Tying together FoW, Climate Action & COVID What if COVID is the dress rehearsal, a road map for how we as humans can handle the environmental crisis? We have now shown that nations can quickly agree on a consistent course of action, humans can make sacrifices for the common good. New Normal...
What is Gap Year Podcast? This podcast explores the many questions that invariably appear when anyone considers a gap year. Faced with the uncertainty of a freshman university experience in the presence of COVID-19, this year present there is a greater debate for those considering a gap year as a natural pause...
Do you agree with Chief Seattle's comment? It is supposedly based on a speech made by the Chief in 1854. This is an opportunity to have a debate and discussion.: Personally I think it is both. We borrow it from our children. AND We inherit it from our ancestors who cherished it, with the understanding...
How do I tell a story that enrolls you in a journey to be taken together? A journey to save the water, and offer it as the same elixir for our children that we knew as kids? This poem, by spoken word artist Rudy Francisco has taken up significant real estate in my...
We protect what we value. Take time to list the natural treasures of what we care about Fireflies, stars I looked up at the night sky. Mottled cloud ‘Look, fireflies’ my husband whispers. Fireflies? In Ontario? Impossible! But here they are 15 years later with global warming. The odd one flickering by the neighbour's elm, now atop their cedar. Oh! I've...
It is my simple commitment for July: Post something daily related to the environment. Today the focus is on my regular Call to Action: Make. Take. Talk. Select whichever applies to you. Mix and match. Make up your own. But please pick one each day: Make: up your mind to participate a decision...
Get creative in your COVID job hunt. Could a previous employer or manager be the answer to your job quest? Creative job hunting means becoming inventive in your ideas. This video explores positioning yourself to be aware of, and taking advantage of opportunities that may arise. Start looking around for patterns, because...
COVID related job opportunities Stretch your box When is a letter carrier not just a letter carrier? When they are also a parcel deliverer. Can we create opportunities for ourselves in these uncertain times by looking for jobs in places that we hadn't thought to look? Should we change our pre-COVID conceptions of what...
The 100-day challenge You would normally find me talking about a world 5-15 years ahead. That is the universe where I am most comfortable. I like being that scout, who goes a few miles or kilometers ahead and comes back to the pack saying 'Watch out, there is beauty or danger...
Is it time for a TILT date? Where do you stand against your 2020 goals at this moment? If you, like many of us, are looking at dramatically different progress reports then it is time for a Tilt date. Pick a day and revisit those goals. Choose to throw out the goals that...