Past Events

Repair Cafe

Repair Cafe – February 8th, 2025

By Erinanne Harper | January 16, 2025 | Comments Off on Repair Cafe – February 8th, 2025

Do you still have broken items lying around your house that you don’t want to toss out? The Repair Cafe is a great place to meet new friends, reduce waste and save money. When: Saturday, Feb 8th, 10:30am – 1:30pm Where: Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (below the Legion) NEW: with extra textile stations, you…

Penelakut Tribe March

Help Penelakut Island Recover from a Food Emergency

By Natasha Kong | November 28, 2024 | Comments Off on Help Penelakut Island Recover from a Food Emergency

The recent “bomb cyclone” left Penelakut Island without power for days, spoiling the food 350 residents had stored for winter. Now, they face a critical food emergency. How You Can Help: Donate meat and food on Saturday, Dec. 7th, from 10 AM–3 PM in front of Thrifty’s or Country Grocer SSI on Salt Spring. Can’t…

Gardening in a Changing Climate: Adapting to droughts, heat waves, cold snaps, and other extremes

Gardening in a Changing Climate with Linda Gilkeson!

By Natasha Kong | October 31, 2024 | Comments Off on Gardening in a Changing Climate with Linda Gilkeson!

Linda, a celebrated organic gardening author and educator, will share essential tips on creating resilient food and ornamental gardens that can thrive amidst unpredictable weather patterns. Learn practical techniques to help your plants withstand severe conditions and explore the role of climate-friendly gardening practices, like carbon-capturing landscaping, in building a sustainable future. Don’t miss this…

Slowdown Salt Spring Toy Swap Dec 2024

Slow Down Salt Spring Toy Swap

By Natasha Kong | October 22, 2024 | Comments Off on Slow Down Salt Spring Toy Swap

Donate no longer needed (in giftable used condition) toys for tots, kids, and teens and come shop for FREE. Donation Intake: Thursday, Dec 5th, 3-6pm Free Shop Day: Saturday, Dec 7th, 10:30am-1:30pm Location Salt Spring Multi-Space (SIMS) – Room #2 You drop off toy donations on Thursday. We sort and curate, everyone welcome to come…

SlowDown Salt Spring Clothing Swap

Slowdown Salt Spring Clothing Swap

By Andrea Palframan | September 24, 2024 | Comments Off on Slowdown Salt Spring Clothing Swap

In 2023, we successfully held our first Slow Down Salt Spring Community Swap event. Over 900 kilos of clothing were rescued from landfills, and over 550 wonderful people came to the event.  Based on the success of the last swap, we’re doing it again this fall! Time to go through that closet! Take inventory! Tired of…

Repair Cafe Sept 21st, 2024

The Next Repair Cafe!

By Erinanne Harper | August 27, 2024 | Comments Off on The Next Repair Cafe!

Did you miss the last Repair Cafe in February? Do you still have broken items lying around your house that you don’t want to toss out? The Repair Cafe is a great place to meet new friends, reduce waste and save money. When: Saturday, Sept 21st, 10:30am – 1:30pm Where: Salt Spring Multi-Space (Old Middle…

Truth & Reconciliation Day 2023

Truth & Reconciliation Day Event

By Erinanne Harper | August 26, 2024 | Comments Off on Truth & Reconciliation Day Event

You’re invited to a special event on Reconciliation Day, Monday, September 30, 2024, from 12 pm to 3 pm at Fernwood Dock and Hen & Hound Brasserie. Come celebrate and honour the rich history of the Penelakut on Salt Spring. This gathering is both a celebration of their rich cultural traditions and also a meaningful step toward…

Climate, Culture, Land: Cultivating Community Resilience through Indigenous Approaches

Climate, Culture, Land: Cultivating Community Resilience through Indigenous Approaches

By Erinanne Harper | May 30, 2024 | Comments Off on Climate, Culture, Land: Cultivating Community Resilience through Indigenous Approaches

AN ONLINE WEBINAR TUESDAY, JULY 9TH, 7pm Save your spot! Join us for an inspiring event as the Stqeeye’ Learning Society celebrates the return of Quw’utsun family members to their home on unceded territory near Xwaaqw’um. You will have the privilege of hearing from Sulsameethl (Deb George) and her granddaughter Sulatiye’ (Maiya Modeste), who will…

Invasive Plant Drop-Off - May 25th

Invasive Plant Drop-Off Day

By Erinanne Harper | April 30, 2024 | Comments Off on Invasive Plant Drop-Off Day

Invasive Plant Drop-Off Day WHEN: SATURDAY, MAY 25TH, 10 AM – 3 PM ONLY! WHERE: COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHAPEL, 147 Vesuvius Bay Rd Did you know invasive plants can exacerbate wildfires? It’s time to tidy up your property and rid it of these plants! Bring Woody Invasives: Gorse, broom, ivy, holly, blackberry, daphneDon’t Bring: Soft tissue plants, giant hogweed,…

Biochar Burn in Clearwater, BC

Reducing Wildfire Risks & Biochar: TSS Members Travel to Clearwater, BC, to Talk About Forest Resiliency

By Erinanne Harper | April 20, 2024 | Comments Off on Reducing Wildfire Risks & Biochar: TSS Members Travel to Clearwater, BC, to Talk About Forest Resiliency

On April 5th and 6th, Grace Fields, the TSS Project Coordinator for the Climate Adaptation Research Lab (CARL), and Brian Smallshaw (Biochar Working Group Lead) travelled up to Clearwater, BC, to speak to community members on improving the resiliency of their forests to climate change and wildfire. On Friday evening, organized by Astrid Arumae of…

Repair Cafe – February 8th, 2025

January 16, 2025
Repair Cafe

Do you still have broken items lying around your house that you don’t want to toss out? The Repair Cafe is a great place to meet new friends, reduce waste and save money. When: Saturday, Feb 8th, 10:30am – 1:30pm Where: Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (below the Legion) NEW: with extra textile stations, you…

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Help Penelakut Island Recover from a Food Emergency

November 28, 2024
Penelakut Tribe March

The recent “bomb cyclone” left Penelakut Island without power for days, spoiling the food 350 residents had stored for winter. Now, they face a critical food emergency. How You Can Help: Donate meat and food on Saturday, Dec. 7th, from 10 AM–3 PM in front of Thrifty’s or Country Grocer SSI on Salt Spring. Can’t…

Read More

Gardening in a Changing Climate with Linda Gilkeson!

October 31, 2024
Gardening in a Changing Climate: Adapting to droughts, heat waves, cold snaps, and other extremes

Linda, a celebrated organic gardening author and educator, will share essential tips on creating resilient food and ornamental gardens that can thrive amidst unpredictable weather patterns. Learn practical techniques to help your plants withstand severe conditions and explore the role of climate-friendly gardening practices, like carbon-capturing landscaping, in building a sustainable future. Don’t miss this…

Read More

Slow Down Salt Spring Toy Swap

October 22, 2024
Slowdown Salt Spring Toy Swap Dec 2024

Donate no longer needed (in giftable used condition) toys for tots, kids, and teens and come shop for FREE. Donation Intake: Thursday, Dec 5th, 3-6pm Free Shop Day: Saturday, Dec 7th, 10:30am-1:30pm Location Salt Spring Multi-Space (SIMS) – Room #2 You drop off toy donations on Thursday. We sort and curate, everyone welcome to come…

Read More

Slowdown Salt Spring Clothing Swap

September 24, 2024
SlowDown Salt Spring Clothing Swap

In 2023, we successfully held our first Slow Down Salt Spring Community Swap event. Over 900 kilos of clothing were rescued from landfills, and over 550 wonderful people came to the event.  Based on the success of the last swap, we’re doing it again this fall! Time to go through that closet! Take inventory! Tired of…

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The Next Repair Cafe!

August 27, 2024
Repair Cafe Sept 21st, 2024

Did you miss the last Repair Cafe in February? Do you still have broken items lying around your house that you don’t want to toss out? The Repair Cafe is a great place to meet new friends, reduce waste and save money. When: Saturday, Sept 21st, 10:30am – 1:30pm Where: Salt Spring Multi-Space (Old Middle…

Read More

Truth & Reconciliation Day Event

August 26, 2024
Truth & Reconciliation Day 2023

You’re invited to a special event on Reconciliation Day, Monday, September 30, 2024, from 12 pm to 3 pm at Fernwood Dock and Hen & Hound Brasserie. Come celebrate and honour the rich history of the Penelakut on Salt Spring. This gathering is both a celebration of their rich cultural traditions and also a meaningful step toward…

Read More

Climate, Culture, Land: Cultivating Community Resilience through Indigenous Approaches

May 30, 2024
Climate, Culture, Land: Cultivating Community Resilience through Indigenous Approaches

AN ONLINE WEBINAR TUESDAY, JULY 9TH, 7pm Save your spot! Join us for an inspiring event as the Stqeeye’ Learning Society celebrates the return of Quw’utsun family members to their home on unceded territory near Xwaaqw’um. You will have the privilege of hearing from Sulsameethl (Deb George) and her granddaughter Sulatiye’ (Maiya Modeste), who will…

Read More

Invasive Plant Drop-Off Day

April 30, 2024
Invasive Plant Drop-Off - May 25th

Invasive Plant Drop-Off Day WHEN: SATURDAY, MAY 25TH, 10 AM – 3 PM ONLY! WHERE: COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHAPEL, 147 Vesuvius Bay Rd Did you know invasive plants can exacerbate wildfires? It’s time to tidy up your property and rid it of these plants! Bring Woody Invasives: Gorse, broom, ivy, holly, blackberry, daphneDon’t Bring: Soft tissue plants, giant hogweed,…

Read More

Reducing Wildfire Risks & Biochar: TSS Members Travel to Clearwater, BC, to Talk About Forest Resiliency

April 20, 2024
Biochar Burn in Clearwater, BC

On April 5th and 6th, Grace Fields, the TSS Project Coordinator for the Climate Adaptation Research Lab (CARL), and Brian Smallshaw (Biochar Working Group Lead) travelled up to Clearwater, BC, to speak to community members on improving the resiliency of their forests to climate change and wildfire. On Friday evening, organized by Astrid Arumae of…

Read More