What could knee pain, conjunctivitis, tennis elbow and depression have in common? How about migraine, insomnia, sciatica and anxiety? These are physical and somatic conditions commonly treated and relieved with acupuncture, an important branch of Chinese Medicine that incorporates the placement of tiny needles in specific points on the body to bring about healing and […]
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What Do We Truly Value?
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Your actions speak so loudly, I can’t hear what you’re saying.” A frequent topic of conversation amongst us as human beings is what we value most in life. What do we hold dearest to our hearts? The most common answer is, “My children” or “My family”. Let us take a […]
Maude Barlow and the Global Water Crisis
"The global water crisis is the greatest ecological and humanrights crisis of our time,” says Maude Barlow, the chairperson of the Council of Canadians. Barlow is the author of Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water. She cautions that if we don’t quickly change the way we […]
Getting Vocal About Local
In 2005 two Vancouverites, Alisa Smith, and J.B. MacKinnon, decided to eat nothing but local food for one year. The experiment was initially documented in a series, and published online at www.thetyee.ca where it became an instant hit. Smith and MacKinnon’s lovingly written chronicles of finding sustenance close to home was colourful and entertaining, and […]
Crisis? It’s Time to Re-examine How We Live Our Lives
A Crisis may occur on a personal or societal level. It may be a traumatic or stressful change in a person’s life, or an unstable and dangerous social situation; a political, social, economic, military or a catastrophic environmental event, especially one involving abrupt change. More loosely, it is a term meaning a "testing time” or […]