Author Archives: Rhona

Gwynne Dyer’s on a speaking tour of Canada and we were fortunate enough to join a packed house at the McPherson Playhouse to catch his Climate Wars talk last Thursday. He was of course selling his book – and provided … Continue reading →

Haliburton Farm includes a wetlands area, which is co-managed by the university, and there was a major project last summer to renovate it. It’s coming along nicely; the plants are growing and visiting ducks seem happy. In the summer the … Continue reading →

Preferring as I do the simplicity of cooking with ingredients that are easy and relatively inexpensive to lay my hands on, I am suspicious of molecular gastronomy. It strikes me as an unsustainable novelty, requiring specialized equipment and highly processed … Continue reading →

I’ve been to a few meetings of Transition Town Victoria now, including its first birthday party at the end of January and some momentum seems to be building. The group, descended from its grandparent in Totnes, addresses the community concerns … Continue reading →

Friday night’s PEP reading featured Vancouverian Christopher Levenson and Victorian Grace Cockburn. Saturday was the first work party of 2010 at Haliburton Community Organic Farm. There was work to be done and workers to do it Apple trees to be … Continue reading →