Out walking with his wee one, Polek Rybczynski captured this frame. I love looking at tree silhouettes when the sun sets. And when there is a curve in there too, it becomes a fun visual. Hello February.
Author: Lisa Richardson
Wellness Round-up – January in Review
Okay, I'm still having to stop and think when I need to write the date... 2015. 2015. So the fact that January is already in the rear-vision mirror means I really better get a handle on that. In case it flew by for you, too, here's what you might have missed on the Wellness Almanac … Continue reading Wellness Round-up – January in Review
Fight addiction in youth – a guest post by Cindy Filipenko
Cindy Filipenko is a Pemberton-based writer - her insight and way with words always make me stop and think. Whether she's writing about local organic farmers, feisty throat singer Tanya Tagaq, how to be more engaged as a citizen, or how to make it as a freelance writer, her smarts and passion shine through. You … Continue reading Fight addiction in youth – a guest post by Cindy Filipenko
How to Deal with Anxiety: Lean into the Unknown
Stress-proof your life by letting go of the things you can't control.
Brainstorm for the Barn, February 4 (and a Q+A with Dawn Johnson)
Flood it for hockey or curling. Hang a movie screen for a bicycle drive-in theatre. Host weddings. Host a circus school. Host a barn dance. How about long table lunches or tango lessons, soup kitchen, outdoor church sessions, an art market, a summer long canoe carving project? The point of a brainstorm is to throw … Continue reading Brainstorm for the Barn, February 4 (and a Q+A with Dawn Johnson)
Small footprint. Big Impact. Pemberton gets its own ReUse It Centre.
The share shed at the waste transfer station. Garage sales. Swap and buy and sell boards on Facebook. Growing Great Children's Great Closet Clean-Out. There are a host of informal ways to keep useful (not no longer wanted) items in circulation, out of landfill. And now, in addition to Prospects on Prospect Street, Pemberton has a … Continue reading Small footprint. Big Impact. Pemberton gets its own ReUse It Centre.
BioBlitz results reveal Pemberton’s amazingness
An amazing collaboration of the Whistler Naturalists and Stewardship Pemberton took place during Bioblitz last year, that saw over 50 scientists specialized in their fields travel to Pemberton to observe, record, report and compile amazing information about the biodiversity that exists in our back yards. Stewardship Pemberton's Dawn Johnson, a self-taught naturalist, wrote a beautiful post about how … Continue reading BioBlitz results reveal Pemberton’s amazingness
Photo of the Week: Gary Martin
Today, the length of daylight extends past 9 hours, for the first time since November 15. Celebrate that, and the extra three minutes of light we are gaining every single day.
Winterfest Pemberton 2015 – updated event schedule for Sunday Jan 25, One Mile Lake
Winter has not been kind to Winterfest, (it just doesn't seem fair after all the effort put in to say "winterfest plans on thin ice") but the organising committee have done snow dances, rallied and reformatted the program for this weekend. A Pineapple Express has put the kaibosh on Winterfest's more frosty fun, but (in … Continue reading Winterfest Pemberton 2015 – updated event schedule for Sunday Jan 25, One Mile Lake
The Wellness Almanac 