Increasingly, I find myself thinking about food security, and the people and businesses who support local farmers and food producers. The Market on Millstream is one such business. In late 2009, The Market on Millstream, a local grocery store where I live, was named Canadian Independent Grocer of the Year, in the medium surface category, […]
The Market on Millstream: A community-oriented hub for food producers and consumers
Filed Under: In my neighbourhood · Tagged: community, food security, social innovation, Victoria
Building communities through Story, Music, and Red Fife Wheat
Sharon Rempel advocates for a world that honors cultural traditions, diversity, and abundance, gained through collaboration and caring for each other. She is systems thinker, and wonderful community builder, in ways that acknowledge the historic relationship between people, plant, and place. Sharon is the visionary godmother of today’s Red Fife heritage wheat movement in Canada, […]
Filed Under: In my neighbourhood · Tagged: collaboration, community, food security, innovation, social innovation, systems thinking
Level Ground Trading: Linking sustainability to long-term relationships
You go to the store. You look for the fairly traded coffee. You make the purchase. What now? Who benefits from your purchase? Sure, you’re a satisfied consumer. And, it’s more than just the coffee tasting good. You’ve just, through your purchase, contributed to a making the world a better, fairer place. Really? Have you […]
Filed Under: Frameworks for collaboration, In my neighbourhood · Tagged: collaboration, community, food security, relationships, social innovation, systems thinking
Connect with the world: Another way to make your neighbourhood a better place
International collaboration works. I saw it in the Philippines, where I spent the better part of the last two months working for a Canadian not-for-profit (CESO). I blogged about it (e.g., 27 ways Filipinos create successful, collaborative e-Governance projects). I went half way around the world to collaborate with others. Now, I want to bring […]
Filed Under: Frameworks for collaboration, In my neighbourhood · Tagged: collaboration, community, food security, ICT, social innovation, South Jubilee
How all things connect: Adapting to unintended consequences in Hagonoy, Philippines
Rice farming was the main agricultural activity in Hagony, a Philippines coastal community, at least up to the 1980s. It was around that time that the salinity of the water started to rise; eventually to levels unacceptable for growing rice. Many believe the salinity increase stems from drainage canals and dikes built in the 1970s […]
Filed Under: x, y, z · Tagged: Catalyste+ (formerly CESO), food security, Philippines, social innovation, systems thinking
