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TREK Christmas Tree Sale(event)(4 hours)
Family First Aid with Homeopathy(event)(23 hours)
Addressing the Vaccine Dilemma(event)(2 days)
Missing Rover: Grieving the loss of a pet during the holidays(event)(2 days)
Creating Happiness: The Science of Happiness(event)(3 days)
Exercise Strategies for the Holiday Season(event)(3 days)

SV REGULARS
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
Brains, Beauty and Bust by Rebecca Ephraim
READERS' LETTERS
EDITORS' PICKS
Raffi Renaissance, The Lost Coast, and What the Psychic Told
the Pilgrim.
OFF THE SHELF
Literary Events.
WHATCHA READIN'?
Sacred Earth Journeys’ Helen Tomei on From Light into Darkness.
ASTROVISION & MOONWATCH
by Rose Marcus

Breaking the Mould
Simple steps for a healthier home. by Julie Hardy

Readin', Recyclin', and 'Rithmetic
We ask the Frog some elementary eco-questions.

A Home in the Trees
Low impact? These cabins don't even touch the ground. by Beverly Cramp.

Finding a Green and Healthy Condo
Choose a “golden oldie” or follow the LEED. by Tim Haig

Does Public Always Beat Private?
Canada’s health system needs improvement, but it’s no Sicko.
by Alicia Priest

Body Talk
The latest findings in integrative health. by Elizabeth Barker

The WOW Factor
A new website empowers older women to take charge of their health. by Alicia Priest

Body Talk
The latest findings in integrative health. by Elizabeth Barker

Fire up the blender
by Elizabeth Barker

No Nuked Food
Removing irradiation label puts consumers at risk.
by Alicia Priest

Act Your Age
Why are we so afraid of getting old? by Alicia Priest

Chemical Overload
When your environment is your enemy. by Alicia Priest

Shopping with Your Family
Markets and U-picks make it fun—and educational, too.
by Don Genova

October Fresh Greens
Featuring C Restaurant’s anniversary menu, Anita’s Organic Grain & Flour Mill, and Rabbit River Organic Farms. by Trish Kelly

September Fresh Greens
Featuring Eat Your Greens salad dressing, Terra Nostra Chocolate, and a month of delectable events. by Trish Kelly

The Quest for Plenty
It's not a hunger problem, it's a distribution problem.
by Spring Gillard

August Fresh Greens
Featuring 700 Degrees flatbreads, Aphrodite's, and Gorilla Raw Food Cafe. by Trish Kelly

Go for the Small Fry
Keeping seafood sustainable. by Don Genova

July Fresh Greens
Featuring the Feast of Fields, Folk Festival food, and What to Eat. by Trish Kelly.

Farming on the Middle Path
For growers, going organic isn’t easy. by Spring Gillard

June Fresh Greens
Featuring Earth Water, Salmon House on the Hill’s B.C. menu, and Seedy Solstice. by Trish Kelly

What Do You Really Want?
Finding the peace inside you. by Gangaji

The Burning Man Goes Green
The sustainable Vancouver angle on Nevada’s infamous arts festival.

Vancouver Skyline and Green BBQ

Start with Petunias
Jay Walljasper, author of The Great Neighborhood Book, on making communities more liveable. by Kathy Sinclair

Never Forget How to Love
Loreena McKennitt on music, passion, and giving back.

Paul Hawken's Solution to World Pain
On our way to happy planet. by Alicia Priest

Breast Practices
There’s no answer to breast cancer, but is there an alternative to the “big squeeze”? by Stephanie MacDonald

Have Heart, Will Travel
Want to make a difference? Be a voluntourist. by Wendy Bone, Photo by Brettany Cook

Clean Living with
Gabrielle Miller
She's a vegetarian whose middle name is Sunshine. But the star of TV's Corner Gas and Robson Arms is no granola girl. by Adrian Mack

Gwyneth Loves Him?
You Must be Joshing!
21 long days on Dr. Joshi's celebrity detox. by Pamela Post

Gregor Robertson, Sustainability Superman
Do we need a former organic farmer in City Hall? by Nadine Pedersen

Sustainable City
EcoDensity is about designing better neighbourhoods. by Thomas Osdoba

Cool the Planet with
Eco-Friendly Cars
Hybrids, low-emission vehicles, diesels, and more. by Zack Spencer

October ENVision
Featuring Karma Yoga Jewellery, Ya for Kids Clothing, Elroy Organic Fashion, Aspen Clean, StopFlash for Hot Flashes, Tenfold Organic Textiles, Plant & Planet Deodorant, and Nature’s Creations Nail Polish.

September ENVision
Featuring the Now & Zen Alarm Clock, Kids’ Music from Bonkers!, DFine Yoga Stationery, JM’s Bamboo Boxers, the Cool Drive Pass, Sans Soucie Fashion, Watermatters Bottles, and Figit for Your Digits.

August ENVision
Featuring F.A.K.E. Couture, Adios bug repellent, Gifted Design baskets, Mud Girls Natural Building Collective, Hankettes organic cotton hankies, happyfrog.ca, the Bamboletta doll, and Brent Comber furniture.

October Visionaries
Featured this issue: Dr. Daniele Behn Smith, TV’s Medicine Woman; Dahlia Drive’s Wendy Van Riesen; Cora Hallsworth of Connecting Environmental Professionals / The Sheltair Group; and Jesse Dylan of The Good Life Show.
photo by: Jaime Kowal

September Visionaries
Featured this issue: Sustainability Coach Coro Strandberg; Sage Clinic’s Dr. Arjuna Veeravagu; Superintendent Ward Clapham of Positive Tickets; and Vanessa Richards of Working Arts / Public Dreams. photo by: Jaime Kowal

August Visionaries
Visible Strategies' Colin Grant; homeopath Sharon Richlark; and Ross McMillan of Industrial Artifacts. photo by: Jaime Kowal

The Burning Man Goes Green

Photos by Anne Marie Slater

Think that Burning Man is just an excuse to party? Think again—the participatory arts festival is growing up. This year’s theme was “Green Man,” and during the last week of August 48,000 artists, innovators, and others met in the Nevada desert to explore how day-to-day alternate energy approaches, from algae to solar, can effect long-term change. Info: burningman.com

	The Man goes up.
	Vancouver sculptor Bruce Voyce packs up for Burning Man with part of his solar-powered installation, Garden of Earthly Delights. Once installed, the sculpture will incorporate living plants.
	Bruce Voyce and Leanne Barden celebrated their wedding at Burning Man in a moving and playful ceremony.
	Envison Solar’s LifePort solar carport, with an electric car that plugs in to recharge, shows that the future is only steps away.

Please email comments to letters@shared-vision.com

Survey Results

Overpopulation, or Over-consumerism?
Alicia Priest’s facts in “Too Much of a Good Thing” [SVHealth, August] are seemingly correct about our richest fifth consuming 86 per cent of all goods, services, and natural resources (while the poorest fifth consume less than 2 per cent!). But she then promotes all the wrong solutions. She fervently pushes for yet another family-planning crusade as the only realistic solution.

Yet only a return to a sustainable agrarian-based culture in real harmony with God’s natural technology can possibly reverse the disastrous course we are now stuck on. So there’s actually not enough of this good thing. We need not just population reduction, but rather a drastic change in humankind’s destructive urbanization… Perhaps our children’s children will enact this sea-change towards a new beginning.
—Guy Paquette, Burnaby

You Really Love Us!
The response to our reader survey has been overwhelming. We’d like to share just a few of the comments that have come in so far.

SharedVISION’s commitment to and coverage of environmentally and ethically beneficial products, services, and events is the best of its sort in Vancouver. I appreciate the easy-to-follow layout and condensed writing—I can get the major points of each article within a short time, which is a plus since time is something I never have enough of!
—Jocelyn C., North Vancouver

I like SharedVISION’s viewpoints on life, health, and community living. The articles are very positive and inspiring and often quite funny as well. Reading this magazine makes me feel like a greener, healthier, and more connected way of living is indeed possible.
—Lucy M., White Rock

I love reading about other people or different ways we can reduce our ecological footprint. It makes you realize you are not the only one trying to make a change. It makes you feel optimistic. There are always so many amazing people/opinions published.
—Angela K., via Internet

SharedVISION is actually useful for my everyday life. It’s such an easy and fun way to stay in touch with what’s happening in the green scene. And I can always count on it for at least one new cool website or place to shop.
—Jasslynn H., Burnaby

The appeal is to both “newbies” and to knowledgeable and articulate people of the socially and environmentally conscious consumer [audience]. I’ve been reading the magazine for years and it’s still fresh and current. It keeps me striving to keep improving myself and do even more for myself, my family, the community, and the Earth.
—Kersten G., New Westminster

Keep up the excellent work!! I love this magazine, and can’t think of anything that I would change!
—Janice P., Burnaby