Transition scenarios for oil sands workers

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Liam Hildebrand’s Iron and Earth initiative is exploring and mobilizing important shifts in thinking, research and employment for oil sands workers.

Dal Richard’s Celebration of Life

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1000 folks at Christ Church Cathedral to pay tribute to a Vancouver legend. Some came just to better understand what made such a life.

Bus Stories about Dal Richards

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Coming back from a packed celebration, the streets of Vancouver, the extra police and even the buses were more alive than usual. Truly a celebration of life. Here are four of the stories we collected.

Moving to a farm in the 1930’s

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Her father took what little money he had left after the Crash and bought a small farm for his family. Here are some of the stories from that formative time.

A memorable gift….

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What do you give father who has every thing he needs for his 90th birthday? His daughter comes up with a wonderful gift, time away near where he built and managed a world-famous hotel.

Finding a son’s career path: a mother’s story

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A mother shares how she and her son approached, and shifted his career exploration.. and her own level of community and political engagement.

It started with the London blitz…

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Pivotal moments to a successful life… Impressions from the London blitz to life on the West Coast where he built a national icon.

Mosqoy- Sacred Valley Youth Fund

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on Vimeo. “Mosqoy” means “dream” in the local Quechua language and demonstrates our main objective: to fulfill the dreams of Quechua communities in Peru. Mosqoy is a not-for-profit business based both in Victoria, BC, Canada and in Cusco, Peru. Here

Straw-bale Construction

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A new-old idea that can inspire a new way of looking at economy, housing and energy.

Frostfree Nosepumps- a farmer’s invention

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A farmer was faced with the challenge of watering his herds in the dead of winter. He talks about basic ideas of motivation and learning, even for cows, that show hope for us all. For more information