Beginnings

When my wife and 2 year old son left Calgary 10 years ago it was in response to the events of 9/11. We knew that leaving was not going to change what happened but we felt we had to use those events do make a life change.
I had been in the film and stage business for 16 years and did not enjoy it anymore due to the ego's and constant back-stabbing that occurs in any career that has lots of money involved. The film business is worse then most, it appears.

This was the beginning of my transformation.

I had also spent most of my life with friends who worked in or were involved in the oil and gas industry and made tons of money doing that. That lifestyle, while alright for them, was not what I wanted for me.
I lived in a fast paced, oil fueled city where the prevailing attitude was quantity not quality and I wanted a life that was the other way around.
It was time to find if there was another way.

We sold our Calgary home and bought one near Edmonton where we spent 18 months before we shook our heads and decided to get out of the cold snow-filled Alberta winters. The last winter there was the clincher as it started snowing in November and was still falling come May. I couldn' t find a place to put the crap.
After we decided to leave the winter weather behind we made the move to Vancouver Island as we had spent a short time here mid 90's and knew what to expect.
The lifestyle on the island was much slower and seemed to embrace a more ecologically friendly way of doing things.
The difference between the Island and Calgary couldn't be more different. Had I finally found a place where they embrace quality of life over quantity?
It sure looked like it.
I started to notice more recycling going on and folks were talking about bio-diesel (I had no idea what that was).
I knew we were in the right place and I had much to learn.