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My guest today is Paul Fish, who has been setting up tours for and promoting the Banff Mountain Film Festival for the last 40 years. Paul has brought the films for showings at the Kiggins theater in downtown Vancouver. Paul has been involved with the Banff Mountain Film Festival for over 40 years, starting when […]

My guests today areElliot McClafferty and Kaden Waldbauer, two locally raised young men who met in high school and then sought to expand their creative horizons by funding and creating their own films. The culmination of their first major effort is their film “Of What Remains,” a film about an American bomber crew in WWII

On this episode Common Good, guest host Michael Sarno has a chance to catch up with Jill Walters.Jill is the Founder of Spark Six Collaborative, where she partners with communities and organizations to accelerate economic and workforce development across Southwest Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Among many things, we get a chance to learn about

My guests today areBrian George, the Commander of Amvets post 16, and Nick Kinler, 2ndVice Commander of Amvets Post 16, based out of Woodland, WA.Brian and Nick help ensure that military veterans in our area get the military honors, they have earned and are entitled to receive, at their funerals. AMVETS Post 16 can be

My guest today isBecky Moore, the Director of the Columbia Dance Center, a non-profit arts organization located in downtown Vancouver, Washington.Becky wanted to let us know about their upcoming Fort Vancouver inspired version of the Nutcracker. Today she came in to talk about that performance, but also what the Columbia Dance Center does on an

My guest today isStephanie VanVolkinburg, the founder andfacilitatorofStay Warm Vancouver.Stephaniesubmitted a grant proposal to the city for an outreach project that provides cold weather survival supplies and warm drinks to people sleeping outside. The grant she got can definitely help but she can’t do this all by herself. We’re going to amplify her voice in

My guest today is Maya Van Rossum, the founder and coordinator of the national Green Amendments for the Generations movement. The Green Amendments movement seeks to expand the number of states that guarantee the right to clean air, water, and a healthy environment in state constitutions. If you want more information about Green Amendments, the

My guest today is Alex Luna, the shopkeeper of Kindred Vancouver, a local store that puts sustainability and zero waste at the forefront of everything they do. They refer to themselves as a zero waste refillery. There are a lot of people who are well versed in low-waste shopping but Kindred seeks to also educate

My guest today is Hadley Phillips, the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce’s program manager for Give More 24, an event that makes charitable giving easy, increases exposure to non-profits that people may not have heard of, and ensures that the money is used locally. Give More 24 is a back after 2 year hiatus and

My guest today isElmo Shade a poet and author of The Dark Side of White Bread- Surviving Our Fathers: A Poetry Chapbook; Atmosphere Press; 2023, as well as three (3) additional poetry collections. He is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher-Professional (CMT-P) and is the founder of Poetry Street PNW (formally Camas Open Mic), in Camas, Washington.