4TheRcrd Mag.

Above: Jacob Amoah (7)
Asebu, Ghana
It’s 6:30 am in Asebu, a rural community in central Ghana. All of the orphans at Asebu’s Home of Hope are fetching water for their morning baths, all of them except Jacob. ‘Jo’ as he is sometimes called, is hiding in the bushes behind his home with feces running down […]

[EDITORS NOTE: this article is equal parts fact and fiction — and hereby opens up our magazine to more than simply the non-fiction writing we have been releasing since our inception.]
This article is a the collaborative effort of the editorial and the directors of what is known as darqlab media, a semi-monthly gathering of experimental […]

Til recently, this slogan was, in my mind, no more than another exploited fashion stamp seen around Vancouver, similar to the Keffiyeh. Having a mild aversion to reading newspapers and a shameful tendency to remain blissfully ignorant of the troubles of the global community, I knew only vaguely that China had seized Tibet, which had […]

Hello activist. How do you feel about cutting down some trees to print some catalogues? This Father’s Day, tell Sears that what your dad really needs isn’t ties, tools, or a new grill — it’s clean water, a safe climate, and the protection of Endangered Forests for him and his children.
Father’s Day is […]

Duncan McNicholl, a friend of 4TheRcrd’s at Engineers without Borders (EWB) is heading to Malawi in southern Africa with Engineers Without Borders working in the agriculture sector. These good people featured LUGZ COFFEE LOUNGE on their site for getting involved in importing fairly traded coffee’s into Vancouver and featuring them in our stores in […]

I’ve been out of the loop for a bit, fixing up another space and running a thousand operations around the town. But here ya have it, I’m back, and I’m starting with a few articles to keep y’all captivated. The first is a gig I’m going to resurface at also, run by a […]

A little over two years ago, ForestEthics was delighted to share one of the biggest moments in our history with the world — the announcement of the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements in British Columbia. After a decade-long struggle to save the Great Bear Rainforest, BC Premier Gordon Campbell and his government agreed to protect 5 […]

Every where you turn, there is violence. In schools, in the streets, and even at home. You cannot watch the news without hearing about the war in Iraq. It’s ridiculous, and tragic. Yet hear I am, lying comfortably on my couch with my family watching Legends of the Fall. A movie about love, history, and […]

I’ve read about an interesting Food Bank concept you may not know about. This one is headed by a local Highschool here in Vancouver.
York House School is currently involved in the Rogers Phones-for-Food High School Challenge. In this challenge, old cell phones are recycled to reduce e-waste. The money raised from recycling the cell […]

Update: I just heard on the 6pm CBC news that the 19 UBC students who were detained on Friday have now been released and are being charged with obstructing a police officer. Their court date is set for April 15. The students are calling for a public inquiry into the behaviour of the police. See […]