Water is Life Event
Please join us on Saturday May 19th at the Roundhouse Community Centre from 1:00 PM – 4:30 PMto discuss what healthy water means to us all! Everyone is welcome to this free event. Snacks / Wheelchair accessible / ASL Sign Language Interpretation
Speakers:
- Chief Bill Williams – Squamish Nation – Local Water Issues
- Celia Brauer– False Creek Watershed Society – sewers, runoff, beach health, our special events, engaging the public
- Bryn Davidson – St. George’s Creek Blueway – daylighting a city street
- Christianne Wilhelmson – Georgia Strait Alliance – sewage treatment in Vancouver
- Dr. John Richardson – Professor Forest Science UBC – The Fraser River – North Arm and Estuary health
- Ben West – Wilderness Committee – tankers in Burrard inlet
- Dr. Jonn Matsen – Squamish Streamkeepers – the return of herring to Howe Sound
- Andrea Reimer – City of Vancouver Councillor – Greenest City Initiative – Water Advisory Council discussion
There will be presentations, Q & A, breakout discussions, First Nations participation, environmental group tables etc.
The film will be “Rise of the Salmon People” by Jeremy Williams
For more information check our website: http://www.falsecreekwatershed.org or email info@falsecreekwatershed.org
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Partners: City of Vancouver Greenest City, City of Vancouver – Sewers and Water, St. George’s Blueway, Wilderness Committee, Georgia Strait Alliance, Roundhouse Community Centre, Village Vancouver, North Shore Wetland Partners, City Studio, Gibby’s Field.
Table displays by: Hastings Park, Still Moon Society (Renfrew Ravine), Camosun Bog, BC Water and Waste Association, Salmon are Sacred, White Water/ Black Gold, St. George’s Creek Blueway, Gibby’s Field, Georgia Strait Alliance, North Shore Wetland Partners/Squamish Streamkeepers, Village Vancouver, Stop the Pave/ Burns Bog, False Creek Watershed Society, FCWS Community Mapping Project, VAPOR (Jet fuel at YVR), Wilderness Committee, Stream of Dreams and more
Hope to see you there! Please forward!