Native Land

Native Land

This is a really cool resource to understand who’s land we are living on! Check it out: https://native-land.ca/ We have been reading quite a few native books in our book club and it’s interesting to see how complicated the whole concept of “land...
AIDDATA

AIDDATA

I recently saw an article about the amount of aid from China.  In my travels, I have seen a lot of (anecdotal) evidence that China is spending aid money all around the world. This research article shows how China is spending as much money as the USA in developing...
TVG – Winter Markets

TVG – Winter Markets

TVG Volunteers will be at the following markets! We will be selling hand lotion, lotion bars, lip balm and baskets. Eau Claire Night Market Friday November 4th 5pm to 11pm 200 Barclay Parade SW #202, Calgary, AB Bergen Farmers Market Saturday November 26th 10am to 1pm...

Nawal El Saadawi

Every so often you run into fantastic news articles (that are longer than two paragraphs) that really renew your hope for humanity! I ran into this article on The...

Documentary – Poverty Inc

This documentary was screened a couple of weeks ago. I hope it will be shown again! http://www.povertyinc.org/ It looks like a good documentary outlining how the position of power in the west enables us to profit even from...

Documentary – The Spirit Level

This should be a fantastic documentary! http://thespiritleveldocumentary.com/ They are still crowd funding to try and finish the film.  The book is very good at explaining why inequality is bad for our...