The saga of the Dirty Dirt Farm Co-op
Out of all the Shuswap intensive community experiments in the 1970s, the Dirty Dirt Farm Co-op was likely one of the briefest. It began when …
Kingfisher intentional communities in the 1970s
Located twenty-five kilometres east of Enderby along the Shuswap River is Kingfisher, home to one of the most spirited communities in our region. On the …
Hidden Shuswap valley was home to a European intentional community in the 1980s
In the early 1970s, Norbert Maertens, a computer engineer from Belgium, travelled the world for business and developed an interest in intentional, ecologically based communities. …
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Shuswap intentional communities in the 1970s
Thousands of young people in North America moved to the country in the late 1960s and the 1970s, with some setting up intentional, cooperative communities, …
The many potential benefits of the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail
The Shuswap is poised to reap substantial benefits from the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail once it is completed. The 50-kilometre-long, 3 to 4.6-metre-wide non-motorized …
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