We did come and enjoy the music, food, people and the festival this weekend. It was awesome! The music was great, food was incredible and we left with a fistful of information and a gratifying feeling about being part of something good.
Saturday, July 10
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11:00 am – Old Time Fiddle Kids – Music
Kai and Lia are Grand North American and BC Champion fiddlers.
12:00 pm – Sustainable Transportation Forum
Guy Dauncey, President BC Sustainable Energy Association
Elizabeth May, Leader – Green Party of Canada
Sue Hallatt, Senior Planner, CRD
Irwin Henderson, President IslandTransformations.org
Special Guest: Musician, Jeremy Fisher, currently touring by bike with The Malahat Revue
1:30 pm – Hannah Georgas – Music
“Canada’s Hottest Indy Act”, Exclaim Magazine
2:30 pm – Carolyn Herriot, “The Zero Mile Diet” – Keynote Presentation
BC’s Organic Gardening Guru is launching her second book. Book signing will follow presentation.
Blogger Justine Leonhardt writes about Carolyn’s Ten Golden Rules for container and ‘lasgna’ gardening: click here to read.
4:00 pm – Karly Summers – Music
16 years old with big talent. One of the Finalists for 2010 Lilith Fair.
Sunday, July 11
11:00 am – Green Homes, Building & Development Forum
Anne and Gord Baird, Eco-Sense
Doug Makaroff, Living Forest Planning Consultants
Elke Cole, Natural House Designer, Builder and Educator
J.C. Scott, eco Design Gallery
John Gower, Gower Design Group
Brandy Gallagher, O.U.R. EcoVillage
12:30 pm – T. Nile – Music
“Best New/Emerging Artist” Canadian Folk Music Awards
1:30 pm – Raw Foods Forum
Clive Langton, Raw BC
Jennifer Wear, J & J Living Raw
2:30 pm – Shane Philip – Music
“Exuberant Excellence” Monday Magazine
3:30 pm – The Sirens – Music
Caroline Tanner on Banjo, Lisa Feeney on Mandolin, and Jamie Elliott on the guitar a Victoria based bluegrass group creating beautiful harmonies on new and different instruments.
Hear from a panel of experts including Guy Dauncey, President of the BC Sustainable Energy Association, Elizabeth May, John Luton, Victoria City Councillor, Sue Hallatt, CRD Regional Planning, Irwin Henderson, President of IslandTransformations.Org Coalition, and Jeremy Fisher – a musician who promoted his first album on a North American tour by bicycle – and more! Click the link below for more details. 
Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas is the new love of your life – and she won’t break your heart…Click the link for more information.
Karly recently was one of the finalists for Lilith Fair. Quite an accomplishment for someone of 16 years of age. From playing in front of her school for the first time, to playing in front of thousands just two and a half years later…Click link below for full details.
The Green Homes and Building Forum features Elke Cole, one of the original supporters of Green Architecture on the West Coast, along with other experts in the field. Click the link for more details.
From her humble beginnings in a tiny cabin on Galiano Island, Tamara was groomed for a musical life; She started out accompanying her father, a multi-instrumentalist sidewalk entertainer, through North America and Australia at the age of 6…For more information, follow the link.
From early childhood moments of drumming kitchen tables and car dashboards, to January 2008’s release of his latest album In The Moment Shane’s musical stylings have been self-taught and self-motivated every step of the way…Click on the link to find out more about Shane.