#esquimalt — Public Fediverse posts

A proposed development for a private property on Admirals Road will result in the removal of 33 #GarryOak trees. The #Esquimalt #Climate Organizers have started a petition to prevent this from happening.

This petition asks the #EsquimaltCouncil to deny the current #development permit for the property and require it to be redesigned to allow for the #preservation of the Garry Oak and #DouglasFir #ecosystem. The removal of these #trees would have a large negative impact on #habitat and hydrology for the community, and will require 66 #replacement trees elsewhere as per Esquimalt’s #TreeProtection bylaw.

Please sign the #petition
https://c.org/kgxpP2yfLd

#SignPetition #ClimateAction #Ecological #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CapitalRegionalDistrict #SaveTheTrees #biodiversity

Here's our #LifecyclesProjectSociety numbers for our 2025 season:

Total #harvest: 64,691lbs

Total (A-Grade) donated to 75+ service agencies though the #FoodShare Network: 32,883lbs.

Total kept by pickers and harvest leads: 14,245lbs.

Total kept by stewards: 4,460lbs.

Total used by Lifecycles for fruit processing & pressing: 7,240lbs.

Total compost (none to the landfill!): 5863lbs.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/

#WorkLife #Teamwork #LifecyclesProjectSociety #FoodSecurity #FruitProcessing #Esquimalt #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #nonprofit #RescuedFruit #FoodRescue #FoodEquity #FeedingCommunity #FruitTreeProject #nonprofit

I sold lots of products from #LifeCyclesProjectSociety at the Esquimalt Holiday #Market, today! All of our products for sale were made from rescued fruits, gleaned/harvested from all across our local municipalities.
I met lots of friendly folks too.
Had fun chatting with these two fungi foraging friends 🙂

#nonprofit #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #CommunityMarket #FoodSecurity #ProductsForSale #VancouverIsland

Thank you to Mustard Seed for allowing us free use of their commercial kitchens. Their distribution centre for their food bank operations is right next door to our office.

https://www.theseed.ca/

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/

#VictoriaBC #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #Foodbank #FeedingCommunity #Esquimalt

When Mom takes her 2 hours afternoon nap, I'm going to ride out on my mobility scooter to distribute 100 #BoycottIsraeliApartheid stickers & #StopGenocideInGaza info leaflets. I have 500 of each to distribute, locally. I'm aiming for distribution of 100/week until they're all given out to locals around #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #ViewRoyal #Vicwest #Colwood #Langford areas.

Please take some sort of actions to support #PalestineSolidarity ✊️❤️🍉🇵🇸🍉❤️
Everyone can do something to show your solidarity support for #Palestinians suffering starvation #genocide under occupying #Zionazis.

#FreePalestine #FeedPalestine #PeaceActivists #IsraelIsATerroristState #ZionismIsACult #SanctionIsrael #OstracizeZionists #LiberationForPalestine #PalestineSovereignty #Decolonization #TakeAction #CitizensUprising #WarSurvivorsForPeace

Hey #VictoriaBC #Saanich #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt & all surrounding municipalities! We're getting ready for our annual #HarvestParty at #WellandCommunityOrchard.
Open to all of the public & it's free to attend. Bring a bag to take home some free donated/locally gleaned fruits & fresh produce. Try out our fruit juice - we are making some of it on site during this community sharing event!
Sample some of the 125 heritage apples we grow in the community orchard!

I'll post all the event details with date/times, tomorrow evening 🙂

#FoodSecurity #VancouverIsland

We are just one week away from Let’s Get Quizzical: Trivia, #Bioblitz & Food by the Gorge, happening on Saturday, August 30, 2025, from 11 AM to 5 PM at #GorgeEsquimaltPark - right outside the Gorge Nature House.

This exciting, #free #FamilyFriendly event is packed with activities for all ages:

🧠 Sustainable Smarts #Trivia – Three rounds of engaging trivia with fantastic #prizes from local favourites like HAVN, Axe & Grind, and Quazar’s Arcade + some of Esquimalt's finest, Warm Gift Shop, Errant Empire, and 4Cats Esquimalt!

🌿 Bioblitz #CommunityScience – Join guided walks and help document local plants, bugs, birds, and more on iNaturalist.

🐞 #BugWalk & #PlantWalks – Led by the #GWAS team to connect you with the biodiversity of our beautiful #GorgeWaterway.

🎟️ Passport to Science Wrap-Up – Explore hands-on science with our friends from Passport to Science, Victoria Bug Zoo, Centre of the Universe, and more!

And, of course… delicious food all day long:
🍦 Hazel’s Ice Cream – Serving cold treats and smiles.
🌯 Greek on the Street – Flavour-packed eats and street-side classics.
🥗 Naked Dressings – Fresh, healthy bites made with love.

Whether you are coming for the science, the food, the trivia, or simply to enjoy the community atmosphere, there is something for everyone. So, choose your favourite method of Active Transportation and come get quizzical on Saturday, August 30!

Support Your Local #NatureHouse
This #fundraiser helps support much-needed improvements to the Gorge Nature House, enabling us to continue providing #environmental #education and #CommunityPrograms for years to come.

Mark your calendars, bring your friends and family, and come celebrate the Gorge with us!

Learn More →
http://triviabythegorge.eventbrite.com

Unable to make the event but still want to support the cause?
No problem – Donate today!
https://www.gorge.ca/donate?link_id=14&can_id=885c887d51f4f2992844bbc18a1523b7&source=email-one-week-until-lets-get-quizzical-trivia-bioblitz-food-by-the-gorge&email_subject=_-one-week-until-lets-get-quizzical-trivia-bioblitz-food-by-the-gorge-_&&

#Saanich #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #YYJ #Songhees #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Nature #HandsOnLearning #CitizenScience #YYJParks #AllAges #InclusiveEvents #AccessibleEvents #FreeEvent #FunAtThePark #Naturalists #LearnAboutNature #CommunityEvent #CommunityBuilding

#SilentSunday
No matter how mad the world has become, taking some quiet moments to reflect & think about the many marvelous things that bring our hearts & souls some happiness, is always a winning investment 💞

#Saanich #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #YYJ #Songhees #water #clouds #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Scenic #Nature #landscape #GorgeTillicum #waterway #watershed #photography #YYJwalks #GetOutside

#FootpathFriday
A winding trail, through forest, to a quiet beach spot.

#Saanich #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #YYJ #Songhees #waterfront #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Scenic #Nature #landscape #GorgeTillicum #waterway #watershed #photography #YYJwalks #GetOutside #NatureTrails #footpath

A little #footpath that leads down to a nice beach spot, along the #GorgeWaterway.

#Saanich #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #YYJ #Songhees #waterfront #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Scenic #Nature #landscape #GorgeTillicum #waterway #watershed #photography #YYJwalks #GetOutside

All through Summer we are prepping for revival of our free community #SeedsLibrary - will update as things come together. I'm back at HQ on Monday afternoon.
Plan on a soft launch this Fall & a hard launch next Spring. We have millions of locally donated seeds to still sort, package & organize.

#LifeCycles #YYJ #Esquimalt #FoodSecurity #SeedsSaving #CommunityWork #FreeSeeds #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #Seeds #VictoriaSeedLibrary #YYJSeeds #FreeForThePeople #PlantAGarden #GrowFood #GrowHerbs #GrowFlowers #GrowPlants #CommunityPartnership

#VictoriaBC #Saanich #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #YYJ - Happening today!

Keep the #Halloween spirit going in our neighbourhood with a #community #PumpkinParade!

Bring your carved #JackOLanterns down to #GorgePark between 3-5pm on November 1st, then return from 6-8pm to see them all lit up together as you take a spooky stroll! There is no limit to the number of #pumpkins you can bring down - the more, the merrier!

***If you're unable to bring your pumpkin down to the park and live in the #GorgeTillicum area, please put your pumpkins at the end of your driveway by 1pm and we will attempt to pick them up.***

The event will be held in Gorge Park adjacent to the parking lot opposite Orillia Street. Entertainment will run from 6pm - 7:30pm and there will be free hot chocolate and treats for the community.

This year, your pumpkins will get a third chance to entertain as they'll be delivered to the Tillicum Centre Pumpkin Smash the following day! Saanich Firefighters will be dropping the pumpkins from atop fire ladder before they go to compost station.

#FreeEvent #FamilyFriendly #KidFriendly #AllAges #YYJevents #CommunityEvent #FreeFamilyFun #FreeAndFun #VancouverIsland

One of a few truckloads of #driftwood dropped off at Gorge Park for the ongoing nature rewilding restoration project. This is near the estuary area of the large urban nature park; by the Gorge nature house.

#Esquimalt #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Songhees #Lekwungen #GorgeWaterwayActionSociety #NatureRestoration #NaturePark #driftwood #conservation #NatureStewardship #YYJParks #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #Rewilding #PacificNorthwest #YYJ #PNW #CommunityPark #monochrome #BWphoto

One of the new Indigenous friends that I made at the ribbon skirt workshop this weekend, Kecia, is a fellow weirdo Aquarian & from Namgis First Nation in Alert Bay. Although we just met, I've met some of her family from her birthplace prior - it was really cool to chat about those unexpected connections.

Kecia brought this bag that her niece, Brianna Dick, made. It's a gorgeous #PurpleCamas #CoastSalish design.
Brianna has an #OnlineStore where you can see/buy some of her #handmade #Indigenous #ArtsAndCrafts
https://briannabearart.bigcartel.com/

#BriannaBearArt is an Indigenous - owned and founded, #Canadian #artist store established in 2020 by Brianna Bear. Based in the traditional territory of the #Lekwungen, place to smoke herring lands of the #Songhees and #Esquimalt nations in #VictoriaBC.

​Brianna started first as an artist with more than fifteen plus years of experience. She began learning under her grandfather Skip Dicks younger brother, Butch Dick. Afterwards she branched out into discovering her roots and design through her #cultural connections to Songhees & #Namgis formline design.

Today, working as one of a few Indigenous female artist within her traditional territory of the Songhees people, she has worked on murals, logos, small business designs, small event designs and more!

Brianna believes in telling stories through her design as you will see through this site."

#NativeArtists #YYJ #IndigenousArt #SupportIndigenousWomen #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #VancouverIsland #Camas #VanIsle #Cascadia #Purse #CanvasBag #Stylish #FloralArt #NativeArt #PacificNorthwest #Botanical #PNW

My first fruit sorting volunteer shift is on August 1st morning. I'm with the LifeCycles Fruit Trees Project team. I signed up as a trees assessor & fruits sorter.

We're always seeking more #volunteers for several different, ongoing, local #FoodSecurity projects.

Please learn more about what we do & how to get involved as a volunteer or how to donate to help us keep doing community food security work.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/fruit-tree-project/

#VictoriaBC #Nonprofit #FeedingCommunity #LekwungenTerritory #Wsanec #Esquimalt #Saanich #YYJ #VancouverIsland #Grassroots #MutualAidCommunity

#Skateboard #ObstacleCourse mastered.

#SkateboardPhotography #SkateboardCompetition #PastWork #FromMyArchive #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #CanonPhotographer #Sports #adrenaline #BoardSports #SkateOrDie #SkaterBoy #Skateboarding #vicwest #esquimalt #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #UrbanSports #Action #movement

#PastWork Shooting at #VeeDub #skateboarding #competition at #VicWest #SkatePark in #Esquimalt #VictoriaBC

#AdrenalineSports #SkaterBoy #Skateboarders #UrbanSports #AlternativeSports #SkateOrDie #Skateboards #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Flipkick #Action #SportsPhotography #ActionShots #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #CanonPhotographers #YYJPhotographers #SkateboardPhotography #Photography #WomenPhotographers #monochrome #BlackAndWhite

#MonochromeMonday
#Skateboarder coming off a #jump 👍 Caught them in #midAir 🤘
Past #VeeDubCompetition sponsored by #VansSkateboarding #OffTheWall #CoastlineSurfAndSport & cities of #VictoriaBC & #Esquimalt

#SkaterBoy #yyj #AdrenalineSports #Skateboarding #SkateComp #UrbanSports #ActionShot #SportsPhotography #SkateboardPhotography #BoardSports #VicWest #SkatePark #SkateOrDie #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #monochrome #BWPhoto #ActionPhotography #adrenaline #BCSkateboarding

#FromMyArchive

Shirtless #skateboarder at #VicWest #skatepark in Summer.

#SkaterBoy #VictoriaBC #yyj
#Esquimalt #skateboard #SkateboardPhotography #UrbanSports #monochrome #ActionShot #Summer #VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #adrenaline #BoardSports #SportsPhotography #skateordie #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #MyPhotography #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Sports

Some #skateboarding #rail #action ✌📷

#FromMyArchive #skaters #SkateTricks #aerial #boardSports #ActionPhotography #ActionShots #BlackAndWhite #Adrenaline #SkateboardPhotography #Skateboarding #SkateOrDie #SkaterBoy #CanonPhotographers #MyPerspective #MyPhotography #VicWest #VictoriaBC #yyj #Esquimalt #SkateboardingIsNotACrime #Skaters #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #SkateComp #monochrome #SportsPhotography

Getting some air in the #Skatebowl ✌

#SkateboardPhotography #skater #Skateboarder #ActionShot #sports #ActionPhotography #CanonPhotographers #FromMyArchive #VicWest #VictoriaBC #yyj #VanIsle #VancouverIsland #Esquimalt #PNW #PacificNorthwest #SkaterBoy #SkateOrDie #SkatePhotog #UrbanSports #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #MyPhotography #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #Canon5d #MonochromeMonday