The headline reads: Lil'wat artist's work to be displayed prominently in Pemberton  The subhead: Mayor Richman hopes project will stimulate conversation about the 'shared land that we live on' The story, by Joel Barde, in the Pique, is below. Conversation can only happen when thoughtful people are willing to start the dialogue. I love and … Continue reading Pemberton’s new banner art makes headlines

"I am here to do everything in my power while here on earth... to put this back." Moving the Giants: An Urgent Plan to Save the Planet tells the story of arborist David Milarch, as he helps California coast redwoods migrate northward to survive climate changes that threaten their current habitat. His is one path … Continue reading Moving the Giants

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?