The idea of Engaged Buddhism can seem like an oxymoron: how does fiery activism co-exist with the Buddhist philosophies of peace and nonviolence? In fact, mindfulness practices have powerful benefits for activists. I loved my conversation on CBC’s Tapestry – have listen here: Listen here: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/engaged-buddhism-1.4113121/sit-down-rise-up-how-meditation-supports-activism-1.4113264
If you are like me, you feel devastated witnessing the horror unfolding in Gaza/Israel. At times like this (but have there ever been such times???) it can feel that we are powerless: but we are never truly that. Here’s something we can do: I’m inviting you all to join the Arab-Jewish Coalition on Salt Spring,…
The Echo Valley Farm group offers a beautiful example of how collectivizing food production can create not only healthy systems but healthy human cultures. Robert Birch, who has been farming together with his neighbours on their patch of south-end ground since the project’s inception, thinks of the Echo Valley Farm as a social experiment in…
A campaign to shine a light on institutional racism faced by Indigenous Peoples in Canada, particularly by police and the financial sector.
Paddle for the Coast: 5th Annual Festival Afloat Returns to Jericho Beach in Support of Indigenous Ocean Protection Grab your paddleboard, kayak, canoe—or just a beach blanket—and join a sunsoaked ocean adventure for the planet. Festival Afloat is back for its 5th annual celebration, bringing together music and community in a unique floating concert experience…
RAVEN needed a site upgrade to bring their work – raising legal defence funds for Indigenous Nations – to the next level. Incorporating a dynamic, Google-based “Mapping Justice” interactive map, Press Kit templates for campaigns, timelines, interactive visual storytelling and a lyrical, impactful design sensibility, the site has also been my first bilingual project. Check…
Ahh…. that time you write and direct a film on a wing and a prayer and, by some mysterious blend of luck and timing, it ends up screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival… Throughout 2018, I worked on contract with RAVEN (https://raventrust.com) with a dream team (Alex Harris, Gary McNutt, Jeremy Williams) to direct…
Fun poster for a community gathering.
A different kind of sentencing hearing took place today on B.C.’s central coast, in an area known as the Great Bear Rainforest. Three years after the Nathan E. Stewart sank, spilling 110,000 litres of diesel, effluent, and engine oil into Heiltsuk fishing grounds, the Indigenous nation is still waiting for justice. Canada charged Kirby –…
Map of successes in Indigenous justice.