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The True Story of the Olympics-When the dominator energy came to town: the real IOC

There is a darkness that keeps calling me to its story. It is the story of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s tactics to control and dominate Vancouverites leading up to and during the 2010 Vancouver Winter

Olympics.



Whoever tells the stories of our experiences influences millions of minds. The…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on June 14, 2010 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Where Can I Get Chickens?

Hi, if anyone can tell me where a good place to get chickens? I have done the Craigslist check, but don't know how reputable it is. Any input or info would be much appreciated. Thank you
Ron B

Added by Ron Biglow on June 14, 2010 at 2:05pm — 3 Comments

garden update

Since signing up here, I've attended one of the gardening workshops hosted by V.V. It was most helpful in getting me to get that rake and shovel out, and dig in. I've since dug up a small part of the grass for an experimental area.I want to plant some herbs and shade plants there, and possibly a few things that bloom. It is in the shade, and so far I haven't had a lot of growth. I planted a honeysuckle vine next to the cage, in hope it grows over it. I've also planted a black currant and a… Continue

Added by Sibila Maksimcev on June 8, 2010 at 6:14am — 2 Comments

Coop Expansion, Outdoor Shower & Mulch... oh my!

Nice to have a couple of surprise sunny days this week huh? Ludo took Thursday off work to help me on the farm so between that and another productive sunny day yesterday, things are really starting to come together out there.



Wednesday was the Chickens 101 workshop with Jordan. It was fun and informative with a great group of people. A huge eagle made several passes through the sky above and we learned that this eagle had thinned Jordan's flock significantly lately. I'd had my own… Continue

Added by Julia Smith on June 6, 2010 at 9:09am — 1 Comment

We will not save...

The Environmental Crisis is a Spiritual Crisis


‘We will not save what we do not love’


from “When the Trees Say Nothing”



Added by Kathie Wallace on June 5, 2010 at 11:19am — 1 Comment

There are a hundred ways...

There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the earth


[Adapted Rumi]

Added by Kathie Wallace on June 2, 2010 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Common Ground - June 2010 - by Guy Dauncey

Summer in the city



EARTHFUTURE by Guy Dauncey

“Let’s make June our sustainable household…
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Added by Randy Chatterjee on June 2, 2010 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Asset Mapping- May 20th- Grandview Woodland Village

Results from the asset mapping exercise at Resilience Revolution, an event involving Village Vancouver, the Permaculture Meetup and Evolver Spore Vancouver. This is the list for the eight or so of us in the Grandview Woodland group:



Hastings/Sunrise (Hastings/Nanaimo):

- bicycle repair skills, still, beehives, massive library, instruments, recording equipment, yoga, vegan cooking

Woodland/Williams:

- 2 homeopathic practitioners (part of tincture web), permaculture… Continue

Added by Hannah Carpendale on June 1, 2010 at 9:12am — No Comments

Lovena Galyide's backyard garden: life lives here



Gardens are sprouting up everywhere in Vancouver. It is one sign of being in the energy of the new world which is a dimension of simple deep joy, interconnection with Mother Earth, freedom and play.…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on June 1, 2010 at 7:56am — No Comments

Enough with the spring showers already!

Boy we are really paying for all that nice weather we had early in the month huh? Fortunately I have most of the big jobs I needed to do under control and I really need to spend the next 2 weeks studying for an exam anyway.



We participated in the 7th annual Blenheim Street Bazaar on Saturday with a yard sale and an "Open Coop." In spite of the terrible weather, we had a HUGE turnout... got rid of a lot of stuff and got a lot of people excited or at least curious about backyard… Continue

Added by Julia Smith on May 31, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Vancouverites connect with Mother Earth



What is it about Mother Earth that we cannot live without? Our North American dominant existence seems to be an increasingly one-dimensional possibility of

limits, fragmentation, and disconnection with all the stress that naturally

ensues for us, as multidimensional beings. We have lost our ground in space and

this has resulted in a profound anguish and alienation. To read…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on May 27, 2010 at 11:59am — 1 Comment

Biking For Life, by Susan Van Haitsma

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by CommonDreams.org



Biking for Life

by Susan Van Haitsma…

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Added by Randy Chatterjee on May 23, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Assets/Skill Inventory - May 20/10 - Cedar cottage village group



Background: An asset mapping exercise at the Resiliency Revolution gathering put on by Vancouver Permaculture Meetup, Evolver and Village Vancouver, to explore some of the resources we have in our neighbourhoods

From the 4 members representing Cedar Cottage Village May 20: Cylia, Peter, Matt, Tara



Organic community gardeners knowledgeable in composting – hot/worm, soil building, cob building,… Continue

Added by Cylia on May 22, 2010 at 9:45pm — 1 Comment

Carolyn Baker: Collapse, Transition, the Great Turning, why words matter

Syndicated worldwide, this following article on the error of…

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Added by Randy Chatterjee on May 21, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Meet me and my chickens on the CTV news at 11:30 tonight!

I only had 30 minutes warning so I wasn't as prepared as I would have liked to have been for the interview but hopefully I won't make us all look like total fools for wanting to have chickens in our back yards! It'll be on their web site tomorrow in case you miss it tonight. They were heading off the the council meeting after they left here.

Added by Julia Smith on May 18, 2010 at 7:57pm — 2 Comments

What a fabulous week!

I got back from my week of field school on Saltspring late Sunday and spent all of last week playing farmer. I'll take some pics once the sun comes out again.



About half of our seedlings didn't make it. The stuff we planted right in the ground has done much better so I guess it isn't too cold after all. Won't bother planting the rest in pots. Still waiting to plant the tomatoes but everything else is either dead or in the ground now.



The beans on the bean teepee are doing… Continue

Added by Julia Smith on May 18, 2010 at 2:43pm — No Comments

tenderly



-tenderly, I now touch all things, knowing one day we will part-


(From Facebook friend Diane Smithers)



Added by Kathie Wallace on May 14, 2010 at 8:26am — No Comments

What I want from you...

“What I want from you is all of it: life in our
time” Adapted Adrienne Rich (Photo RT @ecstaticist's photostream A 1000 Drops
of Light)


Added by Kathie Wallace on May 14, 2010 at 8:25am — No Comments




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Added by Kathie Wallace on May 14, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

In these challenging times, what does faith mean to YOU?

As humans, we are a magnificent complexity made up of many dimensions of energy. One of these dimensions has been called many names: Creator, the Great Mystery, the spirits, the sacred, all that is, God.…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on May 10, 2010 at 3:15pm — No Comments

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