The Organic Islands Festival Update 2007 - Issue 3
Live Green. Do Good. We'll show you how!
Saturday JULY 7 & Sunday JULY 8. GreenFEAT Challenge:
Travel sustainably to the festival and save 30%.
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Green Bonanza. The Globe and Mail
An absolutely fantastic show! Level Ground Trading

Festival News

1. GreenFEAT Challenge - July 7 & 8
2. Green Management Tools
3. The Great Sustainability Challenge - July 10
4. Organic Islands Updates

Quick Links:

  • See the current Exhibitors List - 100 exhibitors!
  • See the exciting Festival Program - Keynote by Guy Dauncey, Music by Mae Moore, Current Swell, New York celebrity chef, Lorna Sass, and San Francisco's The Hippy Gourmet. GreenTOTS activities. Free food samples, good vibes, green goods, great fun!

1. GreenFEAT Challenge

From Deb Morse, Festival Director

With only one day to go, things are really greening up in and around Victoria. Canada's largest outdoor green festival is set to attract thousands of visitors eager to explore how we can create a sustainable future in this region. Over 100 exhibitors will display everything from mud home building to interactive local diet cooking demos to pedometer races to teach children about healthy eating.

Local, slow, natural, inspiring, hip, the Organic Islands Festival provides a look at the who's who in the green community. It is organized by Organic Islands Promotions which I launched in 2005. With a part-time staff and volunteer team committed to sustainability amazing things can happen!

In the spirit of sustainability, we're calling on all visitors to the Organic Islands Festival to take up the GreenFEAT Challenge.

Come to the festival on July 7 or July 8, 10 am to 5 pm, using a sustainable means of transportation. Some options include:

  • Bicycles
  • Hybrids
  • Fuel cell or electric vehicles
  • Veggie fueled and biodiesel vehicles
  • Walking, strolling, running, skateboard
  • Public Transport

Lock up your bike to the bike carriage at the front gate courtesy of SPUD (Small Potatoes Urban Delivery) or along the fence in the Reserved parking lot.

For bus information and directions see: Getting there

To receive your discount you must report to the front gate staff about your mode of transport, AND you must use the PASSWORD to receive your 30% discount:

GreenFEAT Admission Fees:

  • Adults -- $5 (regular 7.5)
  • Students 13 & up -- $3.50 (regular 5)
  • Seniors -- $3.50 (regular 5)

All means of transportation chosen should be covered by appropriate insurance, be legal and conform to all applicable codes.

The weather is superb, so please come and join the party on Vancouver Island this weekend. We can't wait for it to start!

Yours for a sustainable, organic future,
Deb Morse, Festival Director/Green Management Consultant

2. Introducing Green Management Tools

Does your company or organization operate organically? Take the greenBIZ quiz to find out:

1. Does your for-profit company have an owner?
2. Does your not-for-profit have a board that is solely responsible for the organization?
3. Does your company/organization ever ignore anyone's voice in policy decision-making?
4. Do creative ideas in your company/ organization get delayed by bureaucracy or red tape?
5. Do you wish your company/organization had fewer meetings?
6. Do the managers generally seem more committed to your company/organization than the staff?

If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, your company or organization is not operating organically!

Want to hear about how to green up your company's management systems and communication practices?

A dynamic management system known as "sociocracy", used in the Netherlands for 40 years and now being adopted internationally, will help your business or organization adapt, and be creative just like any living system.

To find out more contact me:

Deb Morse, Festival Director/Green Management Consultant
(250) 658-8148
director@organicislands.ca

Live green. Manage well.

3. Announcing the Great Sustainability Challenge

The July 2007 Green Drinks at Royal Roads will feature The Great Sustainability Challenge & BBQ

In collaboration with Royal Roads University Foundation, July's Green Drinks will be held on Tuesday July 10th, 6-8pm on the Lower Lawn at Royal Roads.

Entry fee: by donation.
Food and drink cost $5-$10 depending what you consume.

This is a special participatory event designed to celebrate our success as one of the fastest growing Green Drinks in the World. It will be a BBQ in a gorgeous relaxed setting for everyone, but especially for those prepared to accept our Sustainability Challenge.

The challenge is to access this campus/ World Heritage Site using the most sustainable means of transportation you can imagine.

For more information email greendrinksvictoria@yahoo.ca or visit the Green Drinks website

4. Organic Islands Updates

In our next newsletter we will report on the outcomes from the Organic Islands Festival, and provide more news about future activities. If you would like to be removed from the list, please send a return email and type "remove" in the subject line.

Please contact us if you have questions. Or visit the web site:

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Feedback from our sponsors and partners

"Nature’s Path Foods was a sponsor and exhibitor at the first festival for Organic Islands. The organizers did a fantastic job of advertising and promotions for the event.

A consumer profile of the attendees may be described as "main-stream organic" meaning that they had previously sought out and bought organic products, and had some generic knowledge of organic issues.

Overall the event was a success and provided great exposure and access to lots of networking with other organic enterprises."

Dag Falck, Organic Program Manager
Nature’s Path Foods, Richmond, BC

"An absolutely fantastic show and great weather to boot. That is to say, all that you were in charge of (and weren’t in charge of) was excellent! Level Ground Trading had a great show - the visitors were great to meet with."

Stacey Toews, Fair Trade and Social Justice Advocate
Level Ground Trading, Saanichton, BC

"We’ve been getting rave reviews about the weekend and what a great event you produced. The feedback has all been positive and everyone is looking forward to the next Organic Islands Festival."

Robyn Burton, Executive Director
Glendale Gardens & Woodland
home of The Horticulture Centre, Saanich, BC