Over the next few days, I will introduce you to some new farming locations that could help heal the social and environmental fabric of this valley of grass and sagebrush in which […]
Farms for the People: the Kelowna Model
New Water Collection Technologies for the Okanagan
As we move to reclaim natural water processes in the valley grasslands of the Okanagan, we will need new water collection technologies. The systems we have now (upland lakes turned into reservoirs, […]
Spirit of Place
While I’m working on a post about new water technology, here’s a beautiful image of a wasp foraging in the staghorn sumac flowers up the hill. It haunts me. To see an […]
Ten More New Commercial Fruit Crops for the Okanagan
Yesterday, I started putting the practical side of this blog into order. I started with ten new fruit crops that could restart a failing economy unable to retrain its young people, to […]
Evolution: A Human Social Mirror
Bullock’s Oriole, blending in… This fellow divides his time between South America and this dry northern tip of his species’ range. California Quail (introduced species, so humans would have something to hunt), […]
Cities: The New Frontier
Let’s say you happen to glance off to the side of your city’s main street, right downtown, and see an amazing sculpture that not only looks dashing, but incorporates at least 500 […]
With Weeds We Thrive
Our planet is alive. When life is removed from a living earth by fire, it is still there. Indigenous Consciousness, Bella Vista In this landscape, the Syilx learned to live as this […]
Finding the Earth through Industrial Engineering
Here’s where a couple of ideas come together: creative economy and steam punk. By creative economy, I mean this: Sculpture Installation, Gibraltar Mine Cultures vary, but creative use remains constant. In Iceland, […]
The Social Life of Steam Punk
Last week, I proposed that the Okanagan city of Vernon was the steampunk capital of the world. I suggested that it is a giant art installation, in fact. When walked through as […]
Photographic Punk: Another Look at the Urban Okanagan
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 […]
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