Rethinking Lifestyle

We all have our heroes: people we wish we could emulate. I have had several. One of my heroes has been a South African, Nelson Mandela.

You are what you eat. Quite literally your body is made up of the things that you eat. For a healthy body, choose healthy food.

As the snow starts to melt, and I’m thinking about hanging up the shovel, I was musing over whether it would have been worthwhile having a snowblower to clear our drive.

Last week David Dawson outlined what a transition initiative is and outlined some of the things that the South Eastman Transition Initiative has begun.

Many readers will have read this blog, and seen the words ‘Transition’ and ‘Initiative’. For the benefit of new readers, this week we will try to explain what is meant by these two words and what a small group of people is doing.

Continuing our reproduction of Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Language, here is an article on incorporating sun.

At a February 13 meeting, thirty-five people came together to discuss what can be done to promote a more sustainable food system in southeastern Manitoba.

Isn’t plastic wonderful stuff? It’s cheap. Comes in any colour you would like, or it can be totally clear. It’s flexible and can be moulded into intricate shapes.

February 14th, the feast of Saint Valentinus, commonly celebrated as Valentines Day, is an international day for romantic gestures.

I was taking stock this weekend of our supplies in our cold store – jams, marmalades, chutneys, tomato sauce, tomato puree, salsa, root vegetables and winter squash, as well as soups, pies and vegetables in the freezer.