Learning to love our carbon-holding soilEvery week, Bowen Islanders ship our green waste off-island in big trucks. Every spring we pay to haul it back in big trucks and dump it...
Get over plastic food packagingThe future of plastics is in the trash can,” predicted Lloyd Stouffer, editor of the Modern Packaging magazine, at a conference of the...
Help your garden with HugelkulturThe word seems strange (it’s pronounced Hoogull - Kulchure) but this imported food-growing method could be the salvation for Bowen Island...
Research on resources, land use and food production on Bowen IslandWe have booklets telling us how to prepare for sudden emergencies, like power outages and earthquakes, but what about a long, slow...