We are halfway through a week-long waste reduction party... as Canada acknowledges Waste Reduction Week. So, how is your trash can looking? How about the ditches and waterways and trails you frequent? And what can you do about it? If it starts to feel too vast, consider the recent news story in the Pique: that … Continue reading How’s your waste-line looking? A Waste Reduction week question.
Two years ago, I enrolled in a free massive online course (MOOC) offered by UBC, Reconciliation through Indigenous Education. I didn't get to explore the entire course offering, but what I did discover was incredibly worthwhile. Happily, it is being offered again. I have re-enrolled. The program uploads new material each week, and can be … Continue reading Come MOOC with us – enrol in a free 6 week online course offered by UBC on reconciliation
What can you eat? What will kill you? Those are the basic questions that anyone developing an interest in wild mushrooms begins with. Happily, Stewardship Pemberton and the Pemberton & District Library are coming to the rescue, with a free talk on mushroom ecology, identification tricks and ethical picking. This talk will aid you in … Continue reading Stewardship Pemberton presents a Mushroom talk at the Library, Thursday October 18, 7pm
John Tschopp reports tonight that a blue jay, from east of the Rockies, has taken a left turn to Pemberton this week. John's last recorded sighting of a Blue Jay in Pemberton is from 2009. This fellow has been hanging around a feeder near Miller Creek for a few days. It is rather dominant, reports … Continue reading Blue Jay checking out the local turf
A belated post for Sunday, because, you know, the power was out, and it was awesome in so many ways. Mhairi Marcella, who took over our instagram for a week, shared these peaceful moments of fall happening here... and it seems there were plenty of other resourceful folk who turned a power outage into a … Continue reading Power outage is a chance to get outside and be fully unplugged
On September 26, David Ward observed that the sunset was on point. We had to agree.
I don't want this to seem flippant, or like a pep talk for those who are lost in the dark wood of their lives. (See our earlier post on the importance of acknowledgement.) Because "blooming" isn't just a question of flipping a switch. But, through many of the interviews I've done, about people doing work … Continue reading Bloom
Two weeks ago, Janet Ouchterlony's baby, Ryan, turned fifteen. As I'm sending mine off to kindergarten, she's entering a different phase, and I appreciated the insightfulness and heart of this post so much, I asked if we could share it here. Thanks to Janet for her permission and Ryan for permission to share this photo. +++ … Continue reading Notice the firsts, notice the lasts
"So what do we do about all the pain we see in the world? All the pain we feel our own lives? And why does it seem that our best efforts to help somebody feel better always backfire?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2zLCCRT-nE This wonderful piece by Megan Devine is a wise and mind-opening teaching on how to help … Continue reading The way to help someone feel better is to let them be in pain
Don't mean to give you heart palpitations, but October is well underway and that means Christmas is almost upon us. Come and support local artists and entrepreneurs at the Pemberton Children's Centre Christmas Bazaar. The ever popular cookie table will raise money for the Pemberton Children's Centre. Crafts and artisan goods, live music and food. … Continue reading Save the date, or plan your baking and crafting mission. Annual Christmas Bazaar tradition continues on December 1 with a new location at the Community Centre
The Wellness Almanac 