GARDEN, LAND & SUSTAINABILITY
The Commons
The Commons is 26 acres of protected land with a focus on agriculture use, ecological protection and cultural benefits. There are many diverse projects all stewarded through donated time and resources. A community kitchen, garden plots, meeting spaces, green spaces and trails, a wood working shop and many more community driven projects are all organized by team effort. To contribute to the Commons, join a Saturday morning workbee (followed by a soup lunch), an occasional work party, or help with the activities of a specific team – inside, outside, or even from home.
Visit: www.gabriolacommons.ca
(Teams and their contact email addresses can be found here)
General inquiries can be sent to info@gabriolacommons.ca
Gabriola Garden Club
Gabriola Garden Club is a volunteer-led organization that was established to educate members, share garden expertise and ideas, to enjoy social sharing of gardens. The club meets monthly Sept through May.
Volunteer opportunities include: participating on the Executive or sub-committees (Refreshments, Library, Raffles, Plant of the Month, Open Gardens) selling memberships at various Island events, assisting with special events.
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More information on the Garden Club is available at gabriolagardenclub.blogspot.ca or email gabriolagardenclub@gmail.com
GaLTT
GaLTT needs volunteers to help maintain and create trails throughout the year. Come to as many or as few trail sessions as you like. We also organize broom bashing in the spring. Our mission statement is to secure, develop, and sustain a network of parkland and trails on Gabriola for the benefit of the public, and to preserve sites of environmental, historical, & social importance.
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Contacts for volunteering:
info@galtt.ca - General
trailwork@galtt.ca - For trail work
skinnerl@shaw.ca – For broom bashing
Gabriola Island Reycling Organization (GIRO)
GIRO – Gabriola Island Recycling Organization operates the recycling depot and the re-store and they need volunteers to help with both. Pick up an application form at the desk in the store or contact them through the website at www.girodepot.com
Island Residents Against Tanker Expansion (IRATE)
IRATE (Island Residents Against Tanker Expansion) organizes resistance to the Kinder-Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project and increased diluted-bitumen tanker traffic. The main objective is to support First Nations legal challenges to the pipeline and to participate in anti-pipeline events on Gabriola and elsewhere. Information at www.facebook.com/notankers.
Email: Steven.Earle@viu.ca
Gertie
GERTIE - The Gabriola Community Bus Foundation, which operates the GERTIE bus on Gabriola, is managed by a board of directors and a paid coordinator. At various times we have had volunteer cleaners, bio-fuel processors and IT experts. Information about the GERTIE bus can be found at http://gertie.ca/.
Gabriola Village Vision
Gabriola Village Vision is a committee of volunteers interested in facilitating a community-led plan for the future of the Village area of Gabriola, considering land use, housing, the environment, water and waste water, and transportation issues.
See results of the work at: http://www.villagevision.ca/
Most of work is done so there isn’t an current need for new volunteers, but that could change.
Gabriola Co-op Network
Gabriola Co-op Network was formed in 2017 to help promote the formation of co-operative groups and enterprises on Gabriola. The group is currently working with existing or incipient co-operatives in agriculture, housing, energy, and investments. If you are interested in working with this group you may contact them at www.facebook.com/letsgrowcoops
Sustainable Gabriola
Sustainable Gabriola If you want to meet many of those Gabriolans who are deeply involved in the community and the environment this is the group for you. Sustainable Gabriola meets on the last Sunday of each month, upstairs in the Commons house, 3:00-5:00. Just come along.
Fix-It-Fairs
Three times a year people bring whatever needs fixing and get help fixing it, for free. Volunteer fixers are needed. Expertise not required –just neighbours helping neighbours.
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Contact: Kim Kasasian
T: 250 247 8702
The Gabriola Tool Library
The Gabriola Tool library needs volunteers to:
Act as librarian signing out and accepting returned tools during open hours (2 or 4 hour shifts)
Update the tool inventory online as new tools arrive
Maintain tools and test tools for safety
Training in tool library software is provided……..it’s pretty simple.
Go to GTL.ca for more info about the Tool Library.
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Contact: Patsy Ludwick
T: 250 247 8990
E: gabriola.tool.library@gmail.com with further questions.