Transition Salt Spring

🗓️ Join us at the next Repair Cafe! Saturday, Feb 21, 10:30am - 1:30pm @ Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (below the Legion) Don't miss out on getting your things fixed and Dare to Repair! #RepairCafe #ReduceWaste #SaltSpringIsland #SustainableLiving #LighterLiving #ZeroWaste

🎁 Give Joy, Not Waste! Salt Spring’s Toy Swap returns Dec 5–6 at Meaden Hall. Drop off gently used toys Fri, Dec 5th (3–6pm) & “shop” for free Sat, Dec 6th (10am–2pm). No donation needed. Everyone’s welcome! Reduce waste, share joy, and give toys a second life.

#ToySwap #SaltSpringIsland

✨ Join us at the next Repair Cafe! 🗓️ Saturday, Nov 8th ⏰ 10:30am - 1pm 📍 Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (below the Legion) Don't miss out on getting your things fixed and Dare to Repair! #RepairCafe #ReduceWaste #SaltSpringIsland #SustainableLiving #LighterLiving #LocalClimateAction #ZeroWaste

Tell the Islands Trust to use the Consensus as the basis for their OCP rewrite! - Transition Salt Spring The Consensus for the Future is the culmination of 10 months of work, hundreds of hours of one-to-one and group conversations with over 100 community representatives, and a lot of feedback.We need you...

The Official Community Plan is under review — now is our chance to fix our housing future! We need affordable housing, environmental protection, Indigenous Rights, food security & more!

Take action in under 10 minutes:
transitionsaltspring.com/ocp

We have until Oct 24 to make our voices heard.

Community Clothing Swap! 👖🧥

Drop-off: Fri Oct 24, 3:30–6:30pm
Free Shop: Sat Oct 25, 10–3:30pm
Both at Meaden Hall

Bring freshly washed adult + kids’ clothes (no underwear/socks/shoes). No need to donate to shop.

Refresh your wardrobe and support sustainable fashion.
#SaltSpring #ClothingSwap

✨ Join us at the next Repair Cafe! 🗓️ Saturday, Sept 20th ⏰ 10:30am - 1:30pm 📍 Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (below the Legion) Don't miss out on getting your things fixed and Dare to Repair! #RepairCafe #ReduceWaste #SaltSpringIsland #SustainableLiving #LighterLiving #LocalClimateAction #ZeroWaste

🌱 Learn to preserve your harvest without fancy gear! Join expert Linda Gilkeson for a practical online workshop on simple storage, freezing & dehydrating. 🗓️ Sept 14, 3–5 PM | Zoom | Pay what you can.
🔗 Register: www.tinyurl.com/Store-Your-Food

#foodpreservation

sample postcard with an image of Whistler on fire

As wildfire season begins, a warning: the locations we love won’t wait for us to confront the climate crisis.

#SignedSearedDelivered is a new initiative of @climateunit.bsky.social that flips the classic postcard on its head w/ a scorching message to those in power. 🧵

www.signedseareddelivered.com

🌸 The spring Repair Café was a huge success! Over 100 items got fixed, from toasters to typewriters, lamps to leather goods. Big thanks to our incredible volunteer fixers and supporters for making it all possible! 💚

#RepairCafe #CommunityPower #Reuse #RethinkWaste #SaltSpringIsland

🔥 Let’s chip away at wildfire risk together!
Our first Neighbourhood Wood Chipping Day was a hit!

📆 Next FREE events:
Apr 26 – Beaver Point, McLennan & more
May 3 – Walkers Hook, Cusheon Lake & more

💻 Register: revenue-can.keela.co/wood-chippin...

#ReduceWildfireRisk #SaltSpringIsland

♻️ Got broken stuff? The Repair Cafe is back! Bring your fixables to Meaden Hall (120 Blain Rd) on Sun, May 4, 10:30–1:30.

Repair stations: clothing, darning, electronics, appliances, tool sharpening, knitwear, leather, bikes & e-bikes! Meet cool folks & reduce waste. #RepairCafe #SaltSpringIsland

🌿 750 Native Plants in the Ground – Thanks to YOU! 🌿 Huge thanks to all who joined us in the Hwmet’utsun (Maxwell) Creek Watershed. Because of your amazing turnout, future planting days are CANCELLED!

Fall planting is coming—stay tuned! Got native plants to donate? Let us know!

#ForestRestoration

🌱 Take Control of Your Food Supply!

Grow more food in less space—year-round! Join BC gardening expert Linda Gilkeson for a coastal gardening webinar full of tips to boost yields, enrich soil, and grow a bountiful harvest.

April 27, 3–5pm · Live on Zoom

Sign Up: www.tinyurl.com/GrowYearRound

Join us for Hands-On Planting Days! 🌱🌲 Help restore the Hwmet'utsun (Maxwell) Creek Watershed, reduce drought & fire risk, and support biodiversity.

📅 April 4-6 & 11-13, 10 AM-4 PM
📍 Maxwell Creek Watershed

No experience needed—just a love for nature! transitionsaltspring.com/planting-days/

Despite the snow, nearly 120 community members braved the cold for the Repair Cafe! Over 100 items—from toasters to typewriters—were given new life thanks to our amazing fixers. Huge thanks to our volunteers & supporters! Sign up for our newsletter so you don’t miss the next Repair Café in May!

Many hands make light work! Sometimes it takes a community to get something working again.

Brave the snow and join us this Saturday, Feb 8th, 10:30-1:30pm at Meaden Hall for the next Repair Cafe!

Connecting the community on all things wildfire in the Coastal Douglas-fir zone | Raincoast We’re discussing topics on ecological forest management for wildfire resilience, recent community wildfire learning events, and highlighting the current voices of wildfire research and management.

The forthcoming report, 'Salish Sea watersheds, wildfire, and landscape change on wildland-urban interface frontlines', is a culmination of discussions and resources to move the conversation on CDF #wildfire resilience toward region-wide action. #forests
www.raincoast.org/2025/01/conn...

countrygrocer.bsky.social

Thank you to Country Grocer Salt Spring for taking the time this morning to label products, making it easier for shoppers to make sustainable choices!

#ShopLocal #SustainableLiving #ThinkLocalFirst

✨ Join us at the next Repair Cafe!

🗓️ Saturday, Feb 8th
⏰ 10:30am - 1:30pm
📍 Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (below the Legion)

Don't miss out on getting your things fixed and Dare to Repair!

#RepairCafe #ReduceWaste #SaltSpringIsland #SustainableLiving #LighterLiving #LocalClimateAction #ZeroWaste