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An Edible Bounty

Thank the gorgeous weather, credit the enthusiasm of this community, but the Second Annual Bowfeast Farmer's Market was a smash success. Here are a few pics -- click on any to go to the Flickr stream where you'll find more. Side note: If you have some images of the event ...

Exclusive: Global Launch Party Details

Holy cats! ALMOST GREEN is now on sale across North America (Amazon.com sales rank as of a minute ago: #485,984,987,098). To celebrate, we're throwing a launch party Friday August 22 where the whole saga began—spectacular Bowen Island, B.C. Canada. Expect live satellite linkups to and from 34 major metropolitan markets—each ...

Bowfeast Your Heart Out

There's a lot of culinary chatter around the house these days, most of it coming from the direction of my wife, Elle -- a kind of Tasmanian-Devil whirlwind of organizational energy. Here, a few choice updates from the land of the carbon-reduced diet: Elle is in the process of turning ...

My Family’s Escape from Plastic

I said goodbye to a few old friends this morning. I dropped Sabrina and Duncan at day camp and continued on down the road to my community's recycling depot. There, I walked up to the big green "mixed plastics" bin and tossed in my FridgeSmart stackables, Ziploc Twist n' Locs and, ...

The CBC Session

On July 17, I was a guest on CBC Radio One's "Sounds Like Canada," a national program. It was a great interview; host Rick Cluff and I had lots of fun. Give it a listen. Sounds Like Canada, Streaming MP3 file, [14.7 MB, 16 minutes].

More E-Waste for WALL-E

Wow, with the brilliant and delightfully subversive WALL-E , Steve Jobs almost redeems himself for Cars, his studio's 2006 salute to stock-car racing and the planet-frying glory of internal combustion. I took Duncan, my four-year-old to see this flick this afternoon (his review: "GREAT!"). I was impressed with the film's subtle ...

Have an Eco-Shed Weekend

It's the gag kicker of the YouTube trailer, but it's also true: You really can rent The Eco-Shed, the Bowen Island, B.C. building at the center of my forthcoming book ALMOST GREEN. We're making the space available to overnight guests, and have already taken a few reservations. Below, a peek at ...

Almost Green Storms YouTube

Here's the first of what I hope will be several trailers for ALMOST GREEN. It's called "Creative Financing," and my pal Cam Hayduk produced it. Enjoy!

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Happy Canada Day. I'm celebrating more than just my nation's birthday today: The Eco-Shed is finished. There are towels on the shelves. There's a pound of fresh-ground island-roasted coffee in a jar on the counter. It's been almost two years, but my studio and guest house is pretty much ready ...

Welcome to Asphaltburque!

I'm reminded how much of a green bubble I live in here in the Vancouver area every time I spend a few days in a major city in America's middle section, like Albuquerque, New Mexico. I spent five days there last week, including a maddening afternoon trying to run a ...