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Michael Poole (actor)
Michael Poole may refer to: *Michael Poole (activist), Canadian intentional community founder *Michael Poole (producer), Canadian film maker and author *Michael Poole (politician) Michael Poole (born 4 October 1984) is a British, Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2013 to 2017. Poole was the first member of the Legislative Assembly to have been b ... (born 1984), Falkland Islands politician * Mike Poole (born 1986), Welsh rugby union player {{hndis, name = Poole, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Poole (activist)
Poole's Land was an eco-village and a countercultural intentional community in Tofino on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, that existed between 1988 and 2020. Operated by founder Michael Poole, the community functioned as a popular tourist destination as well as a place of low-cost residence and accommodation, particularly for seasonal workers working over the summer months. Residents were encouraged to participate in a hippie lifestyle, living in camp-like conditions with an emphasis on sustainability and a community culture that espoused empathy as a core value and that was highly tolerant of soft drug use. Poole's Land came to an end due to a combination of dissatisfaction by local authorities, the failing health of its founder, and the COVID-19 pandemic paralysing operations. History Origin Poole's Land was created October 7, 1988, by Michael Poole when he purchased an forested property in the area of Tofino, a small settlement on the west coast of Vancouver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Poole (producer)
Michael "Mike" Poole was a Canadian film maker and author. He began his career as a copy runner for the ''Vancouver Sun'' before becoming a reporter. He earned a journalism degree in the U.S. state of Virginia, started in the film business in the 1960s and went on to be a television producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for ten years. He then worked as a freelance filmmaker, spending two decades producing documentaries with the well-known Canadian environmentalist, David Suzuki. His books are ''Romancing Mary Jane: A Year in the Life of a Failed Marijuana Grower'', ''Ragged Islands: A Journey by Canoe Through the Inside Passage'' and ''Rain Before Morning'', a novel about Canadian draft dodgers during World War I. In his retirement Poole lived full-time on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada with his wife Carole and his two beloved Labradors. He won the Edna Staebler Award The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual literary award recognizi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Poole (politician)
Michael Poole (born 4 October 1984) is a British, Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2013 to 2017. Poole was the first member of the Legislative Assembly to have been born after the Falklands War. Prior to his election Poole was a Senior Economist and Statistical Analyst in the Policy Unit of the Falkland Islands Government. He had previously worked as a manager in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Stanley and was a representative of a fishing industry association. In 2012 Poole travelled with a group of young islanders to promote the Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination at a meeting of the Special Committee on Decolonization in New York City and later at the Commonwealth Youth Parliament in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |