TREES MATTER, EVENTS & MORE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE |
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CALLING ALL TREE LOVERS! If you love our urban trees the Community Trees Matter Network wants to hear from you. Formed in the summer of 2018, passionate members and allies of this community-wide group worked to help save 50 trees on Grange Road, and up to 25 in Central Park. Our members repeatedly urged the City of Victoria to dust off its 2013 Urban Forest Master Plan, and to budget for its implementation this year. We are happy to report Victoria's mayor and council have been very receptive and have tentatively allocated $1.36 million of new money to the Urban Forest. Final budget decisions will occur in late April. We are looking for people with a variety of skills who care enough to volunteer occasionally. If you are interested in trees, please take a moment to let us know with this short survey. |
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The Secrets of the Six Mountains Tuesday, March 5th, 7 pm Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan |
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A Public Assembly For Our Community Forests And Their Future, Now And Forever Come and join the conversation about the future of Mt. Tzouhalem, Mt. Prevost, Maple Mountain, Mt. Richards, Mt. Sicker and Stoney Hill Mountain. This community event, emceed by Guy Dauncey, eco-futurist and author of Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible, features presentations, special guest speakers and a film. Speakers include: forest ecologist Andy McKinnon, forest consultant Ray Travers, writer and naturalist Briony Penn, UBC professor Peter Arcese, Cowichan tribes teacher Qwiahwultuhw Robert George, Sierra Club campaigner Jens Wieting, forest advocate Icel Dobell, filmmaker and journalist Daniel Pierce, and forest ecologist Erik Pikela. |
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A Wildwood Ecoforest Fundraiser & Experience |
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Noon - 4 pm Saturday, April 6 Sunday, April 7 at the Wildwood EcoForest & Homestead near Ladysmith | | |
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Explore new ways to express yourself, recharge your soul, and ground in nature at a 77-acre private retreat. Your attendance at this day-long or weekend program will help Wildwood, a rare and unique demonstration eco-forest, raise funds to purchase an adjoining property and protect more old-growth trees. Wildwood is home to many old-growth Douglas-firs. These ancient trees stand alongside western red-cedar, bigleaf maple, flowering dogwood and arbutus. Their towering height and size fill the forest with amazing presence. You will have unhurried time to be inspired by the beauty of your surroundings. Frances Litman will lead explorations of journaling, mixed media and collage, and photography with phone or camera. Read more here. What is Wildwood? Located just north of Ladysmith, Wildwood is a diverse and fully functioning native ecosystem now rare on Vancouver Island. It is a monument to the sustainability of eco-forestry -- trees have been selectively harvested since 1945 in this working demonstration eco-forest, in a way that respects both the needs of the forest and the species that live there. Wildwood is rich in indigenous plants and wildlife, including giant anthills, eagles, osprey, pileated woodpeckers, great horned owls, and great blue herons. We warmly welcome you to join us for this beautiful, inspiring and relaxing weekend! If you can't make it, but would like to make a donation to Wildwood's property acquisition fund, please click here. Warning: Participation may cause euphoria! |
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Trees Can Do That? An Urban Forestry Approach to Better and Healthier Cities Wed. April 17, 7:15 - 9 pm Cook Street Activity Centre 380 Cook Street |
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Community Trees Matter Network presents International speaker, author, urban forest expert Cecil Konijnendijk, PhD UBC Urban Forestry professor and international urban forest governance expert, Cecil Konijnendijk, will share his passion about urban trees, urban nature and urban greening programs. An avid writer and international speaker, Cecil's research, teaching and advising have taken him across the globe, including to countries as diverse as Canada, China, Denmark, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Russia, and Sweden. Cecil is particularly interested in urban forest governance and the many relations between cities and their trees and nature. He is the author of such books as The Forest and the City: The Cultural Landscape of Urban Woodland, and edits the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening and the Future City book series. Cecil has advised cities, national governments, and international organizations such as the European Commission and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations on urban forestry and urban greening programs. Admission is on a sliding scale at the door: $10-$20 (or by donation) |
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Sooke Hills Wilderness Park Highway Proposal Update Thank you to everyone who has written letters and showed up at CRD meetings to speak against the province’s desire to see a highway pushed through our precious watershed in the Sooke Hills Wilderness Park. |
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