Proactive… precycling

A new movement it afloat. It is dubbed ‘precycling’. You might be on-board already.

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Bowfeast Farmer’s Market - Aug 16

Added to the events Calendar:

August 16, Snug Cove, Bowen Island

9am-Noon.

Farming? In Howe Sound? Yep, hop the ferry to Bowen Island for the second annual Bowfeast farmer’s market, on the lawn just uphill from the library, just steps from the ferry dock. We’ll have between seven and 10 of the island’s farmers on hand selling their goods, and a selection of “microfarmers” (as in home food gardeners), too.

Here’s the ferry schedule - leave your car on the mainland and take the pleasant 20 minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay.

Bowen Island as seen from Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver.

James Glave and Community Engagement

Author (and friend) James Glave has been making some hilarious videos to promote his book Almost Green.

Produced with Cam Hayduk, they are pure Glave - cheeky, gutsy, and irreverent. Check them out at Glave.com

Links You Can Use

Links you can use:

From “Stuff” in New Zealand...Tracability

…is the overriding concept - an old concept in many industries, but one that is emerging in nearly every facet of commercial production as consumers start to insist on knowing what they are spending their money on.

From Canada.com…Quebec Drivers

…drive the most fuel-efficient cars in the country, with Quebec City motorists leading the provincial pack, an automotive analyst’s report says.

From Autobloggreen…Smart Car wins the Cannonball Run

The machine was already a few years old and had been modified with a revised engine map from BRABUS along with some basic suspension goodies. Other than that, the little two-seater was basically stock.

From Scientific American…Making Cement and sequestering CO2

For every ton of cement we make, we are sequestering half a ton of CO2,” says crystallographer Brent Constantz, founder of Calera. “We probably have the best carbon capture and storage technique there is by a long shot.”