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.
I was so inspired by all you festival-goers who stopped by The Change tent today. After dropping off your GREEN PASSPORTS many of you filled us in on what you are doing, or are going to do, to make a difference in your life and our city. Annalea, Brad and I are amazed by how many of you bike or walk to work, use cloth shopping bags and recycle everything you can get your hands on. Thank you to all of you who let us take your photo and share with the rest of the city what you are doing to engage the change!
Posts Tagged ‘Farming’
We Can Do It!
Newlywed WWOOFERS at Festival
Newlyweds abandon the city to work the land and explore and explore the American Landscape are making their one and only trip to Canada and will be at the Organic Islands Festival on July 10 and 11 speaking to attendees about their journey not just the geographical one that’s taken them across America but the one that’s transforming their lives as they work on organic farms.
Come on down and hear what they have to say at the festival’s DIY Open Space booth #70 in the Village. In the meantime… Click on link below to read more.
A Green Victory – Madrona Farm
If you haven’t heard yet, after a two-year campaign with nearly 3000 donors, the Land Conservancy of British Columbia has raised 1.7 million dollars to save Madrona Farm. The Farm comprises 27-acres wedged between Blenkinsop Rd. and Mount Douglas and is a paradigm for sustainable agriculture. The farm was threatened when the owners decided to sell the property, leaving the farmers, David and Nathalie, in a sort of limbo. If the new owners didn’t want to maintain the property as an organic fruits and vegetable farm, then there would have been little holding them back. As of May 14, the area exists in a land trust that will preserve the ecological and agricultural value of the area indefinitely.
After doing a bit of reading, I realized that I was alarmingly ignorant of just how much was at stake. Not only…
