"If I can't dance I don't want to be a part of your revolution"

It's Mayday!
Dance!
Strike!
Time to get our noise on so they HEAR us!

We've said NO to oil tankers and pipelines - NO to oil slicks and blowouts. YES to wild salmon and whales! NO to a government that puts profits before people!

Join us at the BC Legislature at **2 am** Tuesday May 1 (Monday night) for a dance party!

THEN as 7 am...

Join SocialCoast in its efforts to have 50 "Community Includes Everyone" signs posted in windows around downtown Victoria.

We will meet at 1pm at the Totem Pole in Centennial Square. In groups of two, we will follow a mapped route and approach businesses and store fronts in downtown Victoria.

Please bring water and a pair of walkin' shoes. We will begin at 1 and finish at 5. Please contact us...

When a sprawling development threatened the Juan de Fuca trail last fall, the people of the Capital Region knew what they didn't want - and we made our "no" loud enough to stop the development. Now it's time to come together again and create a positive vision for the forest resource lands on our wild coast.

Tuesday, May 1, 7 pm
at Edward Milne Community School in Sooke

and

Thursday, May 3, 7 pm
at...

Sleep in on Saturday, shop at our weekly market on Wednesday!

Living, working or shopping downtown doesn’t preclude tasting regional produce, supporting small farms, and eating local!

Join us for our weekly summer farmers market, every Wednesday 12-5pm in Market Square.

Our artisan vendors offer the best produce and value added food Vancouver Island has to offer.

With seasonal, local and...

Join SocialCoast in its efforts to have 50 "Community Includes Everyone" signs posted in windows around downtown Victoria.

We will meet at 1pm at the Totem Pole in Centennial Square. In groups of two, we will follow a mapped route and approach businesses and store fronts in downtown Victoria.

Please bring water and a pair of walkin' shoes. We will begin at 1 and finish at 5. Please contact us...

Join SocialCoast in its efforts to have 50 "Community Includes Everyone" signs posted in windows around downtown Victoria.

We will meet at 1pm at the Totem Pole in Centennial Square. In groups of two, we will follow a mapped route and approach businesses and store fronts in downtown Victoria.

Please bring water and a pair of walkin' shoes. We will begin at 1 and finish at 5. Please contact us...

When a sprawling development threatened the Juan de Fuca trail last fall, the people of the Capital Region knew what they didn't want - and we made our "no" loud enough to stop the development. Now it's time to come together again and create a positive vision for the forest resource lands on our wild coast.

Tuesday, May 1, 7 pm
at Edward Milne Community School in Sooke

and

Thursday, May 3, 7 pm
at...

FENCES FOR FOOD
$15 @ the door!

Hi folks! The Mason Street City Farm is in need of a new perimeter fence. This is the first stage of development in creating a Farm School in the City! Live electronic music, Flamenco dance, super djs, and silent auction. Come on down and dance your face off in support of everybody's favourite "F" word...FARM!

www.masonstreetfarm.com

...

Join SocialCoast in its efforts to have 50 "Community Includes Everyone" signs posted in windows around downtown Victoria.

We will meet at 1pm at the Totem Pole in Centennial Square. In groups of two, we will follow a mapped route and approach businesses and store fronts in downtown Victoria.

Please bring water and a pair of walkin' shoes. We will begin at 1 and finish at 5. Please contact us...

@ Spring Ridge Commons (Gladstone and Chembers) 11am

Kendell will come with her sprayer filled with white vinegar ( 5% acetic acid concentration), a penny-wise and environmentally-safe means for killing grassy weeds especially around rock/boulders at Spring Ridge Commons. It is easy to use and will not harm the environment.... You will have a hands on experience of using some undiluted...

The following description is taken from the Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories rally for Trayvon Martin simply because it is so well articulated and because the issues facing Indigenous and racialized youth extend throughout North America:

HOODIE UP in solidarity with T...rayvon Martin and all young people who have been targeted, hurt, or lost their lives as a result of racial profiling.

...

Tue 29, Day of the Honey Bee – Proclaimed by municipalities across Canada to raise awareness about honey bees which are responsible for 70% of Canada food crop pollination.?

Tue 8, 10am Island Transformations AGM. Keynote speech by Rob Wickson, and report on the Portland LRT trip. Assembly hall, church at Blanshard and Humboldt St. 250-383-2501 islandtransformations.org

Tue 8, 3-5pm Smart Environmental Policy with Full-cost Pricing presented by Nancy Olewiler, PICS Program Committee member and Professor, SFU School of Public Policy. UVic Social Sciences and Mathematics A110. pics.uvic.ca.

Simple and unstructured, Green Drinks is a chance to meet monthly to chat, debate, connect, and socialize over drinks with others passionate about the environment and sustainability.

Please join us at The Office Lounge (on Yates, across from the Odeon Theatre) We'll go f...rom 5 to 7, but you're welcome to stay as long as you like.

We ask that you make a small donation to help cover our...

Got a Vancity account? Want to help stop the tar sands? Come on down as we present a demand for real ethical investing! The AGM in Vancouver will be live-streamed on a big screen for Vancity members in Victoria this Tuesday.

Please pre-register right away by phoning Deva at 1-604-877-7595 (have your Vancity account number handy.)

Sleep in on Saturday, shop at our weekly market on Wednesday!

Living, working or shopping downtown doesn’t preclude tasting regional produce, supporting small farms, and eating local!

Join us for our weekly summer farmers market, every Wednesday 12-5pm in Market Square.

Our artisan vendors offer the best produce and value added food Vancouver Island has to offer.

With seasonal, local and...

Artists for Ancient Forests - Silent Auction Fundraiser!

Come out and support the Ancient Forest Alliance at our upcoming silent auction fundraiser! View and bid on artwork donated by BC artists (see featured artists below), embark on our slideshow journey through BC’s ancient forests, and try some local drinks from BC wineries and breweries!

WHEN:  Wednesday, May 9th from 7 to 9pm
WHERE: ...

Awareness Film Night and Sooke Transition Initiative present Celebrating the Cooperative on May 9th.  The evening will feature the film "Civilizing the Economy" and a discussion on bringing sustainable inspired cooperative development to our region.  "Civilizing the Economy", directed by Vancouver Island's Tom Shandel, takes the viewer to the Emilia-Romagna area of northern Italy where 45% of the...

Selling City-Owned Land: A Public Forum

Hosted by Councillors Shellie Gudgeon & Ben Isitt

Where: Garry Oak Room, Fairfield Community Centre (1335 Thurlow Road, off Moss)

When:  Thursday, May 9th, 7-9 pm

Should public land ever be sold?

Should public land sales always be secret?

How do we determine whether land is surplus to current or future needs?

Should Victoria have a policy and...

Anarchism/Theory/History/

Fri 11, 11-12:30pm City of Victoria Edible Garden Planting Party. Join food garden enthusiasts, city councilors and parks staff to create Victoria's newly located Small Steps Edible Food Garden in Centennial Square. Bring small shovels if you've got them, edible plants you'd like to contribute. Music and lemonade provided.

GVCEC Annual Organic Plant Sale!

Where: GVCEC 1216 North Park Street 

When:  Saturday May 12th 10am-2pm   

Start your garden right this spring by filling it with locally produced organic seeds and seedlings, heirloom vegetables and rare varieties that grow beautifully in our temperate climate. This year, our Organic Plant Sale will take place Saturday May 12th from 10am-2pm at the Compost...

Sat 12, 1-3pm Growing Winter Vegetables, with Philip Young. Public Library, Emily Carr Branch, 3500 Blanshard. 250-475-6100

At this time of year, cooch grass is growing tall at Spring Ridge Commons and volunteers are needed to help control grass growing on pathways and sheet-mulching. No experience necessary; Refreshments provided. Some tools (forks, rakes, sickles, kamas) and gloves ava...ilable on-site. If you have your own tools (forks are particularly helpful) and gloves, please bring them.

Report from...

Everyone is welcome to register, pledge, donate, attend, and take part in this family friendly, free event in support of the Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre. 

Walk A Mile in Her Shoes asks people of all genders to literally walk one mile to raise funds and awareness to prevent sexualized violence. It is a family friendly, fun event that gets the community talking about issues that are not...

MAY 12, 7-9pm
First Metropolitan Church
932 Balmoral Road

A Panel Discussion on Social Profiling, Police Accountability, and Community Oversight

Speakers:
David Eby (BC Civil Liberties Association)
Hilary Marks (Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group)
Ashley Mollison (Safer for All campaign)

People living in extreme poverty face disproportionate amounts of police attention in the...

Mon 14, 7pm Building the Environmental Movement in the Year of Rio: Principles for campaigning and mass organizing on climate change and the environment, with Ken Wu of the Majority for A Sustainable Society MASS. Norway House, 1110 Hillside (by Graham). $10. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sleep in on Saturday, shop at our weekly market on Wednesday!

Living, working or shopping downtown doesn’t preclude tasting regional produce, supporting small farms, and eating local!

Join us for our weekly summer farmers market, every Wednesday 12-5pm in Market Square.

Our artisan vendors offer the best produce and value added food Vancouver Island has to offer.

With seasonal, local and...

Drop-in on April 4, 11, 18 + 25

Church of Truth, Community of Conscious Living
111 Superior Street, Victoria, BC
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Free or by Donation
Information:  http://cotvictoria.ca or Linda at (250) 380-6383

Please join us to explore how the basic tools of NVC may become your skills for life that support a healthy planet one relationship at a time.

April 4th: Relationships –...

Sun 20, 3-5pm Fairfield Transition Café at the Tin Roof Market and Deli, 101-1075 Pendergast. A new monthly drop-in to talk about ways we can transition to a future with less oil – and a great opportunity to get to know Fairfield neighbours who hold similar green values.

Sun 20, 5: 30 - 8:30  VIVA-Raw Potluck  Pioneer Room A  + B, Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St. Speaker: TBA Bring raw veganfood dish  of 6 or more servings with ingredients list, serving utensils  $5 per adult.  http://vivaraw.caorLinda:  (250) 380-6383

CHOKEPOINT 1: how to stop a goddamn oil tanker
6-8 pm Tuesday May 22

An interactive workshop with Zoe Blunt on grassroots strategies to shut down tar
sands tankers and pipelines.

Open to all who share the determination to help defend our coast.

This is a "Campaign 101" workshop. Together we will identify what
makes a movement - allies, targets, strategies, tactics, short and
long-term goals....

Sleep in on Saturday, shop at our weekly market on Wednesday!

Living, working or shopping downtown doesn’t preclude tasting regional produce, supporting small farms, and eating local!

Join us for our weekly summer farmers market, every Wednesday 12-5pm in Market Square.

Our artisan vendors offer the best produce and value added food Vancouver Island has to offer.

With seasonal, local and...

Victoria is on colonized land, so what does this mean for settler-indigenous relations, politics, and everyday life? What can theory and history teach us about colonialism and how to respond to it? This workshop will explore these questions through an article by Penelope Edmonds, entitled "Unpacking Settler Colonialism's Urban Strategies: Indigenous People's in Victoria, British Columbia...

Thursday, May 24, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the Meeting Room at the Oak Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Avenue, Victoria. 

This is the first meeting of the Victoria Chapter of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME). Everyone welcome. For more information, please contact Frances at 778-679-2943 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

CJPME-Victoria is...

2nd Annual Off the Grid Music and Art Festival
Proudly brought to you by YesBC (Youth for Environmental Stewardship)

Brief Agenda

• 9:30am to 10:00am - arrival at Royal Roads University Mews Conference Centre
• 10:00am - Conference begins
• 10:00am to 11:00am - Morning Plenary session for all student delegates with keynote address and inspirational presentations
• 11:00am to 12 Noon - Breakout...

Fri 25, 7pm EcoNews Dessert Potluck Mailout Party. Good friends and company! 395 Conway Road (off Interurban, one block north of Camosun College). Guy, 250-881-1304

Sat 26, 1–2:30pm A Historical Afternoon (18 years+). Francis/King Regional Park. Join a CRD Regional Parks’ naturalist and our guest historical researcher, Kathleen Trayner, for an introduction to researching and writing your cultural history. Whether it’s about yourself, a house or an ancestor, this program will give you tools to launch your own history project. Bring paper and pen. Free,...

Sat 26, 2-4pm. Winter Veggie Gardening. This presentation will show you how to make your garden more intensive by planning crop rotations. Cost $15 Non-Members $10 Members. Pre-register by emailing  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (250) 386-9676

Sun 27, 10:30-2:20pm am Conservation Funkat Goldstream Nature House. Share your love of nature. Local businesses, musicians, volunteers and Goldstream Park Naturalists will lead you in an educational and musical adventure, to share how we can conserve our unique ecosystems in our day to day living.  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 250-478-9414

Sun 27, 11-3pm Oak and Orca Bioregional Fair. Free community event with children's crafts and activities, free workshops and demonstrations; a silent auction; healthy lunch and bake sale; used book sale.?Oak and Orca Bioregional School children become strong, self-directed learners with an interest in sustainable communities. 2738 Higgins (Cook & Hillside) Victoria. 250-812-8782

Sun 27, 12–3pm Bee Day at Swan Lake Nature House - A honey of a program fit for the royalty of the insect world. What’s the buzz about bees – are they really good dancers? Bee songs, bee crafts and some bee spit to taste. Join us and you’ll bee amazed, bee enchanted and bee happy. Bee there or bee square. By donation. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd....

Sun 27, Noon Water Walk 2012 at Elk Lake, to raise awareness for local and global water issues, and fundraise to support and maintain health related programs established by positively AFRICA in Kenya. Join a team of up to 10 people and walk around Elk and Beaver Lakes carrying a shared 10 litre pail of water. This event is a fun way to raise funds and awareness for water-related issues....

Mon 28, Bike to Work Week starts! 224 registered teams. www.biketowork.ca/victoria

Sleep in on Saturday, shop at our weekly market on Wednesday!

Living, working or shopping downtown doesn’t preclude tasting regional produce, supporting small farms, and eating local!

Join us for our weekly summer farmers market, every Wednesday 12-5pm in Market Square.

Our artisan vendors offer the best produce and value added food Vancouver Island has to offer.

With seasonal, local and...

The Vancouver Island Branch of the Cascadia Green Building Council is excited to host the Living Building Symposium on Thursday, May 31st, 2012 at the Victoria Conference Centre. The Symposium will provide an introduction to the di...fferent elements of the Living Building Challenge – the world's most stringent building standard. Our speakers, including keynote Jason McLennan, will explore...