Yesterday, I shared a vision for my city, Vernon, in the North Okanagan, based around the notion of steampunk, an art form usually praised for funky flea market jewelry made from recycled […]
Photographic Punk: Another Look at the Urban Okanagan
Vernon: Steam Punk Capital of the World
Steam punk is a branch of writing and art (especially jewelry and sculpture, romantic novels and visual poetry) that recombines materials from the age of steam and iron, and sets them in […]
The Scent of Spring
Here’s the queen of our wild flowers … it smells so fine, it finds you before you find it!In wild rose season, everyone gets to be a bee. Bees gather pollen after […]
Beyond David Suzuki
My friend Claude has reminded me of David Suzuki’s observation: “We need air to live, we need water to live, we need food to live. If we continue to destroy all these […]
Bringing Life to the Political Table
Politicians represent humans and the workings of their societies. I believe that is just not good enough. For instance… Not Represented by Politics In a political process that is skewed towards dealing […]
British Columbia Election: of Zombies and Skeletons
Since 1990, the budget and staff of the Environmental Ministry of the British Columbia Government has been reduced by something like 92%. As a result, no one is there to deal with […]
Growing a Future from a Living Past
I want to show you something about money. And something else about life. (Hint: choose life.) Here is a future apple orchard. Nursery Done on the “Cheap” In this case, cheap is […]
Highways: Green Space
I know it’s counterintuitive, but look…… and here the ants are lending a hand … … and here a beekeeper, selling propolis and royal jelly and all kinds of super live-till-you’re-120 health […]
The Creative Economy and a Living Earth
Here’s how the earth came to be alive up on the hill. Spider Making the Most of Invasive Knapweed Here’s how the earth came to be dying up the hill. An investment […]
Wild Bees Going Wild
Wasps, bees, hornets, bumblebees, beetles, ants, butterflies … everyone is out in the wild cherries today. Nobody is in the orchards ten feet away. And not one single domesticated bee in sight. Look at […]
