Farms, Food, Culture & More |
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These community events can also be found on Creatively United's free Event Calendar, your source for finding a wide variety of both online and in-person events of interest to the Creatively United community. |
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Check out the North Saanich Flavour Trails Festival, August 18-20th, 2023. This much loved food festival invites the community to jump on the trail and explore North Saanich farms, makers and creators of our regional food supply. From lavender goods to award-winning cider, in season greens and Thai food tastings, Flavour Trails is a path to learning about local foods and how, as a community, we can strengthen and celebrate all our region has to offer. Learn more |
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Transformative Climate Action Program Information Session
1:30-2 pm PST, Monday August 21, Online |
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Are you looking to develop the skills and knowledge to develop, lead and support effective climate action across diverse sectors? Do you want a recognized credential that will demonstrate your ability to undertake this challenging work? Join the academic director and program coordinator for one of UVic's free 30-minute Zoom introduction sessions to the Transformative Climate Action Certificate and micro-credential options. Register for free here |
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Dance, comedy, drama, spoken word, kids programming, late-night cabarets... choose your own flavour this summer at the Victoria Fringe Festival. Featuring local, national and international artists for 11 days of live Indie theatre at 5 traditional venues and 4 unconventional venues across the city. Learn more here |
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New Earth Bandits Debut
6:30 pm to sundown, Aug. 24- Sept. 3, at the battlements of Macaulay Point Park, Esquimalt |
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5,000 years in the future, the New Earth Bandits are waiting to show you their world... Choose your own adventure in this revolutionary outdoor spectacle from the creators of sold out Fringe hits Kitt & Jane and Interstellar Elder. As you roam the tunnels, cliffs, and battlements of Macaulay Point Park, multiple different futures will play out around you. SNAFU Dance Theatre worked with a number of community groups to imagine what possible new worlds await the human race. Collaborators include teens who became adults during the pandemic, men impacted by the justice system, and professional artists of all abilities from Embrace Arts Foundation. Get tickets here |
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Humans of Fairy Creek: A Variety Show
7:30 pm, Aug 25 - Sept 2, Philippine Bayanihan Community Centre, 1709 Blanshard St. |
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A talk show, plus assorted acts/experiences. Hosted by ecofeminist artist/activist, Tasha Diamant. Featuring a handful of the thousands of people trying to stop old growth logging in BC, where the government and cops are the villains. Learn from those who were there. Get tickets here |
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The Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society will host an expanded array of events, including culture, traditional arts, local history, and Japanese delicacies, Saturday, August 26th, at the 23rd Japanese Cultural Fair inside and out at Esquimalt Gorge Park and Pavilion. The location is one of the most important for Victoria’s Japanese community. The Pavilion was recently built where the Takata family operated a garden and tea house from 1907 until the family was uprooted and sent to an internment camp during World War II. |
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This Masterclass explores the transformative power of art and how it can create change in your school, community, city, and beyond. Are you struggling to create real impact in the communities you serve? In this free 3-day virtual workshop from 4-5 pm PST, September 25-27th, Carrie will give you the tools you need to use collaborative art to ignite change in your communities! You do not need to be an artist yourself to take part. Register here |
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Biosolids are Everyone’s Issue by Jonathan O'Riordan |
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Biosolids are the dried residual of sewage sludge generated from a waste water treatment plant, such as McLoughlin Point in Esquimalt, BC. Biosolids contain toxic chemicals and micro plastics which do not break down in the environment – hence their name, ‘forever chemicals’. In the US, manufacturers of these chemicals face multi-million dollar lawsuits due to the contamination of drinking water. The province of British Columbia requires beneficial use of such biosolids which involves either land application through a special composting process or thermal destruction. In July, the CRD Board considered a motion to allow land application of biosolids across the CRD region to deal with this emergency. Because of sustained public pressure from a number of local citizen groups, the Board made a final decision to maintain the ban.
Read more here |
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Fortis Called Out for Omission of Information by Dogwood Initiative & Tom Hackney, BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA) |
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Electric heat pumps are “six to eight times more efficient than heating with gas.” This is one of dozens of sentences Fortis BC deleted from a study they commissioned about the future of natural gas in B.C. “It’s very misleading,” said one Nanaimo city councillor. “Omission of information is lying.” Fortis knows its profits are threatened if municipalities switch from gas to electricity. The privately-owned utility has plans to hook up thousands of new buildings to the fracked methane being pumped out of B.C.’s Montney Shale – Canada’s biggest carbon bomb.
Click here to learn more and submit a letter of comment |
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Improving Urbanism in a Time of Climate Change and Housing Need by City of Langford |
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Renowned city planner, Brent Toderian, recently shared this insightful presentation to Langford. He has done a lot of work internationally in both large and small communities with a focus on the climate crisis. Here is the video (start at about the 7 minute mark). |
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Landmark Climate Trial From CNN |
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The words of Margaret Mead were never more appropriate when it comes to this recent landmark climate trial that saw the work of youth pay off with a historic victory.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Read more here |
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Creatively United for the Planet is a registered non-profit society. Since 2012, we have been leading, convening and amplifying ways to share how collectively we can reduce our ecological footprint and implement long-term sustainability solutions. Our mandate is to foster conversations, connections and create collaborative opportunities that bring individuals and organizations together in support of achieving common sustainability goals and accelerating climate action. Creatively United is a member of the Westcoast Climate Action Network and works collaboratively with numerous community organizations and in partnership with the Gail O'Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund, supported by The Victoria Foundation. The Gail O'Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund is dedicated to changing human consciousness towards global environmental change by combining science with the creativity of the performing arts. |
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