A good looking course coming up at UVic this fall, taught by Val Schaefer, co-founder of the Institute for Urban Ecology at Douglas College and longtime partner on our SongBird project urban habitat program:  http://www.urbanecology.ca/2012/03/06/november-2012-er331-urban-restoration-and-sustainable-agriculture/

Several of us participate in a "Community Garden" group, collectively doing organic gardening on a 1000 sq ft plot in South Burnaby as part of a 14 acre Community Garden. There is a 200 sq ft greenhouse on our plot - perfect for the 35 tomato and 30 cucumber plants we grow, along with many other things inside AND outside - squash, lettuce, arugula, kale, beets, carrots, peas, beans, peppers, broccoli, swiss chard, bok choy, etc. We also grow enough flowers for everyone to collect bouquets…

With the beautiful spring weather I was out on the patio digging out two of my wooden garden boxes and replacing with fresher soil.  I use a combination of my on-site compost material, old soil, and added some fresh soil/compost mix from the MOBY sale.  My strategem peas are planted.  We purchased these peas from the seedy Saturday at Stewart Farm a couple years back and grew these out last year.  This time I removed the chives.  According to my companion garden book, peas don't like the…

http://www.pfaf.org

Plants For A Future: A resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants

Plants For A Future (PFAF) is a charitable company, originally set up to…

De-stress after work with this all levels class 

with Sara at Vancouver's new Balance Yoga Studio 



Fridays: 6:00-7:15 pm



Your first class is only $10

No experience needed



What: All-Levels Hatha Yoga class

When – Every Friday: 6:00-7:15 pm

Where - Balance Studio: 4338 Main St (at 28th Ave) Vancouver BC

Cost – First class: $10, 5-classes pass: $75



This class is…

If you haven't seen this film yet, try to catch it online here: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/26/fresh-video-documentary.aspx

or invest in a copy from the freshthemovie.com site and host it in your village.

My hubby and I have spent our Saturday mornings for quite some time driving out to Langley to pick up chicken feed, go to the livestock auction, have breaky at Otter Co-op and drive around drooling over farms.

Chatting with Joel Salatin about our farming aspirations and the challenges we face in finding our forever farm, he made a point that stuck with me. We must not forget that there are lots of old-timer farmers out there with the opposite worry: how am I going to get OUT of…

Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest

http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/02/21/its-not-fairytale-seattle-build-nations-first-food-forest

Sad news. Our great friend and ally, Robin Wheeler, passed away Monday afternoon, after battling pancreatic cancer for the past year. A kind, wise, patient and loving soul, Robin was the author of Gardening for the Faint of Heart and Food Security for the Faint of Heart, founder of the Sustainable Living Arts School and One Straw Society, and taught several dozen workshops for Village over the past 3 years.…

Please look at Marcin Jakubowski's - Civilization Starter Kit video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S63Cy64p2lQ

if you're interested in seeing a concept for blueprints for 50 farming tools that can be built

cheaply from scratch... It's something they've dubbed the…

Join Sara at Vancouver's new Balance Yoga Studio

for a relaxing and energizing All Levels Hatha Yoga class

When - Friday's: 6:00-7:15 pm

Where - Balance Studio: 4338 Main St (at 28th Ave) Vancouver BC

Cost - By Donation in February

This class is designed for all levels of yoga students who will find the class both challenging and relaxing. We will practice a variety of postures including the sun…

(This post was originally on my blog: The Medium)

It’s hard to believe a couple of years ago, the rambling 15 acre Little Mountain site at Main and 36th Avenue was populated with dozens of unremarkable low-rise buildings occupied by hundreds of…

Cape Horn Interchange

By Eric Doherty, January 26, 2012



On Wednesday (January 25), B.C. transportation minister Blair Lekstrom once again announced the Evergreen SkyTrain line to Coquitlam and the Tri-Cities area. This time he announced the start of work after more than a decade of delays—well sort of. Only minor…

StyroFree Challenge was developed out of concern for the use…

JOB DESCRIPTION –Administrative Coordinator

Hours per week: 16

Pay per hour: $18

Desired start date: Monday February 6^th, 2012

Canada’s oldest environmental not-for-profit, the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation requires a part-time Administrative Coordinator for our office in Kitsilano. Responsibilities include monthly bookkeeping, membership and donation processing, answering inquiries from the general public and supporting…

I just wanted to let everyone know about this great opportunity to be treated by 2 biodynamic craniosacral therapists! Normally a session like this would cost around $100 or more. This is a really great opportunity to find out more about your own body, get an idea of what biodynamic craniosacral therapy is and have a great healing experience.

Tuesday 10th January 2012

Times: 9:30, 10:30, 11:30am 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 pm

Venue: YWCA, 733 Beatty…

Vancouver has some significant experience with local farm produce selling coops and other services, including NOWBC (www.nowbc.ca), Home Grow-In, and Eternal Abundance (www.eternalabundance.ca).  Not all such ventures have been or are successful, especially when competing with heavily-subsidized industrial agriculture and its…

This article is in part a reminder to check our home page often to read the RSS feeds from Yes!, Chelsea Green, and Grist Magazines.  They are in the lower left column.  These are free headline links to great information on what is happening in our global ecological system and on how to live sustainably.  This article below,…