Canada is getting a new food guide for the first time in most people’s life time. Now it is not just about food, but about what to do with food. That reveals a sad truth: we don’t understand food anymore.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. The Government of Nunavut has tried variations of the same way to increase Inuit teachers for about 30 years: run teacher education programs. What we need is an opportunity. A point in time where there is some kind of change that we can grab onto as a moment to change direction. Now we have it.
Most people don’t want to be That Guy: The Breaker of Other Peoples’ Toys. Climate-anxious people think you are breaking theirs.
We like to talk about our ‘footprint’. I can’t really think of anything that wants to be stepped on; we think of our footprint as all bad. I think we need a different way of thinking about our impact on the world. Let’s not get so caught up in trying to minimize our footprint that we forget to maximize it, too.
Of all the actions that have sent waves across the world and through years that followed, World War 1 has to be up there on the list. But I am starting to worry for Remembrance Day, and for remembrance. Here’s what I will do this Sunday.
There is a silent social norming that says to go stuff your inner self. Inner lives are real lives. They don’t need to be laid bare, but they do need to be acknowledged and cared for – by individuals, and as a society. We learned to brush our teeth; we can do this, too.