British Columbia, the province of Canada that claims the Okanagan as its own territory, is a jurisdiction in which some 94% of land is owned by the government, in trust for the […]
10 New Agricultural Locations in the Suburban Okanagan
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 […]
Ten New Commercial Fruit Crops for the Okanagan
When the Okanagan was first settled by Europeans and Americans, they planted European and American crops, although the hills were covered in food. Peaches, Such as This Now-Dying Tree, Were Originally Planted […]
Evolution and the Colour Blue
Take a look. The colour blue is the one first seen out of darkness. Look at it … The Rise Vineyard, Bella Vista Our fences can’t hold it, nor can they hold […]
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 […]
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 […]
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