana...
by potential | May 15, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
One of the most important communities in daily life is the work community. What do I look for in a workplace community? Well, there are a few key factors, but the latest to be added to my wish list is ‘a place where people eat lunch”. Sharing a meal is one of the most...
