Chris Benjamin

The ReCover Initiative

ReImagining the Energy Efficient Building. ReBuilding a Sustainable Economy This story first appeared in The Laker News on November 19,2020. BERWICK: Lorrie Rand remembers two pivotal moments leading to the creation of the ReCover Initiative, which aims to reimagine energy-efficient buildings in Nova Scotia. The first was in 2013, at a passive-house conference in Maine, where she […]

My life behind the welfare wall

One woman’s struggle to move forward in the system that holds her back The following is an excerpt from the March 2016 Halifax Magazine feature called “My life behind the welfare wall,” by Kyla Derry as told to Chris Benjamin: Here’s something you may not know about poverty: when you get off welfare and get […]

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