There has been a bit of a green theme to my week.

First off, I did some filming for a Norco Lifestyle video where I talked about riding my bike around town to do errends. It was pretty funny, at the grocery store parking lot, a fellow came up to me and asked about my Norco VFR bike, the typical questions like “ooh, is that an aluminum frame?”, then “how many gears does that have?” Anyway, as he was walking away, he looked back and said, “right on, I’ve gone green too”. I had a chuckle, I love this trend…Reminded me of this funny and somewhat truthful video:

Then I filmed a TV interview and segment showing me riding my bike to go teach yoga and to talk about project blue sky.

Alos, I’ve been grossing out Caryn by making green vegetable drinks, well experimenting with making them, I guess she was justified in her green gruesome feeling …I’m figuring it out though…

Then to cap it off, and this is the best part, I just watched my nephew’s school Christmas Play and it was titled “Santa Goes Green”, haaa! Awesome. Good positive ideas presented in a fun way. Children will be living with a whole new set of green standards and bringing their parents along with them.

Cheers Folks,

Ryan

A nice video about Norco’s involvement in the last VACC bike to work week.

Perhaps it is a little inspiration for that projectbluesky.ca challenge I keep talking about!

Ride ON!

Ryan

Earlier this Summer, I spent a day filming to help out with some promotion for the new Sea to Sky Trail. This multi-use trail is already open in sections and will ultimately run from Squamish to Whistler to Pemberton, and on to D’Arcy. Pretty sweet! Working with Jack Christie is always a delight, and getting to hold a boom mic for Dr. David Suzuki was an honor The team that put this promotional film together did a fantastic job. The purpose of this film is to generate interest and support for the completion of this important project; so please check it out, and picture yourself exploring by foot, bike, wheelchair, or even unicycle,  this spectacular part of the world.

Everything is amazing, nobody is happy…A hilarious perspective on our technological situation…

Just wanted to share this film with you.

I met Matt a few months ago at the Toronto Bike Show. He’s a class act both on and off bike. Blind or not, the riding is incredible and I felt the inspiration flowing during the film. Hope you and enjoy!! And many thanks to Matt and his crew for sharing this with the world!

I saw this episode of the Stuart Davis Show about a year ago because I subscribed to Integal Naked, which is now called Integral Life. It has just come up on Vimeo for free, and I think everyone should check it out because I think everyone can relate in our day and age. Love it!

Stuart Davis is a genius…

The Stuart Davis Show – Episode 12 – A Foothill in the Mouth from integral ecology on Vimeo.

Also, check out Davis’s new song Deity Freak, it’s got a great ring to it…

I’m on Vancouver Island right now staying at a friends house. I have some extra time this morning before my school presentation, so I was reading a little, and enjoying a nice cup of tea. Caryn and I just bought some new loose leaf teas, so I snagged a bag of Irish Breakfast tea (stronger than English Breakfast) to take along; however I forgot to bring a strainer for the loose leaves. Hmmm. Yesterday at the B&B I stayed at I carefully tore the top off of a red rose tea bag, emptied it, then filled it with the Irish Breakfast tea; I then scewered the opening of the bag and hung it in the boiling water off the top edge of my ‘to-go’ mug. That was a good cuppa! I repeated that process this morning. As I said, I’m a tea freak. But for good reason, they fill those red rose bags with the sweepings off the floor! Well, perhaps that’s exaggerating, but there is just no comparrison! Okay, I’m a tea freak slash tea snob. Anyway….

I’m not a vegetarian, but I have vegetarian tendencies. There are many reasons to eat a vegetarian diet, but my main reason is environmental. When I have a really busy string of demos, I tend to add a little extra meat to my diet, usually in the form of chicken or fish, not so much in the red meat department (although I did have an In&Out burger while I was in California). I have slowly been collecting stats and stories on the impact of our western cultures mass meat consumption habits; the video below is an excellent summery of some of those points.

Like most environmental videos, it is quite one sided—so take it with a grain of salt. I don’t agree with the overall scare-tactic-tone of the presentation, but the stats are pretty spot on. It’s incredible how powerful a worldcentric perspective can be for change, and it is only in todays day and age that we have access to the knowledge that is needed to create a worldcentric vision. So if some of the stats resonate with you in some deeper way, perhaps order something vegetarian next time you eat out or cook. If not, that’s all good too! 

RL

A few months ago, I went to Galiano Island, BC for a little relaxing trials riding retreat. Here is a little video summery of the trip. Alex did an awesome job editing this together!

Some comedy’ish politics (although this is no laughing matter); Canada does however have laughable leadership, terrible…

Al Gore’s plead to climate change delegates in Poznan, Poland. It’s 350 folks!!

This is such a fantastic way to spend 20 minutes. I highly recommend making the time. Annie Leonard describes our current capitalist dysfunction in such a clear and easy to understand way. I’m currently reading a book called “The Bridge at the edge of the World”, and the author, James Speth, is taking 237 pages to essentially explain the same thing.

The Story of Stuff Website

To help visually quantify the vast amount of stuff talked about in the video, browse through Chris Jordan’s photographic art collection (the first exhibit on his flash website). A picture is worth a thousand words.

Chris Jordan’s Website

All the best folks,

Ryan