Over Christmas my family and I traveled back to Australia for the first time in five years. There had been several reasons…
Image by urbanworkbench via Flickr So I’ve been online on UrbanWorkbench.com for about four years now. It all started back…
View Timmy’s Run in a larger map Driving down Columbia Avenue in Castlegar, one cannot help but wonder if the…
But something is happening to this world. Your world is getting a lot smaller a lot quicker than you imagine. Yes you still have the internet, Amazon, CostCo and can spend hours browsing through the mall – store after store of goods made in faraway lands. However, the recent economic crisis has rubbed some of the shine and glitter off the consumer model of spending.
The City of Castlegar has shown its support for Earth Hour this week in their Regular Council Meeting- Earth Hour…
Part of the Transitions Network program is a series of courses called “Skilling Up for Powering Down”. One of the challenges is convincing people that there is value in preparing for a power-down scenario. If you read the news or watch TV – youd’ be forgiven for assuming that the world is already well on track to replacing petroleum products with wind power and hybrid vehicles. As my dad, who was in advertising, always said, don’t believe everything you read – or see on TV.
This is another example of politicians just not getting it. Tony Burke is the Australian Minister for Agriculture…
It is human nature to avoid thinking about things that we assume someone else is taking care of – or…