Travel & Recreation
Avoid Getting Sick on Vacation
The promise of vacation also brings the promise of upset stomachs, painful sunburns and poor digestion if you’re not prepared. To help people avoid getting...
GETAWAY GUIDE 2016
WORKSHOP RETREATS The Sacred Gardener offers intensive, integrated workshops, teaching the skills and deep understanding of traditional environmental knowledge.
Herbal Essentials for Outdoor Living
NATURAL BUG REPELLENTS, SUNSCREENS, AND SUNBURN REMEDIES Now that the warm weather is here, most of us will be spending a lot more time outdoors...
Best Bug Defence
Essential Oils Can Repel Mosquitoes and Ticks Naturally Spring and summer are seasons that we look forward to because we get to spend more time...
Mozi-Q: New Product Keeps Mosquitoes at Bay
Gone is the need to douse yourself in harmful DEET to repel pesky bugs. Calgary homeopath, Erin Bosch, has created the first oral bug repellent,...
Homeopathy for Travellers
User Friendly Summer First Aid Remedies A few years ago I was sitting next to a mother and her young boy on a bus trip...
Found and Captured in South America
Since following the astonishing impulse to leave our entire life in Vancouver behind and move down to South America two years ago, we have been...
Seven Nights in a Strawbale Cabin: Conclusion
MONDAY, September 18: The Last Night Not many people got a code to live by anymore (Bud, Repo Man) Monday is still a blur. Fortunately...
Seven Nights in a Strawbale Cabin: Part Five
SUNDAY September 17: The Road to Erin “[Being at Everdale] makes you think more about tradition, connecting with family again. When I travel, I’ll be...
Seven Nights in a Strawbale Cabin: Part Four
SATURDAY September 16: The Harvest Festival “That’s what I love about nature. Death is never sad.” Alexis, Everdale intern Fog on the hilltops. Fog rolling...
Seven Nights in a Strawbale Cabin: Part Two
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: STORMY WEATHER “I’ve come to this idea that food politics is environmental politics – it is economic politics … it’s actually potentially...
Seven Nights in a Strawbale Cabin: Part One
A Diary of a City Girl on an Organic Farm I told you about those Wolves. You must talk with them, meeting them someplace, mountain,...
Up North and Off the Grid: Still Canoeing…
I always wonder as I paddle silently along the shore, why so many people put their boats away before the ice begins. Pick the right...
Canadians Need a Transportation Revolution to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
When it comes to combating global warming on the world stage, Canada appears to have a strong case of performance anxiety. Last year, in a...
