I’ve been thinking about how little consideration is given to sustaining ourselves in this mad rush towards saving the world. And by sustaining ourselves, I […] Read More
Category: sustainability
I got my Toshiba VCR/DVD player and my little JVC CD/cassette player fixed over Christmas. Yes, I’m a Luddite. I don’t want a digital box, […] Read More
There is talk lately of retiring the word sustainability and shifting to resiliency. Merriam-Webster defines resilience as: 1 : the capability of a strained body […] Read More
I’m interested in linguistic shifts. We are in one of those moments right now with the word sustainability. More on that in a future post. […] Read More
I was at Winners/Home Sense with my friend Megan a couple weeks ago and spotted a lovely red pan, made in Italy. I am trying […] Read More
I was cross country skiing at Cypress last week – on one of those gorgeous blue sky days. I took a cocoa and muffin break […] Read More
A friend of mine gave me a Swedish dishcloth in my Christmas goodie package. Who knew there was such a thing? On the tag, I […] Read More
In the early 1990s, while living in Winnipeg, I began to experience early stirrings of environmentalism. I bought a book called The Canadian Green Consumer […] Read More
So I can unplug over the holidays, I’ve decided to post some of my favourite pics that I’ve posted on Facebook over the last year […] Read More
As I wander the UBC campus, I am coming across small, surprising sustainability initiatives. I found a couple of rain gardens and some mason (pollinator) […] Read More