Take a Lunch to Pig

About the Book

The story needed to be told in 2007 because the desire to do something about senseless waste at a high school thirty years ago, spills over into the predicament in today’s world in which we find waste increasing in all parts of our lives. This book tells about a principal, a teacher, a mum and a sense of adventure that carried out the TAKE A LUNCH TO PIG project with the help of students. The anecdotes connected to the characters are humourous and sometimes touching. “We were mentally playing out a few scenarios – a science project, an object lesson, a total recycling project and a Greek tragedy – to make the finale the least traumatic.”

About the Author

Ann Barker was known as a mother and grandmother. But in some quarters in an earlier life she was known as “the pig lady” only because of this story which happened in sophisticated West Vancouver a couple of generations ago. The usual context of the word “pig” bothers her not at all. In fact she considers it a complement to be called this because of the good vibrations that emanated from the project about these remarkable animals.