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A correspondent from the island, visiting Kamloops Jan 2-4 or so, asks:

“I have found a few larger LEED certified green buildings online to visit but hope there are some funkier, smaller scaled, more home-built examples. Are there any cob or straw (more…)

Has your heart recently skipped a beat? Your cheeks flushed with appreciation? Your innermost cells danced with (more…)

I once read a story about a woman watching a mouth who danced around a flame. In a final triumphant moment the woman saw the moth fly into the flame. Afterwards the moth became a separate and larger light than the previous flame.

This story symbolizes the determination the moth possessed and the sacrifice it had to endured to become a light. His whole being was sacrificed- his whole being created. I believe I have met a moth. (more…)

The title of The Wealth of Nature by Robert Nadeau is a play on the title of Adam Smith’s famous book on economics The Wealth of Nations. (more…)

There is a great big old Ponderosa Pine tree that inspires me on a daily basis towards living more lightly and more fully. This big old mother of a tree lives on the border of a noisy traffic-ridden street and maybe that is why her presence is felt so strongly by me. Every day that I walk by her I stop to greet her. I think it was largely because of these daily greetings that I was finally able to quit smoking. (more…)

One person who inspired me towards environmental action is my daughter, Jackie. I was around 50 years of age when she wrote an essay on animal testing by the cosmetic industry. Up to that point in my life I regarded myself as a conscientious and responsible person, (more…)

This little story, for children and weary activists, is available at the Kamloops Public Library. Written by Rosemary Phillips, the book and accompanying cd (more…)

The community of Monteverde, Costa Rica has expanded my worldview. I spent an enriching month volunteering at their folk art gallery, experiencing a more conscientious way of life.American draft resistors founded Monteverde in the early 1950s. Abandoning most of their belongings, they said goodbye to friends and family. Facing many hardships while traveling by train, jeep, and oxcart, they made their way to Costa Rica’s largest cloud forest. (more…)