Trash to Treasure (T2T)
From the RDCK website: Trash to Treasure (T2T) Day is a popular event in the RDCK. In partnership with the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, The Regional District of Central Kootenay promotes Trash to Treasure as an event that focuses on REUSE! This event is held in April to celebrate Earth Day and in October to support [...]
Two for the Earth
This year, when I think of what Earth Day represents, for some reason I think of two people who opened some understandings up for me. I say “for some reason” because I might as easily think about a lot of hikes, camping trips, or river or lake floats I’ve taken. Or think of hundreds of [...]
Farming with Kids
My friend Paula Sobie and I have been holding weekly food and farming workshops on my urban farm, Nelson Urban Acres, with a group of students from SelfDesign High. I blogged about our morning building seedling soil blocks on my blog, which you can read here. For the next few weeks, a group of high [...]
Locavore it Up!
Why eat local? Local foods are often the best choice for your body. Mother nature sees the bigger picture; the foods she grows each season have been done so for a reason! As an added bonus, your foods don’t have to travel hundreds and thousands of miles to reach your plate. With spring having arrived, [...]
Earth Day Yoga Class
Honour and celebrate Earth Day with a special yoga class at Shanti Yoga Studio. In the sacred temple of the body set intentions for your contribution to the Earth. Make each breath an offering and each movement a prayer. The practice is an opportunity to joyously align yourself with nature. All levels, hatha flow yoga practice [...]
The Four R’s
In Robert Waldrop’s work, “30 Days Towards Sustainability,” he uses humour in the hopes of making some lasting, yet sustainable, impressions. Waldrop takes the four R’s even further . . . “Reduce, reuse, recycle, repair, make it over, make do, do without. Frugality is the essence of today’s tip. All of us have grandparents and great-grandparents that made it [...]
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