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Chocolate-Coconut Comfort Tea

I got my delivery of Cocos-Pure over the weekend and was feeling like a cup of something sweet and comforting. The Chocolate Mint Rooibos Tega tea is my favorite after-dinner tea, the idea of combining two of my favorite BC based beverages seemed inspired. Some of you may agree — plus it is simple.

Bring a can of Cocos-Pure coconut water to a boil. Pour over a bag of Chocolate Mint tea. Add cream if desired. Sip gently while enjoying a good sunset. Everything will feel better 🙂

Holy Creamline Baby!

Holy Creamline Baby!

Check out that amazingly fat creamline on local milk from our community dairy. With all the rain we have had this year the grass is growing fast and luscious and our cows are just lovin' it. Is this the big secret Big Dairy is working so hard to keep under wraps? Informed consumers are harder to ...

The Pharmaceutical Industry & Disease Mongering

The Pharmaceutical Industry & Disease Mongering

How The Pharmaceutical Industry Has Mastered The Art Of Creating and Naming Diseases by drleonardcoldwell.com You may think there is enough disease in the world already, and that no one would want to add to the diseases that we humans must deal with. But there is a powerful industry in our so ...

Community Money for Community Food

Community Money for Community Food

Comprehensive look at how local currency can help build a local food economy in Vancouver, BC by Jordan Bober ...

Thousands of British Columbians Say “No” to Smart Meters

Thousands of British Columbians Say “No” to Smart Meters

We just got a letter in the mail from BC Hydro today informing us that our meter is about to be replaced by a smart meter to "create the foundation for modernizing BC's electricity system. And, it will help us all enjoy safe, reliable, and more affordable power for decades to come." -Ugg. I already ...

Tar Sands Oil Extraction – The Dirty Truth

Tar Sands Oil Extraction – The Dirty Truth

Information reposted from youtube channel: Environmental devastation of the land, water, and air - the largest industrial energy project in the world is extracting crude oil from bitumen found beneath the pristine boreal forest of Alberta, Canada. Effecting a land mass equivalent in size to F ...

Unrecognized: A Chronicle of Bedouin life in the Naqab

Unrecognized: A Chronicle of Bedouin life in the Naqab

Produced and Directed by Nirah Elyza Shirazipour, the film discusses how the state of Israel is striving to sedentarize this historically nomadic indigenous population by uprooting them from their culture and community through the denial of basic resources, house demolitions, land appropriation and ...

Canadians Rally for Food Freedom

Canadians Rally for Food Freedom

Vancouver rallies for food freedom November 23rd 2011 in conjunction with all the other right to food choice rallies across the country. These food freedom rallies are in response to the irrational and heavy handed pressure on small-scale local organic food clubs and communities across North America ...

Benefit Concert with Téa Petrovic for Huggs Canada

Benefit Concert with Téa Petrovic for Huggs Canada

We've been attending the HUGGS yearly benefits since we moved to Vancouver. HUGGS CANADA sponsors young people in India who show the potential to continue their studies but whose families do not have the necessary resources. HUGGS is committed to providing the educational and support needs of our st ...

Day of Action Against Israeli Agricultural Produce Exporters

Day of Action Against Israeli Agricultural Produce Exporters

Take Apartheid off the Menu! Day of Action Against Israeli Agricultural Produce Exporters – November 26, 2011 Export of Israeli agricultural produce is at the heart of Israel’s apartheid regime over the Palestinian people. It is an integral component of the ongoing process of colonisation and ...