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The hidden cost of avocados

June 16, 2018June 15, 2018
Anabelle Budd
Green gold bleeds red Avocado (aguacate) is increasingly referred to as oro verde — “green gold.” When I left Mexico City in 2011, you could buy a kilo of the allihgator pear at a...

Victoria stands in solidarity with its neighbours at March for Our Lives

March 25, 2018April 2, 2018
Anabelle Budd
On March 24, high school students in the United States led hundreds of thousands of people across the country in marches and rallies to protest gun violence following the deadly...

A Conversation with A Tribe Called Red at VIPIRG conference

March 25, 2018April 2, 2018
Anabelle Budd
VIPIRG’s 3rd annual conference "Cracks in the Concrete" sells out The Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG) hosted their third annual conference on March 16–18. Titled New Reflections, Ongoing Conversations,...

Why Victoria marches

March 12, 2018March 7, 2018
Anabelle Budd
Violence towards Indigenous people in Canada is not only historical On Feb. 17, I participated in Victoria’s Stolen Sisters Memorial March, standing behind the Indigenous women, girls, and 2spirit drummers and...

Finding joy through breath at the Victoria Yoga Conference

February 25, 2018February 25, 2018
Anabelle Budd
It would have required considerable effort for me to be crabby last Saturday and Sunday morning, despite the early rise and lack of caffeine. And if you, like me, were...

The predictable backlash to #MeToo

February 18, 2018February 7, 2018
Anabelle Budd
The #MeToo movement is making strides at upping the ante on a societal level when it comes to taking cases of sexual assault more seriously. The process and sentencing of...

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