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I wrote an eco-tour story for the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Sierra magazine on the bald eagles of Brackendale, B.C. (Sierra, the national publication of the Sierra Club in the U.S., has more than a million readers.) Click here to read my article.
Brackendale has set the world record for the most bald eagles counted in a single day. However, in recent years, due to depleted salmon, thousands fewer bald eagles have come to the area.
DOCUMENTARY (21.5 min.) A New Way: An Organic Garden Saves Lives written, directed, and produced by Heather Conn cinematographer and editor: Ivy Miller Story summary: A farmer, miner, and First Nations CEO create an organic demonstration garden using mined land, a “secret” ingredient, and a business/education model unique in Canada. 2013 RELEASE: A New Way:…
Roberts Creek on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast is home to Canada’s first co-housing community. Based on a Danish model, this form of sustainable living offers detached homes in a wooded setting, a communal garden, kitchen/recreational space, and protected forest. Find out more in my feature, with photos: Roberts Creek: Canada’s first rural co-housing community (Western…
It was a pleasure to profile activist filmmaker Liz Marshall for the spring 2024 issue of Sunshine Coast Life magazine. As a director, she collaborated with three Indigenous multimedia creators — Kawaya7 Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka’pamux Nation (Lytton, BC), Kwamanchi Alfonso Salinas of the shíshálh Nation and Charlene SanJenko of Splatsin of the Secwépemc…
It was a delight to profile Jessica Silvey, who’s shíshálh and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) with the ancestral name Kwahama Kwatleematt, and has been weaving cedar baskets, hats, and décor for more than 30 years. I profiled her, the owner of Red Cedar Woman studio, as the cover story for the winter 2021 issue of…
In the late 1980s, I served as publicist for an eco-tour hosted by the Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment, based in Ipswich, MA. The Center retraced the steps of naturalist John James Audubon on the Quebec North Shore. I also took photographs and wrote about community-based educational projects to introduce children to Atlantic puffins….
Toxic nail polish Did you know that most nail polishes contain the same material found in dynamite? For more information, read my article “Spiked!” from Alive magazine (April 2003).