What is a project or initiative that you want to move forward? Tell us briefly what it is, and what you need to further it.
Roger Colwill founded Green Drinks in 2006. His inspiration for all that he did was to generate a context for people to connect and communicate. This was based on his belief that within the story of each person are questions, and answers that will help others answer their own questions, and solve their problems
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[from Canada's Green Job Site, http://GoodWorkCanada.ca ]
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Position: Outdoor Summer Market Manager
Organization: James Bay Market Society http://www.jamesbaymarket.com
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
The James Bay Market Society is now hiring for a Manager for the 2012 Summer Market season. Our ideal candidate is someone with excellent multitasking skills, the ability to find creative solutions to unexpected challenges, and the resources and skills to attract and retain high quality vendors and service people to joining our market. The main duties involve planning the weekly layout and vendor attendance, set up and take down, collecting vendor fees, dealing with both vendor and customer issues, booking music and entertainment, ensuring VIHA regulations are followed when appropriate, supervising the society’s drink station and working it as needed, carrying out promotional activities as directed by the Board of Directors, selecting vendors who meet the vision of the market and who enhance the market with quality, local handmade products and services, all administrative tasks related to the market and its operations.
This is a contract position that pays $1200 per month for a budgeted 15-20 hours of work per week. This includes the 8-9 hours that you are required to remain on site during market day. The contract commences on March 18 2012 and will run for the duration of the market season (ends October 2012). Only candidates able to commit to a full season will be considered.
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Position: Executive Director |
Position: Designer/ Project Manager
Organization: Landeca Services Inc. http://www.landeca.ca
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
LANDECA brings together diverse skills to plan, design, build, and manage land as an agent of positive environmental change.
We are a Victoria, BC based services company delivering a unique approach to providing services to property owners and contributing to our community, while respecting our natural environment.
We are currently seeking an experienced Designer/ Project Manager to join our energetic team. There are also a number of various other exciting opportunities available.
Please visit http://www.landeca.ca to view more details about us.
All applications should be emailed to people@landeca.ca
Inquiries related to employment are always best with a cover note or letter, and a current, complete resume in word or pdf format. Landeca is an equal opportunity employer and delights in a diversified workplace.
When applying, please indicate that you saw this posting at GoodWorkCanada.ca.
Philip Be’er
Home Harvest Farms
Grow food that feels good to grow and wonderful to eat in our beautiful, terraced, stainless-steel planters.
Phone: 778.235.2990
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Businesses in the capital region – Get Paid to Save Money on Your Energy Bills
With the LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program your business can
- Receive a free energy assessment with a business energy advisor
- Learn about upgrades that improve your work environment and deliver quick payback through energy savings
- Receive utility and provincial grants for upgrading lighting, heating and cooling systems, refrigeration systems and more
If you are a business owner in the capital region, contact us today to schedule your free visit with a City Green business energy advisor.
Start Saving Today
www.westshore.bc.ca/livesmartbc/
The LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program delivery in the capital region is a partnership between the Westshore Chamber of Commerce, Capital Regional District and City Green Solutions. For more information on the program and delivery in regions outside of the capital region see: www.livesmartbc.ca/green_business
Peter Sundberg
Executive Director
City Green Solutions
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What is the Fernwood Urban Village?
The Village is a collaborative community designed to facilitate social networking, sustainability and security. Members are encouraged and entitled to participate in the social environment and the planning process. Members of the Village are active adults interested in participating in the social environment, management and decision-making of their community.
Learn more about the Fernwood Urban Village (video)
The efficient, purposeful design of the Village allows residents to build relationships and interact with a sense of community. Members legally own title to their self contained private homes and have full access to shared facilities. These facilities make social interaction easy and integral to everyday life. Homes are set in an inward facing circle around a secure and inviting pedestrian centre. These common amenities and leisure areas draw residents into shared spaces. Neighbours may build relationships naturally as they cook, do laundry or share an event ‘in community.’ House concerts, yoga classes or community celebrations may be held in the Common Hall. Our Village community plans to share meals 3-5 times per week, grow our own food and live with a lighter and lower cost foot print.
The Village is a neighbourhood of individuals sharing social and physical resources in a sustainable and ecologically responsible community setting.
Architecture and Development
Architectural designs by Portland’s Mark Lakeman and local architects show the Village situated on four large lots at the corner of North Park and Chambers Street. Village architecture will mirror the style and scale of the area. Upon completion, the Village will be a 31 unit strata title development. A number of the units will be rental and all units will be efficiently sized between 400 – 1100 sqft.
Village plans have been drawn and presented to the public in a series of public meetings. Our Development Permit Application is expected to be submitted in Summer 2011. Upon a successful public hearing before City Council and receipt of a Development Permit a construction period of eight to ten months may follow.
Local Response
The Village has garnered a lot of support from local residents, some even showing interest in becoming members! City Hall is very interested in the Village as well; they are excited to see something different. For instance, the Village plans to support alternative modes of transportation in a number of ways. Onsite parking stalls sit under a living roof and will have a smaller turning radius to accommodate efficiently sized cars only. The City would like to see detailed plans because they feel we are the forerunner of other cohousing communities to be built in Victoria and they want to get it right! We believe “green” building should be expected of all developments. The Village will have many green features because we believe it is the right thing to do.
Interested in becoming involved in the Village???
The Village currently has 11 Members and will be increasing this number by the end of the month. If you are eager to get involved you are welcome to contact Kylie at info@fernwoodurbanvillage.ca or visit our website at www.fernwoodurbanvillage.ca .
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A bike can change a life in a poor country. Yet for millions of people on the lowest incomes, a new bicycle is financially out of reach. Meanwhile, millions of perfectly good bicycles lie unused in North America, Europe and elsewhere in the Western world. Bicycles for Humanity began in September 2005 with the simple aim of enabling people to raise funds and collect unwanted bicycles to send to reliable partners in developing countries.
BICYCLES-FOR-HUMANITY, VICTORIA
Is collecting good used mountain bikes.
We need over 400 to fill a container,
And ship it to Namibia, AFRICA, where the bikes will be
Refurbished, recycled & reused.
Call or e mail for bike pickup/drop-off
Chris Wille 250-479-7415
Email cw-iman@hotmail.com
Cheques can be sent to;
Bicycles for Humanity
847 Royal Oak Ave
Victoria BC
V8X 3T3
For More Info
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All the best!
Laurie Gourlay
on behalf of MISSI
Thistle@shaw.ca
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ethicalDeal, is spreading its wings and flying over the water!
We’ve had a great time helping people discover their green city in Vancouver and are now bringing our daily green deals to Victoria! ethicalDeal is the “green alternative’ to Groupon, featuring daily deals from local green companies. We’re launching our first green promotion in Victoria this Monday, February 14th!
ethicalDeal is all about the power of group buying so tell your treehugging friends and corporate comrades to sign-up to ethicalDeal! Signing up is easy and free and gets you 50-90% of the best green stuff in Victoria!
$500 Green Shopping Spree!
Signing-up before our launch, enters you into a $500 Green Shopping Spree contest! Winner announced on launch.
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Folded Corner: Professional Development workshop on Sustainable Happiness and Sustainable Transportation Happy Feet, Happy Earth, Happy Faces!
This after-school workshop will introduce educators to the emerging field of Sustainable Happiness, along with a teacher’s guide and BC-based resources
to help bring Sustainable Happiness ideas into your classroom or school.
Offered by Dr. Catherine O’Brien (see attached bio) along with HASTE and Sierra Club BC, this workshop is intended for school teachers and staff interested in sustainability and open to all community-based sustainability educators. It will offer a dynamic program including presentations, activities and discussion.
Come learn about:
* Sustainable Happiness – what it means, and how curriculum-linked activities and lesson plans can help teachers bring it into the classroom (NOTE: a guidebook for elementary teachers will be made available).
* HASTE BC – a program and resource centre for schools working on transportation issues, including School Travel Planning, a community engagement program currently being offered in partnership with the City of Surrey.
* Sierra Club BC – BC’s conservation-based organization offers a range of environmental education programs and resources to help teachers create meaningful environmental learning opportunities for students.
[Rounded Rectangle: When: Tuesday February 8th, 2011 4:00 to 6:00 pm Where: SJ Willis Auditorium, 923 Topaz Avenue, Victoria, BC Light refreshments and door prizes will be provided For more information, please email education@sierraclub.bc.ca To register, go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TKBC8FD]
Marnice Jones|District Coordinator |Healthy, Safe and Caring Schools Program|Greater Victoria School District |
T: 250-475-4223 |F: 250-475 4238|www.healthyschools.sd61.bc.ca|
Vision: Every school will exemplify a culture in which the health of the body, mind, heart and spirit is valued, taught and embedded into the daily school operation.
Mission: To strengthen the capacity of schools to enhance the health and well being of their school community.
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Royal Roads University, Continuing Studies is pleased to announce the new Carbon and Energy Leadership Certificate
Based on extensive research and in response to a changing world, Royal Roads University, Continuing Studies is pleased to announce the new Carbon and Energy Leadership Certificate a series of 9 short, comprehensive, non-credit courses co-designed with Dr. Charles Krusekopf from the School of Environment and Sustainability, that will help build awareness and broaden understanding and development of carbon and energy leadership in terms of: influencing change and leading environmental action; leading adaption and mitigation strategies; green energy; and understanding climate change and the value of sustainability through the lens of carbon economics and financing, and more. The new certificate will educate on important topics related to carbon policies and impacts, and will provide strategies for leading change through community engagement while finding opportunity in the new environment.
For more information or to register please either give us a call at the numbers below or register online at http://www.royalroads.ca/continuing-studies/certificate-programs/Carbon-Energy-Leadership-Certificate-Framework.htm
If you or your organization are interested in a customized version of any of these short courses (or a customized delivery of the entire certificate) to align with your organization’s professional development needs and growth, please call the Continuing Studies office to inquire further. Any group booking of 6 or more will receive a 10% discount. All certificate courses are tax exempt.
Infrared Camera makes Hidden Problems in Home Visible
Thermal Imaging Assessments using an infrared camera are now available for home and building owners as well as contractors seeking solutions for high energy bills or moisture problems, or wanting to verify the quality of construction or renovations.
“People are typically amazed to see how heat is moving through – and out of – their homes and buildings,” says Torsten Reimann, Certified Thermographer and Energy Advisor with City Green Solutions. “The camera doesn’t actually see through your walls, but the heat patterns reveal what’s going on under the surface, finding issues you might otherwise need to tear your walls or ceiling open to see.”
During a Thermal Imaging Assessment, an infrared camera reveals:
· Low levels of, improperly installed, degraded, or wet insulation in roofs, walls, ceilings, floors, and foundations
· Air leakage/heat loss around doors, windows, walls, floors and penetrations in the building envelope
Leaking radiant floor heating
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City Green’s Thermal Imaging service includes a comprehensive report with thermograms and digital pictures of the findings and expert advice from a Certified Thermographer about how to fix the problems. City Green also offers quality assurance services and helps homeowners access grants and incentives for energy efficiency upgrades.
“As energy costs rise, many home and building owners are choosing to investigate and invest in energy efficiency,” says Peter Sundberg, Executive Director of City Green Solutions. “Drafts, insulation deficiencies and moisture problems can make a home uncomfortable, unhealthy, and expensive to heat. With a Thermal Imaging Assessment you can gain peace of mind by pinpointing the problems and getting to the solutions.”
To book a Thermal Imaging Assessment, contact City Green at 1.866.381.9995 x 103 or email healthyhome@citygreen.ca. To learn more, visit www.citygreen.ca/thermal-imaging-solutions.
Thermal Imaging Service is available in Victoria and Southern Vancouver Island. Service will be available in the Lower Mainland soon.
Bus Shelter at Richmond Road and Knight Avenue
After many months of having only a roof the bus shelter is finally repaired. Thanks for all the phone calls asking when it would be completed. Finally it is. I am sure you are all pleased to finally have some sides to protect you from the weather and things that go bump in the night. The red patio chairs were a nice touch. However they seem to have gone. Thanks to Saanich engineering for completing the project.
Saanich’s Website – www.saanich.ca
If you haven’t checked out the new feature on Saanich’s website I suggest you give it a try. There is all sorts of information about your property. On the home page, click on “On line services and payments” on the right. Then go to “access property information”. Follow the instructions, put in an address and instantly there is all sorts of information. While there check out the Archives and many other interesting items.
Please join us on Sept 30th at the Conservation Connections conference organize by Habitat Acquisition Trust. It’s a super gathering of environmental activists and educators across VIsland. Come and enjoy meeting a new Island resident, and host of Quirks and Quarks, Bob MacDonald! Info at http://www.victoriafoundation.bc.ca and links to registration via RRU.