Culture and the Struggle for Human Rights. A talk by Michael Parenti.
Hi all,I thought I'd post about a free event Vancity is hosting about Human Rights on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 7:30pm at the Italian Cultural Centre.As author of more than 20 books, dynamic...
View ArticleAustralia is bursting all over
What is going on in Sydney Australia? They are an Olympic city (Summer too, not the puny Winter Games), they're on the water, they have lots of immigration, a jewel of a city. Sounds like Vancouver.But...
View ArticleWhat's the price of that again?
I don't like to be someone who leaves a mess for other people to clean up. And that's what this is all about. I get a good price for a certail product, and the reason it's so cheap is because it's...
View ArticleWhat took me so long?
I'm fairly green, I think. Try not to consume too much,we own a Prius, I mostly walk to work. But we have never composted before. I can't quite say why.We were in Seattle over the holiday and they have...
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An Inconvenient Truth mashup
I came across this great video - a mashup of An Inconvenient Truth and Malphunktion. Check it out...
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ChangeSomething: Help people with limited assets save
I've been thinking long and hard about an organization that I'd want $1,000 to go to. Now, in some ways this is just an intellectual exercise for me, because I'm a Vancity employee and therefore...
View ArticleThe Power of Coal
I just came across this amazingly astutue and funny video. It's an inspiring look at what keeps our continent running... coal. A must-watch.
View ArticleHitting the Farmer's Markets
Now that summer is really here, I gotta change my behaviour and hit all the farmer's markets I can. If I can't eat locally in the summer in Vancouver, when the heck can I?
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About last night...
Last night was such a moving and soul-shifting night for me. Although I'm from Vancouver, I lived in the States for eleven years. I became an American in 1998 to vote for Al Gore. I take politics...
View ArticleWorking Gear deserves your used men's clothes.
Recently I went through my closet and pulled out some work boots I never use and some not-so-badly used dress shirts and slacks. I wondered if there was a place in town where clothing like this could...
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