Synergy is a word that means a great deal to me. But there are times when it just can’t be achieved by goodwill alone. Three years ago my husband and I moved into a co-housing community. Co-housing communities are typically run by consensus agreement. They’re usually about peacefully co-existing in a viable, sustainable, harmonious setting, […]
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The Value of Food
It is a myth that eating healthy costs more money. A healthy, whole food diet is surprisingly inexpensive. Potatoes are cheaper than fries, whole chicken costs less than strips, and I have personally saved a ton of money by switching to oatmeal for breakfast. However, while whole food is generally cheaper than processed, there are […]
Iconoclast – Why We Need The Humanities
Privatize the press and education system, disenfranchise the working class, corrupt the legislative process, and debase electoral politics, and society will plunge itself into a moral void. Canada is far advanced down this path already, but it is certainly more pronounced in the US. Our universities face mounting pressure to cut programs that do not […]
Ways & Means of Bullying
Bullying is a form of abuse. It involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person’s (or group’s) power over another person (or group). – Wikipedia “Can this truly be serious?” My spouse and I read and reread the first letter we received from the District of Lantzville in September of 2010. […]
“Without refrigeration, modern life would be impossible!”
The fridge is a household amenity that we rarely consider removing from our lives; it is a useful appliance for storing the goods of consumerism, but it perpetuates a cold food-chain system contrary to sustainability, and its use of harsh and toxic chemicals for cooling is questionable at best. Improving the way we ship, export, […]