I had my first picnic of the summer last night with my friends from the building. We did a gluten-free feast. You can tell by the picture that we didn’t go wanting. There was a cheese and fruit plate, a quinoa salad, and incredible desserts from a local gluten-free bakery […] Read More
When I was on Denman recently, we popped over to Hornby Island for an afternoon. I had never been and was blown away by the white sandy beaches. They have plenty of salt water around them, but no fresh water lakes as some of the neighbouring islands do. Hornbians (?) […] Read More
I sent my Dad a Father’s Day gift last week. The 8 1/2 x 11 envelope contained a paperback, a deck of cards, and a card. I had folded the unpadded envelope in half; it was a small package. The post office agent weighed it (.381 kg), then checked the […] Read More
In 2008, Seann Dory was one of the participants in our SFU Applications in Sustainable Community Development course. At the time he was working at United We Can, a container recycling depot that employs residents of the downtown eastside (DTES). As we toured, Seann met some folks who had an […] Read More
Tofino has added a dash of art to their crosswalks. Rumour has it First Nations artist, Roy Vickers will have a hand in the next ones. Vickers has a wonderful gallery in downtown Tofino.
I was on the Island last week. A couple of Islands to be exact – Vancouver and Denman. The first few days of my holiday, I hung out with friends in the Duncan area, floating from farm to farm. Here’s what my Saturday looked like: Duncan Farmer’s market, shopping for […] Read More
I was in Tofino for a few days this week. The District has been doing some green streetscaping. Note the permeable paving. These are the new bike racks parked around town.
Back in 2004, in a keynote speech for the American Community Gardening Association in Toronto, I pitched a great fundraising idea for compost demonstration gardens. These education gardens were scattered around North America, many of which were geared to urban agriculture. There’s no money in food I argued, we should […] Read More
I was going through some old files recently and came across the keynote speech I gave at the American Community Gardening Association conference in Toronto in 2004. I had scrawled some notes on index cards that were attached to the original speech. I remember that I had added a few […] Read More
I was at the Wall Centre recently and snapped a few shots of the beautiful Urban Fabric installation from the BC Society of Landscape Architects (BCSLA). The public art project was part of the BC Land Summit held there from May 17 to 24 this year. The project celebrates public […] Read More