This is today’s post on creating a sustainable Okanagan. Like the others, it is archived above. Black plastic sheeting serves 4 purposes, but all look like this: It warms the soil for earlier crops. […]
Eliminate Black Plastic Now
Landscaping for Water Capture
Welcome to the second of a series of posts on creating a sustainable Okanagan. They are archived on the menu bar above. Today: smart water. Read on… Wherever there is a crack, […]
A New Feature for Okanagan Okanogan
Today I launch an ongoing resource for the Okanagan, as we collectively work towards a sustainable future, out of our unsustainable present. This and future posts will be collected under the heading […]
Land of Beautiful Water Without Name
Lake, right? Big lake, big fun! Pshaw. 150 metres above that lake. Rocks! Not just any rocks, either. Lake rocks, river rocks, and rocks that have fallen off a cliff, all together. […]
Poison Without Purpose
Poisoning the land in the name of putting food on peoples’ tables … … is pointless when as soon as a crop is sown … … more weeds rise up than were […]
A Gift of Berries
Changes in language are created by girls as they pass through puberty. Who better to names these berries than the syilx girls who traditionally picked them, between the birds, and the deer? […]
Spirit Mountain and the Legacy of the Dreamers
Back in the Cold War, this was one of the most secure sites in the world, bristling with anti-aircraft defences against a nuclear first strike. Now it’s a dry hill beside an alfalfa field. It […]
Vancouver’s 2016 Colonization of the British Columbia Interior, Illustrated
Note: Since this article was written, Canadian Art has corrected its geography, and now describes its outpost, correctly, as in the Interior. That is welcome. The critique of elite privilege is still […]
The Mysterious Surface of Water
When the tension of light on the surface of water is randomly broken, the water no longer looks like water. The random patterns are more attractive to the human mind. It’s because […]
The Two Faces of Beacon Rock
What’s in a name? Lots. To US American culture, this batholith is called “Beacon Rock.” Kind of a lighthouse, really. When you see it, you know where you are, from a distance. To […]
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