Category Archives: Music and Workshop Book Development

Live More Lightly_Green 365@VCC

By victoria | Published: April 30, 2009
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

By victoria | Published: April 24, 2009
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

By victoria | Published: December 21, 2008
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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Live More Lightly Workshop in Schools

By victoria | Published: October 6, 2008
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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SLR Camera – Image Capture

By victoria | Published: September 14, 2008
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?

By victoria | Published: August 27, 2008
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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Forest Stewardship Council Certification

By victoria | Published: June 11, 2008
In my quest to produce the most environmentally friendly book possible, I am investigating printers that are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council of Canada. Their site has links to all of the FSC certified printers in the country. Although it would be a lot less expensive to produce my book in Asia, I am willing [...]
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Working on the Cover

By victoria | Published: June 2, 2008
Today I worked on the text and the cover of the book. I tried Xara Xtreme and had a few issues, but the learning curve was acceptable and I managed to try out a few ideas. I really like the title font, but it is too light and bold seems to have no effect.     This is a [...]
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Environmentally Friendly CD?

By victoria | Published: May 28, 2008
Now I am getting closer to producing the book, I have to try to find the most environmentally friendly CD production process. All CDs and DVDs are made of virgin plastic because recycled plastic always has too much risk of impurities. Any impurity in the disk plastic will result in the laser skipping over that [...]
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Live More Lightly Creative Commons License

By victoria | Published: May 3, 2008
The Live More Lightly Songbook and Workshop Guide by Victoria Gibson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at livemorelightly.com/creative-commons-license.
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