On The Rise Events
Community Procession
You are invited! Participate in a community procession through Ganges to help express the urgency of our global and local situation. The village is predicted to be overtaken by the rising tideline by the year 2100. Can we change this outcome? What does this mean for our community and its inhabitants? What does it mean…
CANCELLED- Grief Circle 2 with Elisa Lee
Unfortunately, our facilitator for this grief circle, Elisa Lee, is not feeling well and so we have to cancel this event. Grief Circle with Elisa Lee 7-9:30pm Let us gather as a community to witness, share and move through our grief for the Earth. There is currently much heaviness connected to our beautiful home; the effects…
Grief Circle with Maggie Ziegler
We don’t grieve what we don’t love. This gathering is an opportunity to come together in a safe group setting to express the pain and grief we carry in this time of climate emergency, as well as a space to bring forth the joy and gratitude we have for our beautiful planet. Speaking from our…
Dance Your Climate Grief
A facilitated free-form movement practice to embody, move through, and release the grief that we and the earth hold around the current state of the climate. Emotions live stored in the body and it is by movement that we can access altered states in order to give voice to all that lives within us…
Art Making Workshop #1 for Community Procession
Come and create some ocean creatures and become part of the Sept 24th Community Procession performance by attending both workshops with local renowned performer, clown, and facilitator Nayana Filkow. #1- Sept 10 10am-3pm We will be creating pieces of moving artwork and several ocean creatures to come along with our procession. #2- Sept 17 10am-3pm…
Greta and the Giants Storywalk
Greta and the Giants, a story by Zoe Tucker A StoryWalk is a self-guided activity that allows children and adults to enjoy reading and outdoor activity at the same time. Laminated pages from a children’s book are attached to signs. These signs start at the Salt Spring Public Library, then wind through Moaut Park toward…
A Planet in Crisis
An exciting show by a variety of local island textile artists featuring textile art that all have different stories to tell about the crisis of climate change. Open Monday-Friday.
Ultimatum of the Scattered World – Amy Ebrahimian
Ultimatum of the Scattered World is a riveting yet tender art installation which aims to orient viewers towards hope and action in the current climate crisis. Through a varied and visceral body of work, Amy Ebrahimian invokes themes of biodiversity, collaboration, connection, and clarity in chaos using painted mediums, mirrors, and plant seeds. She hopes…
Self Guided Art Walk
Click HERE to get the map or pick it up at Mahon Hall. You are invited to grab a map and head downtown for this eclectic, self-guided tour of works created for the festival by over a dozen local artists. Art locations will be along the new king tide line for Ganges in the coming…
Call Me CC Cabaret
Come to a fun-filled Cabaret Show for some laughter and fun! “Call Me CC” is a comedy starring the decline of human civilization itself. Tickets available HERE or at the door (please bring cash) Finally, this is your chance to meet Climate Change (CC), live and in person! You might regret it. But we all have…
Ask an EV Expert about Electric Bikes!
The Transition Salt Spring – EV Group is pleased to announce that our next scheduled “Ask an Expert” ZOOM question and answer session: Thursday, March 4 at 7pm. The topic is Electric Bikes. Electric Bikes are quickly becoming some of the most owned Electric Vehicles on Salt Spring. Are you curious about adding one to your…
Islanders are invited to the Salt Spring Climate Action Plan Live Zoom Public Presentation & Launch
Join Transition Salt Spring for the release of Salt Spring Island’s very own Climate Action Plan with Bryan Young, Transition Salt Spring Society (TSS) Chair, Gary Holman, CRD Director, and Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament, Saanich-Gulf Islands Tuesday, March 2, 2021 6:30 PM PST on zoom Register for the live public zoom presentation: https://tinyurl.com/CAPLiveZoom1 We all…