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Great to see your passion. Australia is very similar in terms of abundance of sun and yet our take up rate for solar is not that high. Hopefully government initiatives currently in place will assist with this.

The problem with the ipad as an alternative to the kindle is that it uses a total different screen technology.

I saw a few days ago someone who compared both screens under a microscope and you can see the difference with your own eyes.
The ipad is great for surfing the net but after a few minutes of reading a book - i quickly get head strain and prefer to stop reading.

People need to stop saying the ipad is a book reader- its a table pc!

hello! this is the one that people needs to realize. we are living in a rotting world. :(

Nice blog ;-)

Drake, did you not realized this post is from a Canadian? Their founding fathers had nothing to do with our freedom of speech and in fact they are still part of the British monarchy as you probably already know.

The project was chronicled in the book The Integral Urban House: Self-Reliant Living in the City, which has been long considered the bible of urban homesteading.

You're right it all boils down to economics. You quit buying their products, and they will surely take a more proactive approach.

Great advice Heather.

We can live better by purchasing less, if only we let go of the misdirected and destructive more-bigger-faster mantra of our consumer culture enticed by corporate greed and political power.

Interesting post,gut wrenching politics=)

what with the cost! if we measure the social cost of throwing garbage?

What a Stuff. This is what I am looking for. I can share this information with my friends & with my collegues. It grows from the theological idea that human value is a scarce thing, represented symbolically by the narrow peak of a pyramid..

Been taking a bit of extra Vitamin D3

Update on Locations for Hands across the Sand, Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island from www.georgiastrait.org

Below are the locations that you can join in on Hands Across the Sands on June 26:

Blue Heron Park
Yellow Point Area, East Vancouver Island, CA
Miyo Stevens

miyo@islandnet.com
250 245-2467
WALK OR-CYCLE-NO PARKING@ Blue Heron Park east of Island Highway 19 south of Nanaimo, north of Ladysmith. Take Cedar Road off Hwy 19 to Yellow Point Road. Follow Yellow Point Rd to Blue Heron Park



Goose Spit
Comox, British Columbia, CA
Pamela Munroe

dpmunroe@telus.net
250-338-0187
Comox Avenue through Town of Comox, turn right on Balmoral Avenue, cross Croteau Road and follow Hawkins Road down to the spit. Park in designated parking stalls.



Hornby Island
Hornby Island, British Columbia, CA
Shannon Warwick

bridging@telus.net
Big Tribune Bay



Twin Beaches (Gabriola Sands Provincial Park)
Gabriola Island, CA
Tina Jones

tina@tinajonesmusic.com
250-247-9488
Take Gabriola ferry from Nanaimo. Follow the signs to Gabriola Sands Provincial Park, locals call it Twin Beaches. Drive off ferry, take first left at Taylor Bay Road. Continue on Taylor Bay Rd, turns into Berry Point Rd. Turn left on Ricardo Road, Gabriola Sands Provincial Park is just down the road. See you there! If you don't have a car, it's safe and easy to hitchhike.



Roberts Creek Beach
Roberts Creek, CA
Rick O'Neill

rick_oneill@sunshine.net
Walk, cycle or bus to Roberts Creek Pier.



Beaches Around Fulford Harbour
Saltspring Island, British Columbia, CA
Susanne Hunter

susanne.starlight@gmail.com
250 653 9783
Fulford Harbour, south end of Saltspring Island, Beaches all around the harbor, Drummond Park, Isabella Point Road, in front of the Inn towards the Marina.



Visitor Centre, Goldstream Park, 2930 Trans Canada Hwy (see The Eagles, And The P
Victoria B.C., CA
Jude vandenBroek

seadrake@shaw.ca
250-686-6279
Head on out of Greater Victoria on the main island highway



Oak Bay-Beach Drive at Dalhousie
Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Renee Lindstrom and Lisa Cole

lisafcole@gmail.com
250-361-7508
Willows Beach in Oak Bay - Beach Drive at Dalhousie - (2740 Dalhousie, to be exact).



Kits Beach
Vancouver, CA
Jenny McDonell

chippersmom@hotmail.com
From Burrard bridge, through Jericho Beach all the way to the endowment lands!!! As far as the low or high tide allows.



English Bay
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Fiona Bowie

BCAAOSD@gmail.com
1795 Beach Avenue Vancouver BC

Rechargeable batteries are indeed important especially when having solar system.

Wow this sound pretty scary :(. Thanks for bringing awareness.

Thanks for stopping in and linking in on my Homeschool and Educational Blog Link up!

Susieqtpies Scraps of Life
http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/2010/06/wednesday-homeschool-and-educational.html

And at Willows Beach in Victoria/Oak Bay at 11 am.

This just in from NT list serve:

There are 2 "Hands Across the Sands" events so far in Vancouver this Saturday June 26 at 11 am, one at English Bay and one at Kits beach.


English Bay: Meet at 1795 Beach Ave., just south of Denman. Organizer: Fiona Bowie BCAAOSD@gmail.com

Kits Beach: "From Burrard Bridge, through Jericho Beach all the way to the endowment lands!!! As far as the low or high tide allows"
Organizer: Jenny McDonnell chippersmom@hotmail.com

Yes! It is now an international movement - pick a beach, call your friends, grab a camera and off you go this Sunday! BTW - did you hear the Liberal party has agreed to support legislation against tanker traffic off the BC Coast? From the Dogwood Initiative http://dogwoodinitiative.org/media-centre/news-stories/ignatieff-supports-oil-tanker-ban-off-b.c.-coast-1