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Blake Boles, author of College Without High School: A Teenager’s Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College , spoke recently at the Harbourfront Library in Nanaimo, B.C. The event was a great success. ...

Samhain. All Hallows Eve. Summer's end. The night when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is the thinnest, and spirits may pass through...

Michael Ruppert, author of Crossing the Rubicon is the subject of Collapse, a startling new documentary from director Chris Smith which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and opens in theatres November 6...

On October 24, people in 181 countries came together for the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history. At over 5200 events around the world, people gathered to call for strong action and bold leadership on the climate crisis...

This Friday smile just in from New Society Publisher's own fabulous Jean Wyenberg - a critique of the anonymous road art which graces not only Gabriola, but highways and byways the world over. Thanks Jean...

FarmFolk/CityFolk is a non-profit society that works with farm and city to cultivate a local, sustainable food system...

In College Without High School: A Teenager’s Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College author Blake Boles advocates a radical solution to participating in a high school system that fails to challenge, motivate and inspire - don't do it. ...

Albert Bates, author of The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook: Recipes for Changing Times has been getting excited lately about biochar and its enormous potential for mitigating climate change and improving agricultural outputs. Never heard of biochar? Want to know more? Read on...

"Your imperfections, your weakness, your faults -- [in your art] they become your strengths." -- Lily Yeh Internationally celebrated artist Lily Yeh shared with us her journey to Rwanda to participate in the Rwanda Healing Project, where she helped survivors construct a memorial to the victims of...

The No Impact Experiment starts tomorrow! It's not too late to sign up for this week of living lightly...

The Bioneers gathering is housed at Marin Center, the exhibition grounds in Marin County - infamous for Marin County Hot Tubbers and proud of it, according to Charles McGlashan and Jim Farley, presenters of the Marin County award...

Today is World Food Day, as declared by the United Nations. This year's focus is Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis. From the UN website:...

Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's blogging community in an effort to raise awareness and generate discussion about a particular topic of far-reaching global consequence - this year's issue is climate change...