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The Transition Kitchen: July 2015
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Thursday, July 2, 2015. FOOTPRINTS - JULY, 2015. By Fireweed for The Island Word, July/August edition, 2015. One of many delicious dairy-free alternatives! Given that hot summer days are known to scream: “ ice cream! It's a very good thing that delicious dairy-free alternatives are now so widely available. Vancouver Islanders and others in the Comox Valley Regional District heeding the call. To voluntarily reduce water usage under our current drought conditions, may or may not appreciate knowing. 8220;Vi...
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The Transition Kitchen: HOLDING COURT - SEPT. 2016
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016. HOLDING COURT - SEPT. 2016. By Fireweed for the Island Word, September 2016 issue. Did you know that for five centuries in Europe, pigs (and other farmed animals) could actually be arrested for a perceived crime, then tried and convicted in a court of law? Illustration from "Chambers Book of Days" depicting trial in 1475. We tend to think of granting moral agency to other species as a contemporary phenomenon, but historian James McWilliams. For animal activists around the worl...
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The Transition Kitchen: November 2015
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Saturday, November 7, 2015. BORN TO BE WILD - NOV., 2015. By Fireweed for The Island Word, November edition, 2015. Photo by Fireweed, Nov. 1st, 2015. Exhausted but triumphant, the salmon are returning! The fascinating ability of salmon to return to their place of origin (sometimes after navigating thousands of miles) is a phenomenon only recently understood to involve the earth's. 8221;, risks to wild salmon and the environment from what is essentially marine-based factory farming are indeed numerous....
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The Transition Kitchen: June 2015
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Thursday, June 11, 2015. COMMUNITY- June, 2015. By Fireweed for the Island Word, June edition, 2015. The desire to belong. Is universal. From our extended family of origin to the biotic whole of our planet, “community” is clearly vital to our wellbeing. The word itself is derived from the French comunete,. Stemming in turn from the Latin communis,. Meaning things held in common. Author and social thinker Jeremy Rifkin. From the film, 'Live and Let Live'. With allowing humans (and other animals) to learn ...
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The Transition Kitchen: BORN TO BE WILD - NOV., 2015
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Saturday, November 7, 2015. BORN TO BE WILD - NOV., 2015. By Fireweed for The Island Word, November edition, 2015. Photo by Fireweed, Nov. 1st, 2015. Exhausted but triumphant, the salmon are returning! The fascinating ability of salmon to return to their place of origin (sometimes after navigating thousands of miles) is a phenomenon only recently understood to involve the earth's. 8221;, risks to wild salmon and the environment from what is essentially marine-based factory farming are indeed numerous....
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The Transition Kitchen: LIFTING THE VEIL - November 2016
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Thursday, November 3, 2016. LIFTING THE VEIL - November 2016. By Fireweed for the Island Word, November 2016 issue. November 1st, in case you didn't know, was World Vegan Day. Just 2 days earlier this year in London, England, 2,000 vocal animal liberationists took to the streets declaring that “a different future for animals is possible! 8221; Such a demonstration would have been unheard of in 1944 when teacher and conscientious objector Donald Watson. Watch the trailer here. Really need to be asking the...
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The Transition Kitchen: July 2016
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016. BEAR NECESSITIES - July 2016. By Fireweed for the Island Word, May 2016 issue. Here's hoping that Jordan and Athena are already neck deep in mountain blueberries by now! Thankfully, the black bear siblings were in very good health at the time of their June release on Vancouver Island. Sufficient fat stores should help ease any difficulty transitioning back to life in the wild after their year-long stay at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre. Click on image to enlarge.
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The Transition Kitchen: PULSE POWER! - FEB., 2016
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Friday, February 5, 2016. By Fireweed for the Island Word, Feb. 2016. Nutritious seeds for a sustainable future". The UN has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. Could we really heal the world with dried peas, beans and lentils? The founder of Salt Spring Seeds Dan Jason sees incredible potential in these versatile superfoods - and he is in very interesting company! The Power of Pulses. Visit Salt Spring Seeds HERE. The Power of Pulses. Long with gorgeous photos. The book includes 50 organic.
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The Transition Kitchen: CHANGES - SEPTEMBER, 2015
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015. CHANGES - SEPTEMBER, 2015. By Fireweed for The Island Word, September edition, 2015. Life expectancy for a fin whale - approx. 94 years. The presence of a fin whale in north Puget Sound recently has been cause for excitement! The young male appeared healthy but a bit on the thin side, according to marine biology professor Jonathan Stern. It's not looking good for polar bears. Animals and plants that can expand their ranges stand the best chance of survival. Those that are ...