by mvboronowski | Feb 10, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Last week, I had the privilege of attending a Blessingway. Don’t worry if you have no idea what a blessingway is – until I received the invitation, I didn’t either. Just so we’re all up to speed: a blessingway is NOT a religious ritual or a gathering of folks...
by mvboronowski | Feb 8, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Accessing a community is much like hacking into a bank’s computer system. It either takes a code, mad esoteric nerd skills, or time. When you don’t know the computer’s language, just add one power of magnitude to the difficulty of access. As written in a previous...
by mvboronowski | Feb 7, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship
Part 1 – Preamble As previously written on this superawesome blog, I’m taking a sustainability class at UBC – it’s offered by Continuing Studies and taught by the outstanding Sarah Northcott. Our final assignment is to create a map – using The Natural Step ‘ABCD...
by mvboronowski | Feb 6, 2011 | 100 Community Builders
Who are you? Katie Lynn Chapman; yoga teacher, big sister to 4 sisters and 1 brother, Masters student at UBC, doula, friend, raw foodie What do you do for fun? Create new delicious raw, vegan, dishes Swim, walk, climb mountains, practice yoga, take care of babies,...
by mvboronowski | Feb 4, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
No, I didn’t flinch or stutter as I wrote the title of this article. It should be noted and emphasized that Harvard is behaving a little like Bishop’s University. Let me explain. Last week, up-and-coming “newspaper” the The Globe and Mail...
