For me, discussing ‘creating peace’ without naming ‘ending violence’ would be to jump to solution while neglecting to acknowledge there is a problem. It would at least be misleading, if not dishonest. I admit this at the risk of being judged—imagining my peers tsk-tsk’ing that I’m ‘focussing on the negative’ rather than ‘attracting that which […]
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Compassion Farm Update – March 2012
In January, we received the call we had been hoping to receive for a year and a half: the District of Lantzville finally requested to meet with us. On January 23rd, we met with our new mayor, Jack de Jong and Lantzville’s CAO, Twyla Graff. Based on what the Mayor said, it seems that our […]
Public Hearing Presentation
This was my presentation to the Lantzville Council majority at the Urban Food Gardens Bylaw Public Hearing, October 24th, 2011 (of which approx. 200 people attended and about 60 presented). This Urban Food Gardens bylaw does not support Urban Agriculture as a vital part of our community fabric. It is, by name, a gardening bylaw […]
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. […]
A Lantzville Couple’s Fight for the Right to Grow Food
“You have 90 days to cease all agricultural activity…” read the letter from the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN), on behalf of the District of Lantzville. “Your property is zoned Residential 1, which allows residential use and Home Based Business only.” With the subsequent public outcry and media storm across Canada, we’ve witnessed how important […]