During my City Farmer years and beyond, I collected a vast number of gardening-themed tee shirts. Each one has a story of course. Organizations that inspired me, ones that I worked for or volunteered with, some of my own creation. I did turn one of them into a painting shirt, […] Read More
Somehow I’ve wound up with a collection of headsets from my various trips. Some of them are so old they probably aren’t even compatible with any of the airline systems anymore. So why have I hung on to them? I guess I thought I might need a set one […] Read More
I’m sure I’m not the only one who collects these little soaps and shampoos from hotels. Pre-covid, they were handy to have in my gym or swim bag. Now that I’m not frequenting the gym or the pool, the collection has gotten a little out of hand. Recently, I gave […] Read More
What I’m finding is that I’m attached to the story behind the objects in my collections. For example, my brother made the beautiful leather knapsack in this photo. The blue one is my very first knapsack, bought in my first year of university. Then, when we all became aware that […] Read More
Somehow I managed to collect a drawer full of jar lids. I either gave away or recycled the jars, but I hung on to the lids – just in case I needed a replacement I guess. Fortunately, I have found a place that recycles them (even if they have a […] Read More
Like many people, I’ve been sorting, organizing and clearing during the pandemic. In particular, I have been going through old work binders, years of contracts, and my file drawers. I decided to approach this daunting task creatively, thinking of it as an artistic archival project rather than just sorting and […] Read More
Inspired by all you bakers out there in Facebook land, I decided to try my hand at a cake in celebration of Canada Day. I’ll admit it was tricky, but the ingredients were simple enough. So I thought I would share some tips in case you want to attempt it. […] Read More
This is a copy of the acknowledgements in my MA thesis. So many people got me to the finish line. I would like to thank my supervisor Rob VanWynsberghe for his infinite patience with me as I wrote so very many lengthy versions of every chapter. Despite all the reading […] Read More
My thesis is now available in the great library in the sky. The title is Moving force: case study of a sustainability tour as a potential vehicle to enhance application of learning. The abstract is below. Despite concentrated efforts by sustainability practitioners and educators around the world, very little progress […] Read More
A week ago Friday, I successfully defended my Master of Arts thesis at UBC, entitled Moving Force: Case study of a sustainability tour as a potential vehicle to enhance application of learning. I will post a link to the thesis once it is uploaded to the great vault in the […] Read More