Stories worth sharing
Collaborative Journeys at 100
This is my 100th blog post on Collaborative Journeys. Whoopee! I started blogging in January 2009. I promised myself I’d stick it out for one year. I’m still at it. I’m hoping that’s a good thing, for both you (the reader) and me!
Blogging is not my job. I don’t [...]
You COULD Live a Long Time: Are You Ready? a video book review
In our western traditions we often overlook the value of elder’s wisdom. You Could Live a Long Time: Are you Ready? by Lyndsay Green, is a wonderful, easily navigated book that shares elder’s wisdom in a very accessible way. The author is a pioneering sociologist and researcher who has spent her career helping people use [...]
BP: A reminder of why connection matters
It’s official. The still unresolved BP “accident” in the Gulf of Mexico is now the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history. Yet, could this also be an opportunity, a momentum-builder for constructive dialogue, about our relationships, with each other, and nature, and a bottom-line where everything connects? I hope so.
When we aren’t connected
For me, BP [...]
Restorative Justice: A community response when bad things happen
Bad things happen. They did to Katy Hutchison on New Year’s Eve in 1997. Her husband Bob was beaten to death while checking on a party being thrown by their neighbour’s son. It happened in Squamish, a small town just north of Vancouver. A wall of silence grew up around the murder. It was four [...]
Home is Where The Food Is
“Home is Where The Food Is” is an animated short film made by Jody Kramer for the 100 Mile Diet Society in Vancouver, BC. It follows every ingredient of a delicious and simple meal to its source. It’s a story wonderfully told, and a story of collaboration.
This film was shown as part of Food Matters [...]
Curling: Bringing a touch of community to the 2010 Winter Olympics
“Curling may be the perfect Canadian game” said Stuart McLean. I heard him say that yesterday, on his weekly, nationally-syndicated CBC Radio show the Vinyl Cafe. And how appropriate is it that this community-oriented game is given a high profile, as an official athletic event, in the corporate-influenced 2010 Winter Olympics, which start [...]
Ten Thousand Villages: Working with Haitian artisans – past, present & future!
Ten Thousand Villages is the oldest and largest Fair Trade organization in North America.
Through a network of 50 stores in Canada and 150 stores in the United States, Ten Thousand Villages sells artisan-crafted personal accessories, home décor and gift items, from around the globe.
Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans, otherwise unemployed or underemployed, and provides [...]
Rakunks, Hybrid Jobs, Learning Agents, and other speculations on the future
Just finished reading Margaret Atwood’s new book The Year of the Flood, what Atwood describes as “speculative fiction”. She is one of my favourite writers, a Booker Prize winner, and still writing incredible stories at the age of 70!
Most of the Flood story takes place in the dystopic near future, in which there aren’t too [...]
Heritage wheat movement “godmother” advocates for communities that connect people, plant, and place
Sharon Rempel advocates for a world that honors cultural traditions, diversity, and abundance, gained through collaboration and caring for each other. She is systems thinker, and wonderful community builder, in ways that acknowledge the historic relationship between people, plant, and place.
Sharon is the “visionary godmother” of today’s Red Fife heritage wheat movement in Canada, founder [...]
Magical moments in story telling and collaboration at TED India
I just watched three presentations from TED India, held earlier this month. Presentations from that conference are just now being released to the world. There are more to choose from. All of these videotaped presentations are under 20 minutes in length. They are the highest quality. Each tells a story. Each tells it in a [...]
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