According to The Land Conservancy, there are 400 native bee species in B.C. and these little guys can pollinate entire crops, and in some ways are more effective than honey bees. For simple ways to be bee-friendly, and to enhance pollinator habitat and populations visit the TLC's Bringing Back the Bees page. You could even … Continue reading Gardening: This Spring, Plant Something for the Bees
We look forward to regular updates from Louise Stacey-Deegan at the Pemberton Food Bank - because it's good to remember that, just because Christmas is long-past, the need for a helping hand hasn't subsided. Here's the first. (In the meantime, "like" Sea to Sky Community Services on facebook to stay in the loop.) The Pemberton … Continue reading On the Frontlines: With the Pemberton Food Bank
In Celebration of Pink Shirt Day! Please check out To This Day Project - Shane Koyczan After being posted on YouTube on Feb. 19, "To This Day", an animated spoken-word poem by Canadian poet Shane Koyczan, has spread like wildfire. It has been viewed more than 4.3 million times (and counting). The soul-expanding video tells … Continue reading In Celebration of Pink Shirt Day! Please check out To This Day Project – Shane Koyczan
Iron Man Canada is coming to Whistler this summer, August 25, and they want you, to join the Pemberton Volunteer Crew. The bike leg will take place partly in Pemberton (from a lakeside transition, south down the Sea-to-Sky Highway, into the Callaghan Valley before returning back down the Highway and through past Whistler to Pemberton.) … Continue reading Info Session: Iron Man Canada is looking for Pemberton volunteers, Feb 20, 7:30pm
Yesterday, we had the auspicious-sounding honour of having 111 friends of the Winds of Change facebook page, so we asked everyone to double-down... Refer a friend, recommend, tell someone you love how healthy/inspiring/helpful the Winds of Change page is... So a big shout-out to Bettina, Thomas, Johnny and Lisa for spreading the love. And a … Continue reading Shout-Out: Our new facebook friends!
Every day each of us faces some form of conflict in our personal, professional, economic, or social environments. Here are some useful tips to enhance your skill set in managing conflict. 9 Handy Hints for Managing Conflict Conflict and negotiation are some of the most frequent, yet challenging aspects of social interaction. They tap … Continue reading 9 Handy Hints for Managing Conflict
I’ve had mixed feelings about hockey lately. I love playing and watching hockey. Great passes, positioning, breakouts, flashy saves are all parts of the game that I love. But I don’t like the glorification of the fights. And the judgments from so-called fans are what I could really do without. Along with the return of … Continue reading Does Hockey make Bullies of us All?
So, here it is flu season one more time. It usually hits around Christmas when we are tired, stressed out, running on very little sleep and uncomfortably full of rich foods. As with most conditions that plague us, there's a herb for influenza. This frequent holiday gift from our local viral community responds well to … Continue reading Boneset – a natural remedy for influenza
Karen Ryan, founder of the ADDvocates, is running a workshop at the Pemberton Community Centre offering non-medicinal coping strategies for ADHD on Saturday February 9 and Saturday February 23. Call 604 894-2340 to register or email pemrecinfo@slrd.bc.ca The workshop will cover: ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the history of the diagnosis, how ADHD is typically treated … Continue reading Event: The Essential ADHD Workshop, Feb 9 + 23
Remember a time when you witnessed or participated in bullying behaviour. Do you need to go back in time to elementary or high school? University or your work place? Who was the target? A non-athlete in gym class? A person with a stutter? Someone overweight? Thin? Smart? Someone who was just a bit different? Close … Continue reading How to Identify Bullying Behaviour (In Yourself)
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