On the Home Front

Okanagan Life
checks out the
Green Home Challenge

In this issue we explore the pro's and con's, do's and don'ts of budget-minded green building. We also take a look (literally) at what Okanaganites find irresistible on their flea market forays. We check out one of Kelowna's hippest streets, meet a real life forensic biologist and head to the orchard for a day with the kids. This and so much more.

Colour Me Green: An (Unfinished) Journey to an Eco-Friendly Home
When you don't have and unlimited budget, creating a home with minimal impact on the environment proves to be an exercise in the art of compromise

Flea Market Redux
Are Okanaganites rediscovering the social, environmental and financial benefits of thriftiness and reuse by getting back to this simple pastime? If a picture is worth a thousand words...
(Photos taken at Rutland flea market, which runs from 8am-1pm on Sundays. Other photos were shot in Osoyoos, Penticton and Enderby.)

The Scum Also Rises
RedRoomRamble

Rare Rock Artist
Ross Bebe

OC Builds Green
New Penticton facility to showcase sustainable construction and operation

Around the Block
1300 Block Ellis Street, Kelowna

Meritage Moniker Demystified
Boggled by wine label bafflegab? Don't let the confusing name scare you away from these high quality Bordeaux-style blends

Fall Farm Tour For Fun Family Day Trip
Raising food-savvy kids who understand the importance of supporting local producers is no trick when they can learn the lessons on fun family outings at farms like Davison Orchards

Examining the Evidence
After the violence, justice often depends on evidence left at the scene of the crime. Examining, identifying and interpreting that evidence is the work of forensic biologists like Vanora Kean

Lies We Tell Ourselves
The ultimate mind game

Waterlogged Imaginations
The confusing state of Okanagan Gardening

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