Author Archives: Christopher

Going Car-Free

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5 years into cycling in Victoria, this young family with 3 small children goes car free. Here we see their mini-van bike built in Holland.

The Gleesons: family-strong music

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A musical group with roots in Fernwood Square in Victoria. It’s a band, a family with strong bonds between themselves and their audience and a living legacy to their father who recently passed on, but who taught all of them

Technology Traps..

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How to navigate man’s tendencies to get really good with some technologies that overwhelm our well being and environment.

Engaging the mainstream in the green economy

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Former Green Party candidate talks about the change necessary to take the next step to engage the mainstream in the green economy.

Getting young people on the land

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Working with girls and all young people on the land learning about each other, discovering their power

FutureThink

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Join facilitators Lehna Malmkvist and Sarah Adams for an evening of time travel, imagination, and future thinking about Fernwood in 2070 and beyond. Seeking Fernwood residents to join an interactive workshop about the future. Please RSVP at FutureThinkForFernwood.eventbrite.ca or call

Rod Keays: Finding purpose

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Finding our purpose requires a shift of thinking. What do individuals want independent of what their culture prescribes.

Rod Keays: a self-designed Master’s

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A local author finds strong response at Congress 2013, as well as a university willing to help him develop his master’s on men’s studies.

CSI Turning the tables in the classroom

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The Better the Question the Better the Story: Overcoming Challenges, Exploring New Possibilities -Helping youth explore how the wider world works.

Transformation through backpacking

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Remarkable conversation with a backpacker I just met. Here he touches on the transformation in his daily conversations in his home town. To view all 5 segments