About this blog

The future of the Okanagan is being shaped right now — through our personal actions, through local goverment practices and policies, and through influencing factors beyond the Valley, many of which are not within our ability to control. One need look no further than the discussions about climate change (from the water cooler to the world stage) to witness the divergent opinions, questionable scientific claims and political games employed to protect special interests, powerful institutions and whole industries.

Prognosticating about the future has always been a popular pastime of human cultures. This activity has produced a great many charlatans, false prophets, cults and faulty predictions. But there have also been numerous forecasts that have proven accurate. It’s no wonder, then, that it can be downright difficult to know what to believe. Still, it’s easy to understand why looking toward the future has such popular appeal, and importance. We all have great emotional investment in what lies ahead — it houses our hopes and dreams.

So it is with these thoughts in mind that we decided to craft a blog that eyes our future in a way that is less about preaching or informing from on high, and more about beginning a real dialogue about the issues of most relevance and impact to our shared Valley destiny. We hope the information we post on this blog will spark continuing conversation and participation from you and the rest of our Okanagan community.

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