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Food8 Solutions for Growing Food in the City
Amidst the concrete and skyscrapers of the city, sprouts a determined group of folk who are turning backyards, balconies and vacant lots into a green oasis of food. Our Solutions – Food series includes Vancouver’s Urban Farming Census, Sharing Backyards, youth guerilla gardening, community trust farming, myths about backyard chickens, how to turn lawn into garden and container gardening. Edited by Susan MacVittie
28 Are the Bt Toxins Safe to Eat?
Anne Sherrod explores new research on the effects of pesticides in genetically modified foods
31 Community Supported Fishing
5 Pipe Dreams
An update of the developments re the Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipelines
6 Kinder Morgan Pipeline Safety
Joyce Nelson examines the leaks and explosions
7 Raven Coal Mine Update
Arthur Caldicott says the proposed new mine is quiet but not dead
18 Saving Water in the Garden
Paula Rodriguez shows us how xeriscaping is a landscaping technique that reduces water use while beautifying gardens and reducing maintenance
21 Unfunded Infrastructure
Only 20 per cent of the lifetime costs of infrastructure are paid by developers
22 Forward-Thinking Forestry
Clayoquot Sound’s War in the Woods isn’t over
30 Coastal Waters, Life & Us
Extending the Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve
32 Beyond the Turista Curtain
In Mayan territory with Dawn Paley
24 Geoengineering
Techno fix or climate profiteering? Joyce Nelson examines the evidence
3 News Briefs
4 Letters
36 Wild Times Joe Foy on Vancouver Island Parks
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