Explore Collective Magazine Articles By Topic
Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the Comox Valley Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by topic.
![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: JULIE SABEY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol33_21-FeaturedArtist-400x284.jpg)
Julie Sabey's creative work has, until recently, only been viewed on screens. Her writing and directing career has ...
![Explore by Topic RAINWATER HARVESTING 101](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol10_22-Rainwater-400x284.jpg)
The principals of rainwater harvesting have remained the same for centuries: collect and contain clean ...
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![Explore by Topic ELDER VALLEY: AGING GRACEFULLY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol33_20-ElderValley-400x284.jpg)
Keep a childlike curiosity in search of life’s miraculous delight.
I celebrated my 85th ...
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![Explore by Topic IF I HAD A HAMMER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol10_21-Tools-400x284.jpg)
In the 1980s, I was living in a subdivision in the suburbs just north of Toronto. On any given Saturday afternoon ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ROOT OF INDOCHINA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol10_20-Indo-400x284.jpg)
Tucked away in the northwest corner of Vietnam, with China to the north and Laos to the west, is the frontier town ...
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![Explore by Topic LOSS OF THE COMMONS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CVC_Vol10_19-Commons-400x284.jpg)
You know the expression, "Never trust a man with a moustache?" Well the same goes for a wealthy man in a top hat. ...
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![Explore by Topic THESE LEGENDARY WALLS. THESE STORIED WATERS.](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol33_22-Pubs-400x284.jpg)
When I was a Merville-raised teenager turning 19, my father wanted to take me for a beer on my birthday. Becoming ...
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![Explore by Topic LIVING LANDSCAPES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CVC_Vol10_18-Landscape-400x284.jpg)
Daffodils, snowdrops, pussy willows, and crocuses are popping up madly, desperate to attract the attention of some ...
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![Explore by Topic CAMPBELL RIVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol10_17-CR-400x284.jpg)
Do you love walking along the ocean while the tide ebbs and flows? Are you a fan of sunsets pouring spectacular ...
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![Explore by Topic FIELD NOTES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CVC_Vol10_16-Farming-1-400x284.jpg)
The idea of market farming became a possibility for us after visiting the Comox Valley and falling in love with ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: JULIE SABEY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol33_21-FeaturedArtist-400x284.jpg)
Julie Sabey's creative work has, until recently, only been viewed on screens. Her writing and ...
![Explore by Topic RAINWATER HARVESTING 101](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol10_22-Rainwater-400x284.jpg)
The principals of rainwater harvesting have remained the same for centuries: collect and ...
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![Explore by Topic ELDER VALLEY: AGING GRACEFULLY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol33_20-ElderValley-400x284.jpg)
Keep a childlike curiosity in search of life’s miraculous delight.
I ...
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![Explore by Topic IF I HAD A HAMMER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol10_21-Tools-400x284.jpg)
In the 1980s, I was living in a subdivision in the suburbs just north of Toronto. On any given ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ROOT OF INDOCHINA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol10_20-Indo-400x284.jpg)
Tucked away in the northwest corner of Vietnam, with China to the north and Laos to the west, ...
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![Explore by Topic LOSS OF THE COMMONS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CVC_Vol10_19-Commons-400x284.jpg)
You know the expression, "Never trust a man with a moustache?" Well the same goes for a ...
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![Explore by Topic THESE LEGENDARY WALLS. THESE STORIED WATERS.](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol33_22-Pubs-400x284.jpg)
When I was a Merville-raised teenager turning 19, my father wanted to take me for a beer on my ...
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![Explore by Topic LIVING LANDSCAPES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CVC_Vol10_18-Landscape-400x284.jpg)
Daffodils, snowdrops, pussy willows, and crocuses are popping up madly, desperate to attract ...
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![Explore by Topic CAMPBELL RIVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CVC_Vol10_17-CR-400x284.jpg)
Do you love walking along the ocean while the tide ebbs and flows? Are you a fan of sunsets ...
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![Explore by Topic FIELD NOTES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CVC_Vol10_16-Farming-1-400x284.jpg)
The idea of market farming became a possibility for us after visiting the Comox Valley and ...
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