You know how the interior of big franchise stores are so familiar, so uniform from one to the next that, once inside, you couldn't say if...

Part of the delight of travel is picking up on the little curiosities of another culture; how they do things differently (and to stretch...

I recently heard humans described as an "overabundant, renewable resource" by author, filmmaker, and champion of localization Helena...

Here in Alberta our weather woes typically involve cursing our frozen fingers as we scrape icy windshields or groaning when May rain...

Every year when it comes time to replenish my garden soil I'm reminded of how we city folk rely on country folk to make our world go 'round

The pandemic has invited us to swap travel in search of excitement elsewhere for a renewed inhabitance of our own place in the world...

Here we are in a new season - and in some ways a new world entirely - and I'm happy to report our little food-growing addition is complete.

We've been cooking up a new little project for our urban plot at Hereabouts - a wee space for soaking up the sun and growing more food.

"We need to create a vibrant and tight knit community around our food systems in order to achieve substantive change." -Zev Friedman Part...

Summer has come and gone in Alberta and as you may have heard (or experienced yourself!) we actually endured several weeks of winter...

The tiny house faces south; the main roof overhang manages the sun that enters the clerestory windows, while the two canopies manage sun...

Year of the Rooster? Year of Trump? How about Year of the Flower? Here in southern Alberta, 2017 has seen the greatest showcase of floral...

Spring has finally arrived in Alberta and, along with birdsong and bicycles, this means a whole lot of green. Green - a favourite colour...

INDIGENOUS: "produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment" "Someone who learns to use all...