If awards were given for Vancouver's most local CSA, urban farmer Gabriel Pliska would be right up there in the running. He grows veggies in 13 different residential yards all within a 2 km radius (just over a mile). His CSA customers are within walking distance of each … [Read more...]
Growing Veterans – From Battlefields to Organic Farm Fields
November 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I've wanted to do a show with veterans-turned-farmers ever since I read Trading their Swords for Plows in the New York Times two years ago. I got my chance in the innovative community near Bellingham, Washington. While we were videoing at the Whatcom SkillShare Faire, a … [Read more...]
Climate Change and Fukushima: Radio EcoShock meets Peak Moment TV
November 5, 2013 by 1 Comment
October 25, 2013. We videoed a conversation with Alex Smith of Radio EcoShock. It went both ways. I interviewed him primarily about climate change and Fukushima, because he's watching them very closely. He interviewed me about Peak Moment TV guests' "local solutions." These … [Read more...]
Haultain Commons Garden Seeds Neighborliness
November 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In Victoria, B.C. we visited Margot Johnston (L) and Rainey Hopewell (R), our guests in Claiming the Commons - Food for All on Haultain Boulevard" (episode 185, 2010). The boulevard garden continues to flourish. They've added a sitting area bench made from tree rounds. … [Read more...]
A Pathfinder for the Future Primitive
October 30, 2013 by 2 Comments
My curiosity was piqued when I read a review of Miles Olson's Unlearn, Rewild: Earth skills, ideas and inspiration for the future primitive in Richard Reese's Sustainable or Bust. For nearly a decade this young man lived with friends at the edge of civilization in the … [Read more...]
Why’d the Chicken Cross the Road? – To Meet the Neighbors
October 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
McCaskill Street looks like an ordinary residential street in Victoria West, B.C. But it's much more. Neighbors are actively sharing projects and tools and information, and having fun together building friendships. Residents are joining brushes to paint a wall mural … [Read more...]
Early Autumn Chronicles from the Salish Sea Coast
October 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Harvest time. Gardens putting out the last of the summer veggies. Early fall rains, harbingers of winter coming. We're happy hyper-locavores relishing a zero-mile-diet along both sides of the Salish Sea. Tasting resilient, close-to-the-earth food cultivation … [Read more...]
Earth Repair – Grass Roots Healing for Toxic Landscapes
October 11, 2013 by 1 Comment
Leila Darwish is a passionate dynamo, a champion of the underdog (those whose land and water are being poisoned by industrial civilization) and an advocate for grass roots action to heal the earth (especially when agencies and corporations are slow to act or their efforts … [Read more...]
Local Currency – Better Than Money
October 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
"The global economy is much worse after the 2008 financial crash," Francis Ayley asserted. "The usurious money system is a Ponzi scheme. It's collapsing." Usurious means loans must be repaid with additional interest — so the money system requires infinite growth, an … [Read more...]
PowerShift BC: Youth Gathering for Climate Justice (part 1)
October 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
"I come as an elder without an agenda," were keynoter David Suzuki's opening words at the Friday October 4 keynotes for PowerShift BC 2013. He closed acknowledging that the indigenous people have what is needed now [a deep connection and passion to protect the … [Read more...]
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