Comments on: “IMAGINE Transition” Contest and Festival http://www.transitionnelson.org/whats-happening/upcoming-events/imagine/ Engaging Community Resilience Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:03:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Naomi Piel http://www.transitionnelson.org/whats-happening/upcoming-events/imagine/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Naomi Piel Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:53:11 +0000 http://www.transitionnelson.org/?p=549#comment-471 Hello, my name is Naomi, me and my parents were wondering if you have any where to hang some csilcs do aerial dance and my parents play music and we would really like to participate, so if you have any where to hang some very long ribons please tell us. Thank you Naomi Hello,
my name is Naomi, me and my parents were wondering if you have any where to hang some csilcs do aerial dance and my parents play music and we would really like to participate, so if you have any where to hang some very long ribons please tell us.
Thank you

Naomi

]]> By: Diana van Eyk http://www.transitionnelson.org/whats-happening/upcoming-events/imagine/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Diana van Eyk Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:14:48 +0000 http://www.transitionnelson.org/?p=549#comment-295 I've been thinking about housing density issues, and how many big, old houses there are in Nelson with only a few people living in them. Sometimes it's people whose children are grown, who don't want to give up their family home. What about exchanging needed skills for live-in housing, for example cooking or gardening? This could save everyone money, and be a better use of space. This could be ideal for owners of larger homes who have extremely demanding work and don't have time for these tasks, or someone who travels a lot and wants a presence in their home while they're away, or for someone who's writing a book. In the case of cooking, it could also be perfect for someone who needs to change their diet but doesn't know where to begin if they were to have a vegan cook move in with them. Each arrangement would need to be made very carefully, based on lifestyle preferences (both parties would need to have similar tolerances for levels of noisiness, tidiness and cleanliness, and pets could be an issue), but could be mutually beneficial. Thanks for the opportunity to share this idea. I’ve been thinking about housing density issues, and how many big, old houses there are in Nelson with only a few people living in them. Sometimes it’s people whose children are grown, who don’t want to give up their family home.

What about exchanging needed skills for live-in housing, for example cooking or gardening? This could save everyone money, and be a better use of space.

This could be ideal for owners of larger homes who have extremely demanding work and don’t have time for these tasks, or someone who travels a lot and wants a presence in their home while they’re away, or for someone who’s writing a book. In the case of cooking, it could also be perfect for someone who needs to change their diet but doesn’t know where to begin if they were to have a vegan cook move in with them.

Each arrangement would need to be made very carefully, based on lifestyle preferences (both parties would need to have similar tolerances for levels of noisiness, tidiness and cleanliness, and pets could be an issue), but could be mutually beneficial.

Thanks for the opportunity to share this idea.

]]> By: Jana Harmon http://www.transitionnelson.org/whats-happening/upcoming-events/imagine/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Jana Harmon Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:22:49 +0000 http://www.transitionnelson.org/?p=549#comment-73 I was born and raised in Nelson in a neighborhood oasis, Cotton Wood Creek/Falls Kootenay and Observatory Street. A neighborhood of extended families that built a foundation of relationships. In 1974 the neighborhood was destroyed ripping up the foundation of lives to put in a highway direct route into Nelson. It was a horrible time when families had to give up their homes to the Department of Highways. I use to ride my horse from Mountain Station to the Beach via the Falls/Gully pathway. It was quiet and prestine. Not anymore. I'm concerned about the quality of life with so many people wanting to live in Nelson. The peaceful quiet enjoyable living changes to chaos. Not so many people use the transit system, congestion and horrid air quality. The fresh water and so many people in the wilderness areas, pollution due to the conscious approach that the earth is like living in an apartment; not so permanent and such wasteful attitudes. The issue of cellular phones and the tower only 4 kilometers away...I'm not so sure this is good and question the governments acceptable scale of radio waves. I would like to see Nelson return to a nature lovers' paradise where no one wears a watch and goes slow to the tune of a smooth ride. Can the pendulum tick instead of swinging so radically to extremes. Jana Harmon I'm the author of "Taking the Kootenay Tour Going for a Loop". A historical adventure I will enter come this spring when it is released to the public. I was born and raised in Nelson in a neighborhood oasis, Cotton Wood Creek/Falls Kootenay and Observatory Street. A neighborhood of extended families that built a foundation of relationships. In 1974 the neighborhood was destroyed ripping up the foundation of lives to put in a highway direct route into Nelson. It was a horrible time when families had to give up their homes to the Department of Highways. I use to ride my horse from Mountain Station to the Beach via the Falls/Gully pathway. It was quiet and prestine. Not anymore.

I’m concerned about the quality of life with so many people wanting to live in Nelson. The peaceful quiet enjoyable living changes to chaos. Not so many people use the transit system, congestion and horrid air quality. The fresh water and so many people in the wilderness areas, pollution due to the conscious approach that the earth is like living in an apartment; not so permanent and such wasteful attitudes. The issue of cellular phones and the tower only 4 kilometers away…I’m not so sure this is good and question the governments acceptable scale of radio waves.

I would like to see Nelson return to a nature lovers’ paradise where no one wears a watch and goes slow to the tune of a smooth ride. Can the pendulum tick instead of swinging so radically to extremes.

Jana Harmon

I’m the author of “Taking the Kootenay Tour Going for a Loop”. A historical adventure I will enter come this spring when it is released to the public.

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