October 2011 Blog Posts (8)

Hey there,

 

We have a chance to save a forested area the size of Maine from destruction by Canada's Tar Sands, but we need a lot of people to chime in to do it.

Dole and Chiquita produce half of the world's bananas, and because bananas require so much fuel to reach our fruit bowls, we need banana producers to use the cleanest fuels available to protect our health and our planet. Can you ask Dole and Chiquita to reject the Tar Sands in favor of cleaner…

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Some of you may have been following the case of Michael Schmidt, biodynamic farmer in Ontario who is currently on a hunger strike. I think it is day 19 now....

 

What is he protesting? Our very basic right to decide for ourselves what we put into our own bodies.

 

In both the US and Canada, judges have ruled that we can't drink milk right from our own cows. Canada and the US are marching in-step towards a future where our food is completely controlled by…

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We, the Ninety-Nine Percent, come together with our diverse experiences to transform the unequal, unfair, and growing disparity in the distribution of power and wealth in our city and around the globe. We challenge corporate greed, corruption, and the collusion between corporate power and government. We oppose systemic inequality, militarization, environmental destruction, and the erosion of civil liberties and human rights. We seek economic security, genuine equality, and the protection of…

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By Eric Doherty, October 11, 2011

The slogan “System change not climate change” is well known in Europe, and is becoming a central rallying cry in the growing global movement for climate justice. But to many people in North America, it is still an…

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If anyone is interested in learning how to can applesauce, the Hastings Community Centre will be teaching it from 9:30-12:30am on Tues, Oct 11. Children & adults can attend - see www.summeroffoodblog.blogspot.com. Registration deadline extended until Saturday morning.

Hey Folks, we are still short on shop volunteers over at the Vancouver Tool Library and are calling on YOU to get involved! 

Shop volunteers work at the VTL during open hours and are responsible for signing up members, loaning out tools, performing tool maintenance checks, and other shop-related activities. We have a three-tiered volunteer training program that is built around a mentorship model to ensure that every volunteer has the chance to learn and grow in their…

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Feature: My one-year crash course in subsistence gardening is over

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