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6 ways to work for a smaller world

In the July/August issue of Briarpatch Magazine, I was featured as one of the contributors explaining how the Trasition Initiative is one solution. The article outlines lots of other cool community initiatives taking place elsewhere. The link to the archived article is below :)

http://briarpatchmagazine.com/six-big-ways-to-work-for-a-smaller-world/

Added by Dalia Levy on March 11, 2010 at 8:38pm — 1 Comment

International Women’s Day: “We Hold up Half the Sky” Kathie Wallace Posted: Mar 8th, 2010 in the on-line Vancouver Observer newspaper Kat Norris, Coast Salish, Lyackson First Nation and Nez Perce, …

International Women’s Day: “We Hold up Half the Sky”

Kathie Wallace

Posted: Mar 8th, 2010 in the on-line Vancouver Observer newspaper

Kat Norris, Coast…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on March 9, 2010 at 11:28am — No Comments

Joining Village Vancouver + Spaghetti Dinners + Block Parties

Hi, I'm eager to get engaged with Village Vancouver events. I know several of the steering committee members and live in Kits in a Housing Coop.
We have a common room and could host a Kits spaghetti dinner.
I'm organizing a block party for Carfree Days in Kits - on Sunday, June 20. You're all invited.
Mary

Added by Mary Bennett on March 2, 2010 at 11:54am — No Comments

"The World Needs More Canada" Critical Mass Bike Ride

Kathie Wallace

Posted: Feb 25th, 2010 on-line Vancouver Observer

Vancouver's Critical Mass Bike…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on February 26, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

The Great Turning*

THE GREAT TURNING*

You’ve asked me to tell you of the Great Turning, of how we saved the

world from disaster. The answer is both simple and complex:

We turned.

For hundreds of years we had turned

away as life on earth grew more precarious.

We turned away from the homeless men on the streets, the stench from

the river, the children…

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Added by Kathie Wallace on February 23, 2010 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Seed to Sky - February 20 , 2010

Welcome to warm weather (sorry about those Olympics …). Some upcoming activities:

Pruning workshop:…

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Added by Shamir Bhatia on February 21, 2010 at 11:23pm — No Comments

The Omo People

If... If we choose, Avatar is here right now. Every single one of us is 100% full potential: magnificence being
magnificent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGLR8wEvRfQ

Added by Kathie Wallace on February 8, 2010 at 7:20pm — No Comments

Sending out an SOS

...and in our interconnected world-brave woman sending out an SOS-U Tube forced to remove it-help this go viral http://ow.ly/14ApN #VO2010 Regrets re misinformation-interesting though!-avatar indeed….Seems like someone had some fun with Patricia……

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Added by Kathie Wallace on February 6, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Our Canadian Identity

Our Canadian Identity

By Kathie Wallace

In 1972, when Paul Henderson became the “Magic Man” in hockey for Canada, I and millions of Canadians stopped our lives to listen breathlessly as we won the Summit Series over the Russians.

The score was tied 5-5 and the series was also tied. With 34 seconds left in the game, Henderson scored to win for Canada. It was called “the goal heard around the world”.

I will always… Continue

Added by Kathie Wallace on February 4, 2010 at 10:06am — No Comments

Your One Life

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Mary Oliver

Added by Kathie Wallace on January 27, 2010 at 8:51pm — No Comments

Book Review: Life, Money and Illusion by Mike Nickerson

Life, Money and Illusion - Living on earth as if we want to stay

(Second Edition, 2009: ISBN 978-0-86571-659-9)

(Available in the Central Branch of the Vancouver Library at 338.927 N63L)

(Village Vancouver has 3 copies in its informal lending library, and the overdue fines are steep!)

Author: Mike Nickerson

Reviewed by Genevieve Jones

Do you ever get overwhelmed by the state of the world?

I like to be informed, but last… Continue

Added by Randy Chatterjee on January 25, 2010 at 7:14pm — No Comments

The 11 Insights of the Celestine Prophecy

from the books of James Redfield.

Summarized by Kathie Wallace and with excerpts from James Redfield's web site.

1.When a CRITICAL MASS of people see life as a journey of unfolding, mysterious, and exciting synchronicities that lead us forward and ask about the mystery, a series of insights will be revealed that will shift us.

:: Remember to live in the mystery of the synchronicitous world.

2. THE… Continue

Added by Kathie Wallace on January 22, 2010 at 9:58am — No Comments

New World Magnificence

There will be no words in the new world….just magnificence. A Love Song for Trees http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yrd5PDyUtE

Added by Kathie Wallace on January 13, 2010 at 11:04am — No Comments

US City Peak Oil Publications

For anyone interested, here are 3 peak oil/climate change response documents created by Portland, Oregon, San Francisco California and Bloomington, Indiana.

Bloomington IN PO.pdf

SF peakoil_final_report.pdf…

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Added by Ann Pacey on January 13, 2010 at 9:43am — No Comments

In the Garden at Pearson Centre with Olga Ruskin

Local writer Kathie Wallace submits this interview with Olga Ruskin at the Pearson Center:

In the Garden, according to Olga Ruskin

This year Jen Rashleigh created a series of table top wheelchair accessible gardens at the Pearson Centre so the residents there could enjoy growing their own food. One of these resident gardeners is Olga Ruskin and this is her story of why she loves gardening:

I garden because I enjoy… Continue

Added by Kathie Wallace on January 8, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Common Ground - September 2009, "Welcome to Village Vancouver" by Kathie Wallace and Ross Moster

This article is also available here.

Talk to your neighbour. See what happens...

We want to spread the good news of neighbourhood-based individual action. What have you created this summer and what do you dream of doing next year? What do you like the most about living in your neighbourhood? What essential components make your community the place you love to live in? Please blog us… Continue

Added by Randy Chatterjee on September 13, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Common Ground - July 2009, "Welcome to Village Vancouver" by Kathie Wallace and Ross Moster

OUR DEEPEST dream is to engage the creative capacity of individuals to build vibrant, engaged neighbourhoods that help transform our region into one that offers sustainable and equi-table living spaces for all. The question we ask at Village Vancouver is how we can catalyze and encourage people to step up, speak out and interact in community. Our intent is to pro-vide an exciting and inviting article featuring the stories of all of us extra/ordinary people to inspire connection with each… Continue

Added by Randy Chatterjee on July 24, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Vancouver Courier - 17 July 2009, "Chicken 101" by Sandra Thomas

You may also view the original here.

Chicken 101

Wannabe chicken owners in Vancouver are taking classes and attending films. Are they ready for the work involved?

Sandra Thomas

Vancouver Courier

Friday, July 17, 2009

You could have heard a pin drop when a woman attending a June screening of the… Continue

Added by Randy Chatterjee on July 17, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments