Three local non-profit groups – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, Village Vancouver and the False Creek Watershed Society received a small grant through the Greenest City Action Plan to create a series of 10 “Earth Walks”. We live in the city of Vancouver with almost a million other residents. We are blessed to be surrounded by mountains, forests, oceans and rivers. But how well do we know about nature in our own backyard? The Earth and the natural world are present everywhere – from the Lost Streams of False Creek to Wreck Beach to a discussion about the benefit of Forests, the Economics of Nature and what is happening to Fish from the Boat and the Market.
The previous 5 walks have been very successful! Please join us for this exciting series of free walks this summer and fall. The leaders are amazingly knowledgeable in their specialty – so come along to listen to their words, connect with the land and ask lots of questions!
Please register for the event(s) of your choice. http://www.falsecreekwatershed.org/events.html
1) Sept 9: “A Lost Stream Walk – Gibson Creek” with Dan Fass. A walk along an old stream bed to talk about how the city evolved and changed over time. 2:00 – 4:00
http://earthwalks6gibson.eventbrite.com/?ref=elink
2) Sept: 14: “Fish in the City – Fisherman’s wharf to Granville Island market” with Louise Towell. Fish from the sea, fish from False Creek, fish from the ocean. What is the history, where our fish come from, how they are faring in the deep ocean? And how the Stream of Dreams teaches children about fish and watersheds. 10:00 – 12:00
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3869176812?ref=elink
3) Sept 23: “How the Forest Works” with Terry Taylor. Forest ecology and how the forest does our work for us – in Pacific Spirit Park with one of Vancouver’s foremost biologists. 10:00- 12:00
http://earthwalks8forest.eventbrite.com/?ref=elink
4) Sept 29: A poetic walk through nature àmong forests and shorelines in Stanley Park – put on by 10,000 poets`10:00 – 12:30
http://earthwalks11poets.eventbrite.com/?ref=elink
5) October 7: “Economics of Place and Time” False Creek Seawall with Michael Barkuksy. A walk on the False Creek seawall to look at the history of False Creek and how the natural capital of the water and shoreline has changed over the last 150 years. 1:00 – 3:00
http://earthwalks9econ.eventbrite.com/?ref=elink
6) October 14: “Connecting with the Land” with Pamela Zevit. A walk along Wreck Beach – one of the last close-to-wild beaches in Vancouver – including discussions about how we connect to the land in our fast-paced techno-industrial urban society and meditations to help forge stronger links. 1:00 – 3:00
http://earthwalks10acadia.eventbrite.com/?ref=elink
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