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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