The Winds of Change is a collaborative public policy initiative of the Mount Currie Band and the Village of Pemberton to reduce the harm associated with drug and alcohol misuse and promoting healthy lifestyle choices as an alternative. Broadly speaking the WINDS OF CHANGE is a harm reduction strategy guided by the following vision statement: … Continue reading Job Opportunity: Event Coordinator Wanted
Samahquam community members recently completed the Stepping Stones Certificate in Community Capacity Building offered by Simon Fraser University. The program was designed for Aboriginal People who want to expand their skills, share them with others, and make a positive difference in their rural communities. In one exercise they brainstormed all the things they love about their community. What … Continue reading Nurturing Community Leadership
My snow pea harvest seems to be coming to an end. They've done their bit to add nitrogen to the soil, and provide weeks worth of snacks. I love that the French name for the pea is mangetout, as in "eat all." I didn't even get so far as to look up recipes to use snowpeas. They … Continue reading In the Garden: Snow Peas
CUYSTWÍ MALH UCWALMÍCWTS - Let's all go speak our Language! My 2 and 4 year old friends are learning Ucwalmicts at day-care. Ucwalmicts is the first language of the Lil’wat, and other Interior Salish people. Linguists, working together with Lil’wat, created a writing system with which the Lil’wat community is recording and teaching its language … Continue reading Word of the Week: Ucwalmicwts
So, Ms. Richardson has been asking me to provide her with the recipes of all the things I have been making with the contents of our Ice Cap Organics veggie box, so here is my first, personal, contribution... Due to all the rain, the Ice Cap fruit partners didn't have any fruit in week 3's … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Zucchini, Feta and Basil Quiche
Warm summer weather, snow in alpine melting, rain over the week-end, it all adds up to one thing... Lillooet Lake on the rise! This photo (taken July 17) shows that the lake has spilled onto the forest service road (again!) in places. The road is impassable to small cars. Drive with care!
I recently read this article by Zero Mile gardener Carolyn Herriot in Common Ground magazine, about what to plant for a winter garden. June - August are the best times to plant out winter crops including: May/June: Sprouting broccoli, Brussels sprouts, winter cabbage, kale, collards, chard. June/July: Root vegetables – beets, turnips, rutabagas, celeriac, parsnips, … Continue reading Winter Gardening on the Zero Mile Diet
Sliammon Nation youth, Ta'Kaiya Blaney, made headlines when she wrote a song to speak up against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. "If we do nothing, it will all be gone." The 11 year old from North Vancouver recalled, at a rally outside the Vancouver Art Gallery in March this year, how she was chased from … Continue reading Inspiration: Speak Truth to Power. Or Sing it. Even if you’re only 11 years old.
After 20 years growing U-pick strawberries in Pemberton, Allen and Tonette McEwan have wound down their strawberry farm after a super short final season. The McEwans estimate that in that time they grew between 200 and 300 tonnes of berries to feed our appetites for sweetness! But they haven't left us without a source of … Continue reading Q+A: Strawberry Farmers, Allen and Tonette McEwan, say farewell.
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