I love seeing front yards, backyards and boulevards full of food crops. But I admit that grass has its place; kids can’t run around on […] Read More
Category: sustainability
Have you seen those Cottonelle TV commercials that try to make you feel unclean for not using flushable moist wipes in addition to toilet paper? […] Read More
Last week I received an email from the Mayor of Vancouver about a study that was just released by KPMG “that demonstrates the urgent economic […] Read More
I’ve written about how I hate mending, so when I saw a notice for a mending meet-up, it really appealed to me. It was organized […] Read More
Last week Canadian Press contacted me to do an interview. They’d found my blog. And no they didn’t want to talk to me about food […] Read More
I was walking along science row at UBC with a school buddy last week and he started pointing out the state-of-the-art buildings. Earth and Ocean […] Read More
I got some sweet news this week in my inbox. New Society Publishers was bought by Douglas and McIntyre a few years ago. Now, sadly, […] Read More
Spotted this in the bathroom at the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability at UBC. Sometimes the liability police take their jobs a little too […] Read More
I went to a UBC sustainability event yesterday on integrating sustainability into curriculum. It was sponsored by the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability and […] Read More
I went to get a haircut yesterday and my hairdresser got talking about the endless chore of making lunches for her kids, who are at […] Read More