The Spovangelist

Spend five minutes chewing the fat with Dr. Kevin Danaher and it’s anyone’s guess where the conversation will lead you. I just returned from breaking bread with the Executive Director of Global Exchange and the keynote speaker for tomorrow’s Sustainable September Kick-off Luncheon at the Masonic Temple. If tonight was the appetizer, I can’t wait for [...]

By The Apostate On a night like tonight is it easy to be concerned about air quality in Spokane. Yet irritants and toxins are often lurking in other unsuspecting parts of nature, such as our soil and water, as a direct result of human activity. With all of this valid concern about dangerous chemicals in the environment, it [...]

While it has yet to reach the same level of mass hysteria wrought by “Hey Google, Pick Spokane”, another nationwide competition has taken hold in our town. This time the aim is to win $25,000 to support Unity in the Community, an annual celebration of diverse cultures and people in Spokane. For those of you [...]

There are things people need, and then there are things people need on multiple levels. A garden is one of those things that will enrich the bodies, minds and spirits of generations to come. But before there was a plan to build a garden at the Salvation Army campus on Indiana, there was a motley [...]

Over the last year I’ve gotten all fired up over rooftop gardens as a means of growing nutritious food without the use of chemicals or genetically modified organisms. Rooftop farms improve food security, benefit city residents, the natural environment and the local economy in a variety of interesting and unexpected ways. Outstanding examples of rooftop [...]

Now is the balmy time of year when volley ball teams and church youth groups start to get their car wash on. But what about a bike wash? After a rainy winter and spring my bike looks like a work horse that has been ridden hard and put away wet. My spokes are covered in [...]

Last Friday, I took part in East Central Neighborhood’s Spring clean-up. We were headquartered right behind One World Spokane, which I’m sure you know about as a Spokanite worth your salt. The neighborhood clean-up inspired me. I’d eaten at One World before, but had never stepped out into their garden, a source for many of their [...]

In an era of iffy employment, Spokane has fared relatively well compared to other regional hubs. Some people like to say we never had as far to fall in the first place, others point out our well-rounded economic base. Regardless of the cause, or what your job-seeking friends might tell you, Spokane’s unemployment has consistently [...]

Some people on the sidelines may wonder, is  Earth Day still necessary? Sometimes I have mixed emotions about a day that purists think doesn’t do enough to get the message across about what individuals can and should be doing to conserve resources. Perhaps what founder Gaylord Nelson started as a groundswell of sit ins, be [...]

Education has always been a hot topic in state politics, but now the issue is starting to blow up locally as people become aware of an alarming fact: One in three high school students dropout in Spokane. The percentage of local students who graduate from high school in four years is only 60 percent, as [...]