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Mt. Douglas Park Invasive Species Removal
Volunteers needed, whether it's for a few hours each month or once a year. Every bit helps! Please go
to www.mountdouglaspark.ca & check "Calendar of Events" for info on dates/locations/contact information. No dogs please.
Every Mon, 10am-noon Brodick/Feltham/Bow Parks invasive species removal. Volunteers needed. Training, gloves, and tools provided. No dogs. Judy, 472-0515 or jandd_spearing@shaw.ca
Every Wed (starting Sept. 17) 7pm Oneness Wednesdays, Church of Truth, Community of Conscious Living, 111 Superior Street. Be the Change You Would Like to See in the World - We are Each a Unit of Social Change. Facilitators: Christopher and Loni Bowers. Linda, 250-380-6383 or http://cot.seedwiki.com
Every Sat, 7am VNHS Saturday morning birding. Call 592-3381 on Friday or Saturday for the meeting location. Rick Schortinghuis, 652-3326.
Every Sat, 9-12pm Beacon Hill Park Ivy Pull. Volunteers welcome. Cornelia, 920-3556
Every Sat, 1:30pm Tour of Merve Wilkinson’s Wildwood Forest near Ladysmith. Jay, 250-245-5540
Every Sun, 10-4pm O.U.R. Ecovillage weekly Sunday work parties. RSVP: 250-743-3067. www.ourecovillage.org
Every Sun, 3pm Free vegetarian food at Pandora (Harris Green) between Open Door and McDonalds.
Week One
Wed 3 - Thur 4 10am-4pm UVic Green Start Marketplace. Local businesses, non-profit organizations, and craftspeople will showcase their sustainable products, practices, and services. UVic, Petch Fountain. 250-472-4512, stcentre@uvic.ca
Wed 3 - Thur 4, 2:30-3:30pm UVic Campus Green Building Tours. Leave from Campus Planning & Sustainability Information table at Petch Fountain. 250-472-4512, stcentre@uvic.ca
Fri 5 - Mon 8 Fire in the Rain: Living SoulFully in Turbulent Times. Residential Gathering for people longing for deeper connection with themselves, each other, and the Earth. By donation. Ana Simeon: 250-361-3570, anajsimeon@yahoo.com. www.islandnet.com/~msw
Sat 6, 8am-11am CRD Parks: Morning Mist Canoe Adventure. Paddle through early morning mist searching for eagles, herons, bullfrogs and other lake life. Canoe equipment & instruction provided, no experience necessary. 5 yrs+. $15 adults, $8.50 kids. Must pre-register: 478-3344. Transit #70 or #75. www.crd.bc.ca/parks
Sat 6, 11am-7pm Guerrilla Arts Festival - music, theatre, art, guest speakers, social justice fair. By donation. Camosun (Lansdowne) outside Paul Bldg.
Sat 6, 1-5pm Last Chance U.S. Voter Registrations. All U.S. citizens are invited, so you can cast your vote in November in this historic U.S. election. Downtown Public Library boardroom. Charles Meadow: 250-382-9404
Sun 7- Fri 26 2008 Local Food Festival. 20 local groups, 3-week long program, highlighting the local farming crisis, our precarious food security, and the lost arts of food preservation and seasonal local cuisine. www.victorialocalfoodfest.ca
Sun 7, 9:30am-2:30pm Fuel Your Ride. UVic Bicycle User’s Committee 32km round-trip ride down Lochside Trail to Dan’s Country Farm and Market, Central Saanich. Sarah Webb 721-6678.
Sun 7, 10-12. Public Tour of Eco-Sense solar-cob house in the Highlands, 3295 Compton Rd.
$15 ann@eco-sense.ca 250-478-2680 www.eco-sense.ca
Sun 7, 10am-3pm CRD Parks: Metchosin Day. Travelling Nature House, pancake breakfast, live music and dancing, hay rides, crafts, a petting zoo, salmon and lamb barbeque. Metchosin Municipal Grounds. BC Transit #55. 478-3344. www.crd.bc.ca/parks
Sun 7, 1-4pm. Wark St. Commons, corner of Wark and Kings Rd. Anniversary party. Food, plant contest, tours, prizes. Come celebrate our second year and new Kiwi Arbour 361-9446
Week Two
Mon 8, 1-5pm Greening the Building Code Seminar. Technical and regulatory info for building code enforcers, architects and designers, engineers, builders and others on the new green provisions in the BC Building Code. $73.50. Jennifer: 604-270-9516, jennifer@boabc.org. www.boabc.org/EN/main/270.html#7570
Mon 8, 7pm Closing in on Sustainable Salmon Farming. Explore closed containment as a viable and sustainable option to open net pen technology. #200 - 661 E. Burnside Rd. Michelle Young: 250-753-3459, michelle@georgiastrait.org
Tue 9, 5-7pm Green Drinks Victoria. Canoe Brew Pub and Restaurant 405 Swift St. www.greendrinksvictoria.ca
Tue 9, 7:30pm VNHS Captain George Vancouver. Ed Pellizzon has some fascinating facts about the man whom our Island is named for. UVic, Fraser 159. 250-479-2054, www.vicnhs.bc.ca
Wed 10, 11:30am - 1:30pm Food and Housing in BC's Capital Region - challenges or opportunities? Moderator: Lucinda Chodan, Editor-in-Chief, Times Colonist $35. Subsidies available. Ambrosia Catering and Event Centre, 638 Fisgard St. RSVP: 250-383-6166, info@communitycouncil.ca
Fri 12, 5:30pm-9:30pm & Sat 13, 9am-5pm Compost Educator Training. A weekend of intensive hands-on training followed by a 30-hr practicum to be completed at your own pace. $100 ($85 refund upon completion). Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre, 1216 North Park St. 250-386-9676, info@compost.bc.ca
Sat 13, 8am-11am CRD Parks: Morning Mist Canoe Adventure. See Sat 6 for details.
Sat 13, 1-5pm Last Chance U.S. Voter Registrations. Be ready to cast your vote in November in this historic U.S. election. Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Charles Meadow: 250-382-9404
Sat 13, 9:30 – 3:30pm. Woman Nature/Mother Nature. Exploring the child within, the Grown Woman as Choice Maker, the Wise Woman, & the profound connections between Woman’s Nature and Mother Nature. $60. 5990 Old West Saanich Rd 250-220-4601 earthliteracies@gmail.com
Sun 14, 10am VNHS Field Trip: Big Trees and Signs of Fall, southwest corner of Elk/Beaver Lake Park. No pets. Agnes: 250-721-0634, thelynns@shaw.ca. www.vicnhs.bc.ca
Sun 14, 1pm CRD Parks: Nature’s Buffet (Witty’s Lagoon). Learn to identify, find and prepare local wild food, ethics of wild plant gathering. 9yrs+. Free. Meet at Nature Centre, parking lot off Metchosin Rd. BC Transit #54 or #55. 478-3344. www.crd.bc.ca/parks
Sun 14, 1-4pm LifeCycles, Food Roots & Share Organics Open House. Join us in celebrating our new home. Complimentary corn roast, cake, cash bar, live music. 625 Hillside Ave. info@lifecyclesproject.ca
Week Three
Mon 15, 7-9pm BCSEA Victoria Chapter Meeting. Speakers: Paula and Martin Sobie from City Harvest, converting space in Victoria residents' backyards into lush, thriving food gardens. 250-744-2720, info@bcsea.org. www.bcsea.org
Mon 15, 7pm Brian Swimme’s Earth’s Imagination video series, placing human consciousness within the fifteen billion year cosmic process. Facilitator Gertie Jocksch. $60 for 8-week series or $10 drop in. Friend’s Meeting House 1831 Fern Street. Also Wednesday evenings, Sept 17, 7pm at #205, 1301 Pandora Ave 250-220-4601 earthliteracies@gmail.com
Tue 16, 8:30-10:00 am Values-Based Business Network Sustainable Business Breakfast Meeting. An informal gathering of sustainable-business minded professionals. Heron Rocks Bistro, 435 Simcoe, James Bay. Mary Lucas: connect@vbnetwork.ca
Tues 16, 12-2pm Campus Bike Day. Bike repairs, information, draw prizes and cycling safety courses, all free. UVic Student Union Bldg.
Tues 16, 7:30pm VNHS Botany Night. In spring and summer 2008, Adolf and Oluna Ceska attended Botany B.C. on Texada Island, Botany Washington on the Olympic Peninsula, and collected fungi on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Come hear about their adventures. Free. Swan Lake Nature House. 250-479-2054, www.vicnhs.bc.ca
Tue 16, 7-9pm Introduction to Sustainable Gastronomy. Exploration of a holistic systems approach to human/food issues including economics and governance. 5 weeks. $125. 250-472-4747, register@uvcs.uvic.ca. www.continuingstudies.uvic.ca
Thur 18, 5-8pm Green Drinks, Harbour House, Salt Spring. www.i-sea.org
Thur 18, 7pm Native Plant Study Group: Burns Bog Restoration with Thomas Munson, who has completed four seasons of ecosystem vegetation monitoring at Burns Bog. $2. UVic, MacLaurin D-116. www.NPSG.ca
Fri 19, 8:30am-4:30pm Conservation Connection Forum. Network with local environmental organizations. Sessions on fundraising, the Conservation Framework, threats to Marine ecosystems, and more. $25(non-profit)/$30. Includes lunch. Burnside Gorge Community Centre. 250-995-2428, hatmail@hat.bc.ca. www.hat.bc.ca
Sat 20, 8am-4pm CRD Parks: Coast Trail Hike. Challenging seven-hour naturalist-led hike for avid hikers. Adults only. $10. Must pre-register: 478-3344. Transit #70 or #75. www.crd.bc.ca/parks
Sat 20, noon-4pm Global Village Store Turns 20. Victoria’s first Fair Trade Store is celebrating by presenting an afternoon of fair trade refreshments and entertainment in Market Square. 20% off all non-food items all weekend. Mavis, 250-385-5179 or Susan, 250-418-0631
Sat 20, noon-2pm Worldwide Equinox Drumming Circle for the Earth. Lawn of the BC legislature, traditional Songhees Territory. Marianne Samann-Wyss: 250-382-3582, msw@islandnet.com. www.islandnet.com/~msw
Sat 20 - Sun 21 VNHS: Victoria’s Monthly Butterfly Count. We are always looking for keen-eyed volunteers, so get out your field guide. James Miskelly, 250-477-0490. www.vicnhs.bc.ca
Sat 20 - Sun 21, 10-3 pm Growing Schools Volunteer Orientation. LifeCycles, 2-625 Hillside. www.lifecyclesproject.ca
Sun 21, 10am The Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition Victoria’s Secrets Tour. 20 easy km. Leaves #12 Centennial Square. 250-480-5155, gvcc@gvcc.bc.ca. www.gvcc.bc.ca
Sun 21, 5:30pm VIVA-Raw Vegan Raw Luck, Craigflower Room, Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St. Guest Speaker: Dr. Halanna Matthews, Nutritionist. $3.00 http://viva-raw.seedwiki.com or Turiya 385-4606
Week Four
Tue 23 - Sat Oct 25 Organic Gardening - Increasing Your Yield. Raise beautiful organic vegetables and fruits year round. 9 sessions, Tue 6:30-9:30pm & Sat 9:30am-12:30pm. $295. 250–370–3550, info@camosun.bc.ca. www.camosun.ca/ce/horticulture.html
Wed 24, 6:30-9:30pm Learn Thai Vegetarian Cooking. Recipes based on traditional Thai dishes with vegetarian substitutions for meat. $50. Gordon Head Middle School. Register: 250-475-7121 (Cedar Hill Rec Centre)
Wed 24, 7-8pm Collaboration and Change: The Pathway to a Living Future. Jason McLennan, author and CEO of Cascadia Region Green Building Council, explores the growing need for the green industry to make transformative progress. Camosun Lansdowne, Young 216. http://tlsjasonmclennanvictoria.eventbrite.com
Wed 24, 7pm. At Home on the Earth: the World and Work of the Women Mystics, with Mary Malone, Phd. Explores the earth-rooted prayer-life of the medieval women mystics. $40 Queenswood, 2494 Arbutus Rd. 250-220-4601 earthliteracies@gmail.com
Wed 24, 7:30pm VNHS Birders’ Night: Birds on the Move (with Bruce Whittington). UVic, Fraser 159. 250-479-2054, www.vicnhs.bc.ca
Fri 26-– Sun 28 Earthsave Canada Taste of Health, Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver. For carpooling on Sat 27th, call Linda 250-380-6383 http://tasteofhealth.earthsave.ca/
Fri 26, 1:30 pm Discussion of Jim Stark's idea for creating a democratic world government by referendum, proposed in his Rescue Plan for Planet Earth. World Federalists monthly meeting, everybody welcome. St. John's Church Lounge, Quadra & Balmoral.
Sat 27, 11am-3pm VNHS & CRD Parks: Hawk Watch at East Sooke Park. Enjoy displays and activities, look through a spotting scope and meet a live raptor. All ages. Free. Drop in at the CRD Parks tent in the Aylard Farm parking lot off Becher Bay Rd. 250-479-2054, www.vicnhs.bc.ca
Sun 28, 8:30am VNHS Field Trip: Hawk Watch at East Sooke Park. Join Dannie Carsen and Robin Robinson to see the peak of the raptor migration. Free. Meet at Helmcken Park and Ride to carpool. Dannie, 250-544-2117. www.vicnhs.bc.ca
Sun 28, 9am-5pm 10th Annual Salt Spring Island Apple Festival and Apple Luscious Organic Orchard. Celebrating Red-Fleshed Apples - The Apples of the Future. Growing over 350 varieties of apples organically. Fulford Hall plus 15 farms. www.saltspringmarket.com/apples
Week Five
Mon 29, 7:30pm VNHS Marine Night: Sharks to Cenotes - Diving the Caribbean from the Bahamas to the Yucatan Peninsula, with biologist/diver Jim Cosgrove. Free. UVic, Fraser 159. 250-479-2054, www.vicnhs.bc.ca
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reaches around 8,000 people, including every MLA in BC and every CRD municipal
politician. If you value the information it provides, will you support it with
a donation? It’s 95% funded by donations
from readers like you.
EcoNews provides this electronic version of the
newsletter without charge even though it costs around $1,100 CAN
to produce each month. Please feel free to repost.