One of the permaculture principles is to “turn problems into solutions.” The idea behind this principle is that the problem often contains the kernel of…
Author: Claudia
Recently, one of my students encouraged me to read the chapter, “Training in the Contact Zone: Power, Play, and Invention in the Sport of Agility,”…
In my daily work, “mapping the field” is a figure of speech, a spatial metaphor in which “field” refers to a scholarly field or field…
In past years, we have had a few handfuls of strawberries from our own garden, but no yield to write home about. This was no…
I used to dream about rivers. More specifically, I used to dream that I was floating down a river. Sometimes, the water was a milky…
Although I don’t remember if it was in a history or a geography class, or perhaps both, I do distinctly recall learning in school that…
In the Vancouver neighbourhood where I live when I am not on Salt Spring Island, signs appeared recently informing residents that dead or dying Western…
I remember the first time someone told me that sea urchins were edible. It was at a party hosted by my high school marine biology…
The Disney image of Bambi, the spotted fawn with its large round eyes and fluttering eyelashes, has charmed audiences around the world since the film…
It was foggy this morning, after heavy rain last night. The fog made everything seem extra quiet, but was it really extra quiet, or did…