I recently read a book called The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible, by Charles Eisenstein, about his theory that we're on the cusp of a transformational shift, away from being a culture of scarcity, competition and separation, into one of "interbeing". (He recently explained this all to Oprah, so if you have … Continue reading School’s back tomorrow, so this one’s for all the teachers and carers, who are the ones holding together the fabric of the world
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Guest post by Dan Kraus, Senior Conservation Biologist with the Nature Conservancy of Canada People living in the Northern Hemisphere have brought trees and boughs into their homes during the winter for thousands of years. The evergreens that we decorate with during Christmas can represent a celebration of holidays and a reminder that spring will come … Continue reading Give your Christmas Tree another chance – recycle it in the backyard!
Forget pinterest or houzz. If you need reno or design advice, the Pemberton & District Library oughta be your first port of call. I mean, look what they did, to increase the usability of the library and maximize every inch of productive space, to better serve the community's needs. How did they make it simultaneously … Continue reading Check out the new and improved library!
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Here's a radical idea, for this time of year, in which reflection, and self-assessment, and goal-setting, seem so baked in that your failure to set a resolution might indicate some kind of deeper existential failure... How about not making a resolution? How about not writing a list? How about just having a quiet cup of … Continue reading How about NOT making a resolution this year?
If you're in the thick of family life, you might be prone to ringing in the New Year on maritime time... which makes Winterfest 2018 your friend... A decade-old festival, that began in the lead-up to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Pemberton's Winterfest has experienced many iterations, in its mission to celebrate the spirit of winter … Continue reading Winterfest is your family-friendly way of ushering in the New Year. Free! With Fireworks! And Ira!
It may be a sign of maturity that at a certain point in your life, on Christmas Eve, instead of casting your eyes heavenward for a glimpse of Santa, you're scanning the horizon for a glimpse of a Short-eared Owl. John Tschopp shared that he's been waiting for some Short-eared Owls since the end of … Continue reading Sighting: Short-eared Owl and Northern Shrike
I'd just finished reading The Culture Code,a book by Daniel Coyle about the culture of great groups, when I drove through the night, blasting Mofro, up the snowy winding pass to Crystal Mountain in Washington. Pemberton skier Susan Medville, a freeskier and mountain woman originally based in Crested Butte, had invited me to join a … Continue reading Think less like a gladiator, more like a problem solver
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