Vancouver Area Relocalisation Network

This comes a bit late, but oh well.

On October 11, I had the pleasure of helping out with the kick off of the first (hopefully annual) SFU SustainABILITY Festival, an collaborative event organized by the Climate Change Action Group, Sustainable SFU and the Resource and Environmental Management Graduate Student Union. The goal of the festival was to "raise awareness of sustainability issues with a specific focus on climate change and to celebrate sustainability solutions that individuals can immediately apply to their daily lives." The day went by without a hitch, all thanks to the amazing and dedicated organizing team behind the event who met starting in July '07 to plan and envision what the day would look like.

Here are some photos from the festival:

Volunteers showed up at 7am to set up for the day-long event, which featured a local beer garden, marketplace, eco-fashion show, live stage performance with musicians and dancers, and a learning exchange centre featuring innovative local businesses and NGOs passionate about sustainability.

I helped person the media table for the day and got a chance to catch up with other members of the ever growing sustainability community, which was great fun!

The festival also showcased a sustainability pledge where members of the community could learn about how they could make a difference and pledge to integrate those solutions into their lifestyles.

Wrapping up at the end of the day