Local And Just

Spring warmth. Strokes worn cheek. Leaves bud. Purple-green. People. Many. Languid on porches. Conversations murmur. Rippling. Past me.

Troy Stozek and I co-host a weekly campus radio-show and podcast. ‘Shaking the Tree’. It promotes environmental, social, and food justice. A mix of talk, walk, and rock. Lots of fun and lots (and lots) of work. Check us out. www.shakingthetreeradio.ca. (Please). This week’s show – dumpster diving. Finished the studio segment, interviewing Geoff, Danielle, [...]

In previous articles I spoke about the great divide in India between people with wealth and those without.  India, I wrote, is a country where disparities are made obvious – where the rich and poor are often situated in close proximity to each other, making the juxtaposition just that much more jarring. The Hindi caste [...]

After visiting several rural communities in India and Bangladesh, it became abundantly clear that access to land is a fundamentally important issue in addressing hunger.  In the communities that we visited people largely were employed as share croppers or agricultural day labourers, both of which were positions through which one could often not adequately support [...]

One word: Wow! What a great event. Over 300 people attended our “World Food Day” event. And 200 of us had lunch. And what an incredible lunch! Traditional bison stew and bannock from the Chocolate Shop. Sudanese Kisra bread and Sambusa from Nyam Nyam. And Anarchist vegan stew, snacks, and fair trade coffee/tea from Mondragon. All [...]