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Welcome to the Live More Lightly Project Thank you for visiting my site. My name is Victoria Gibson and I am deeply concerned about the future of our environment. The majority of people in the Western world now realize there is a problem — but few feel empowered to take action.I believe that there are many small, [...]
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Live More Lightly_Green 365@VCC

I had so much fun doing the Live More Lightly Workshop at Vancouver Community College! Many thanks to staff and student assistants who were very supportive. I was able to give away a handout of an excerpt from my upcoming book, the “Live More Lightly Songbook and Workshop Guide”. The book contains a chapter giving [...]
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Live More Lightly at Vancouver Community College

Vancouver Community College is having a celebration and I have been invited to present my workshop as part of the activities for students. The theme of the Sustainability Fair, “Green 365 @VCC” fits in perfectly with the idea that we can live more lightly. I will be handing out my sheets with 50 things that “we [...]
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Motivation and Project Management

In the depths of an snow fall that is very unusual for Vancouver, I am continuing to work on the Live More Lightly Project. The blog is more than a year old now and significant progress has been made on developing the project. This posting is a status update.
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Blu-ray Camcorder Purchased

After all of my painstaking research I went and bought the new kid on the block, the new Hitachi Blu-ray DZ-BD7H high definition video camera.
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Knight News Challenge 2008

It is time again for the Knight News Challenge, a contest that funds ideas for using open source internet tools. Funded by the Knight Foundation, the contest seeks to assist the development of internet news that serves a constituency of readers. There are only four rules. Winning entries must: 1. Use or create digital, open-source [...]
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Live More Lightly Workshop in Schools

Schools are back in session and I am now trying to coordinate presenting a “Live More Lightly Workshop” to school-age youth. The deadline for a showcase application to Artstarts in Schools is October 17th and I must have a video by then. I am still working on preparing the book, but financial considerations have limited [...]
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Wordpress Upgrade to 2.6.1

Using Fantastico in Bluehost I was able to smoothly upgrade my Wordpress install this morning. Although Wordpress urges me to upgrade to 2.6.2, Fantastico sees 2.6.1 as the latest version, so I cannot upgrade further at present. I also activated the podpress plug-in and some other multi-media tools. I look forward to exploring streaming [...]
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SLR Camera – Image Capture

Now I have had the opportunity to look through two examples of excellent camera technology, I find myself increasingly attracted to continuing the experience. The first time I held such a camera was at the Madu Sari gamelan performance, “New Javanese Shadows“when a friend of mine asked me to hold his camera. My [...]
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Where Did the Summer Go?

It’s raining in Vancouver again and I know this is a foreshadowing of the winter to come. A warning to finish up with summer affairs quickly because the remaining sunny days are shortening. There is still time for a ride during the autumn and I hope I can get my bike ready to go on [...]
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