I’ve been eagerly slurping up the urban homesteading movement for years. Over this time my obsession with DIY has taken me on a circuitous route toward food security and has led me to question the role of activism in my life. My most radical accomplishments wouldn’t exactly shock my neighbours: my former partner and I […]
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Independent Community TV
I‘m in the process of creating an Independent Community TV society (ICTV) in the Mid Vancouver Island area that will produce in-depth, hour-long programs about social justice and environmental issues for the local Shaw ‘community access’ cable channel. Many activists I mention this to, immediately tell me they don’t have cable and they don’t watch […]
Ten Suggestions for Effective Activism
Effective activism is a long-haul process, not “save the earth in 30 days, ask me how.” But there are some principles that seem to reoccur for people addressing every kind of challenge from the Gulf Oil spill to inadequate funding for urban schools to how to deal with Afghanistan and Iraq. When I was updating […]