i publically proclaimed my vision of a carbon-neutral east vancouver tonight at the "biggest show on earth" event. at this point, i haven't much more than a handful of ideas about how we might do it. if you'd like to join my quest, i'd love to hear from you.

My next door neigbhour moved into the unit next to mine in July.  All I knew about them were that they had a daughter and a son.  The male household spent a lot of time working on his yard.

Last night, after dinner, I had a chance to see the male household pulling up dead plants and readying his garden for the fall.  I asked him how he was doing and how he liked the neighbourhood so far.  He greeted me and replied that he likes this area of the town a lot.  He continued that his family came from Montreal and had been renting in Burnaby until he found his current unit.

In my quest to get to my neighbourhood, I have begun to meet and greet my neighbours more often.  In my first day, I began to walk around my townhouse building and start conversations with a lady watering her garden.  I introduced myself to her and she was quite surprised at first.  I informed her of my townhouse unit and began to tell her that I would like to know more about my neighbourhood.