David Tracey
David Tracey is the author of Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto, Urban Agriculture: Ideas and Designs for the New Food Revolution and the comedy novel The Miracle Tree. He holds a masters degree in Landscape Architecture from UBC, and a BA in Politics from UC Santa Cruz. Tracey is the head of ecological site design and consultation for EcoUrbanist, and is a frequent public speaker and writer on food politics, ecological design, organic gardening, community ecology, urban tree care and media awareness. His goal: to write, plant, build and inspire a better world.
Connection to B.C.: Tracey was born in Montreal. He is still being raised in a number of places, including Vancouver.
Twitter: davidtracey.ca
Stories by David Tracey
Usufruct Is Not a Dirty Word
It's the right to use the city's empty lot if you don't harm it. Fertile grounds for urban farming!
'La Traviata' Versus iPod Kid
Vancouver Opera has cool ways to get young people into Verdi's masterpiece. Even my daughter?
'La Clemenza di Tito' and the 12-Year-Old Canadian Male
If your son is like mine, pick a first opera with plenty of 'plot twists.' And 'flames.'
A Night Backstage at the Opera
What's it like behind the scenes of big production like Lucia di Lammermoor? Hairy.
A Guy's First 'Madama Butterfly': Weep or Sleep?
My guest never understood why people cried at the opera. Now he knows.
Figaro! Figaro!
Vancouver Opera is on a roll this year, even during hockey playoffs. Want to join me for 'Madama Butterfly'?
Operatic Thugs: 'Nixon in China'
Vancouver Opera's risky production pays off powerfully. Take it from a punk rocker. Second in the series "Tyee Goes to the Opera."
The Tyee Goes to the Opera
We'll be attending Vancouver Opera's 50th season, just to blow away a few stereotypes. Up first: 'Norma.'
Ten Ways to Make BC a Model for Urban Farming
And some tips to help you get growing. Last in a reader-funded series.
Small Farmers: Vital Work, Slim Wages
Changes are needed to ensure a new wave of urban farmers thrives. Fifth in a reader-funded series.
Replanting the City Farming Movement in BC
Victoria led the way in 1918. Vancouver once had 52,000 Victory Gardens. Today, the idea is sprouting fast again. Second in a reader-funded series.
Why Urban Farming Is the Future
And why it's good to get a little dirty while helping BC feed itself. First in a series.
