For the last few weeks I’ve been working on a new project—-Vancouver I Love you. For this project I’ve helped to create new social media spaces for making Vancouver a even better place, people can post cause worthy events onto our new tumblr site, Facebook page as well as our Twitter page, and comment on [...]
Irony, Insanity, and other Functions of the I…

Hello World. What am I, some kind of programming script? Hello world somehow seems somehow inappropriate. Let’s attempt something a little less formal, shall we? Yo, dog! No, no, no. Now that’s too far in the opposite direction. There’s colloquial and then there’s… Well, this ain’t the Jersey shore. Try again? Hi…? Too tentative, too [...]
Hello Hello
I’m passionate about…beauty

Hello everyone! Today I wanted to take a little break from that whole world of hockey (slash – the world of post-hockey trauma) and talk about something that I re-realised last weekend. The reason I say re-reslised is because I know that I have known this before. But I guess I forgot. Or maybe, I [...]
Quick Introduction

Hello everyone, My name’s Angela and I’m a new UBC intern for Rain for the Planet Media! I’m a fourth year English Literature and Film Studies Major. I get to work with Rain for the Planet’s very own catalyst, writer/filmmaker Mark Leiren-Young! I’m very fortunate to get a “behind the scenes” look at all [...]
Sports: A Spiritual Experience? #canucks #believe #bringithome

Why it’s ok to be both a) spiritually minded and peace-loving and b) love sports (especially hockey) ***Well…. This will be a first for me in a while, but in going along with the new membership policies I’m also going to be posting a personal blog post twice a month about something I’m passionate about.**~Rayne [...]
Hockey Nut in Canada
Team Spirit – Some Favourite Moments #canucks #believe #bringithome

Here are some of my favourite examples of team spirit activities and fun hockey moments from the past few fun and entertaining weeks of surfing the Zeitgeist in Vancouver: MARK LEIREN-YOUNG and LOCAL ANXIETY: Our Favourite Satrical Duo have been busy this Hockey Season. Between Mark Leiren-Young’s wonderful articles for the Tyee about all [...]
June is Bike month: The bike and I
I will right wrong and triumph over evil!

Introducing, Sailor Moon! Hey everyone! I’m Paulina Slobodan, one of the new interns at Rain For the Planet from UBC this summer. I’m excited to see what I learn from the team and also discover what I can do to help this great organization grow! But first, an introduction. Who is this Paulina? That’s [...]