I Sure Wouldn't Want To Be Out There

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Well Jagrup is halfway thru his challenge. I'm very proud of his efforts. I'm not very proud of the people of BC. I haven't really seen people saying to much. I have been making an effort to try and share his experiences. But I'm WORRIED! I don't think much is going to change. I am TRYING  to stay POSITIVE!  but based on history, not much will change with out YOU!!

YOU! YES, YOU!  We have to make this government stop punishing people because they encounter hardship. It's like debtors prison. We don't actually send people to prison for being poor but we label them and demoralize them and beat them down until they can't stand on there own and then when they reach out someone kicks them.

Sorry for my rant, but it's how I feel. I am not the only one who feels this way. Anyone who has experienced the welfare system in this province will tell you it's not a nice experience.

Anyways unless people starting writing, talking and tweeting about it more, nothing will change. Please can you BE A CHANGEMAKER. Let's change the system. Let's help people stand on there feet, not kick their feet out from under them.

LET'S RAISE THE RATES!! and RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE!!

Read more about Jagrup Brar Efforts here

http://www.globaltvbc.com/surrey+mla+more+than+halfway+through+month+long+welfare+challenge/6442561044/story.html

http://www.thenownewspaper.com/news/Weary+broke+Surrey+Brar+braces+life+Vancouver+downtown+eastside/6004906/story.html

http://ccapvancouver.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/homeless-jagrup-brar-mla-on-new-years-day/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/crosscheck-how-does-bcs-welfare-rate-stack-up/article2292037/

BRRRRR! It's cold out there, it would be so awful to be homeless. Good Luck Jagrup, and Keep Safe!! I'm saying prayers for you and all the homeless and everyone who has suffered at the hands of this unjust welfare system.

The Edible Schoolyard

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Hi Everyone, Happy Monday Morning, it's a fairly nice day here in Vancouver B.C.  some blue sky with fluffy white clouds. This week is a really wonderful week, we have Good Friday, Easter and Earth Day. 

Angel came up with something last night she said we can call Friday,  "Good Earth Day"  I thought that was very Cool!

So we can Say "Happy Good Earth Day" To everyone on Friday. 

So I would like to ask you to do me a big favor and read my  post before this Change the Education System http://goo.gl/s7lnt and watch the video  "RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms"

And then read this post as well.

Please all the Canadian Parents, Grandparents, Caregivers, Guardians, Teachers and anyone involved in the Education System out there, consider carefully if the government you are about to elect would even consider implementing such important strategies. 

I truly believe "It's time". We need to tell them what we want, and get them to promise to do it.

The experts say we have all the solutions, we just need to apply them "collectively!" What's your point of view?

The Garden 

The Edible Schoolyard garden is a thriving acre of land on school grounds that serves as an interactive garden classroom for students at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California.

In the spring of 1995, an abandoned lot adjacent to the school was designated as the garden site. Landscape architects, chefs, gardeners, and teachers were invited to share their vision of a garden where students would participate in hands-on learning. 12 years later, the acre of land is lush with seasonal vegetables, herbs, vines, berries, flowers, and fruit trees.

King Middle School teachers and the garden staff work together to link garden experiences with students’ science lessons for truly integrated experiential learning.

 The garden is carefully planned to grow a wide variety of seasonal produce that favors the Bay Area climate; it shifts and changes from season to season, as we seed, grow, harvest, and rotate crops with new groups of students each year.

Students harvest and prepare produce as part of their garden and kitchen classes. However, produce grown in the garden is not used for school lunch.

Learn more about the impact of this program and its connection to school lunch reform at the Chez Panisse Foundation website.