picture books

Grandma’s Happy Chocolate Cake

Every child loves chocolate! They eat it or drink it almost daily. How often though do they think about where chocolate comes from or how it is made?

Fair Trade is a growing issue in society and fair trade products are more readily available in our market place. Awareness campaigns tend to be targeted towards adults and so we asked ourselves, who is explaining these realities to children – the next generation of adults?

This project is a children’s book for 5-8 year olds, in which young Casey learns about fair trade chocolate - or “happy chocolate” as her grandmother calls it.

Project objectives:
1.Write a good story that will inspire children and their parents to think about fair trade chocolate
2.Help grow the fair trade chocolate movement!

Project passions:
Get children thinking of the world as interconnected and inspire them to see their place in it, as conscious actors and not passive observers.

Where did the idea come from?
We can’t remember, but we are sure we were eating chocolate at the time :o)

Timeline
Crafting the story 2007-09
Illustration 2009
Publication 2010

travel narrative

Italy on $1.37 - travel journal to Little Italy and Jean Talon Market in Montreal.

Fair is Fare - a remarkable coffee shop with a social mission in Le Plateau Montreal.

Seeing the Earth From Above in Montreal - interview with artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand and account of the thought provoking photo exhibit with a strong environmental message.

Working on the Summit of Mont Royal - a new way of appreciating old places in Montreal.

Skating in Old Montreal - appreciating the beauty of the city in the evening at -20C.

Flush Deck Gourmet - (Pacific Yachting January 1997) - a photo travel log of beautiful Desolation Sound in BC, with accompanying mouth watering recipes fit for a compact J24.

education-related

Aarup, K. and C. Courtin "Water 101 - Back to the Basics." Corporate Knights Fall 2004.

Aarup, K. "Mainstreaming sustainability issues in core undergraduate management education: the 'Social Context of Business' course at McGill University." Galea, C. Ed. Teaching Business Sustainability. Volume 1: From Theory to Practice. Greenleaf Publishing, 2004; pp.166-177.

Aarup, K. "The 2003 Knight School Survey." Corporate Knights Summer 2003.

Aarup, K. "A Business Degree Doesn't Mean You Have to Stop Caring: Canadian management students pursue careers that fit their social, environmental and community concerns." Career Options in Business, Arts and Science,Summer 2002.