Meetings and Speakers:

Upcoming SOUL Vancouver Meetings

SOUL Vancouver monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of every month (except in August and December) beginning at 7:00pm in the Canada Way Education Centre at 5310 Woodsworth St. in Burnaby, BC.

The format for the monthly meetings is as follows;
Executive Committee meets: 7:00 – 7:30pm (All SOUL members are welcome to attend the Executive Committee portion of the evening.)
Featured Speaker’s Presentation:  7:30 – 8:30pm
Social with tea, coffee and goodies: 8:30pm – End

Speakers Series Calendar:

• August 22, 2008 – 5:00pm onwards at Martin’s place in Surrey. Contact him for more details.
• September 11, 2008 – Unique Pig Manure and the Science behind its Success, presented by Cors deLint, owner of Unique. A limited number of bags of composted pig manure will be available for purchase at the meeting on a first come-first served basis.
• October 9, 2008 – “School Gardens: The Terra Nova Project”, presented by founder and chef Ian Lai, MyTerranova.com
• November 13, 2008 – “Growing Pains: Invasive Plants in Greater Vancouver”, presented by Cindy Sayre, Curator of Special Collections at VanDusen Botanical Gardens and Board Member of the Greater Vancouver Invasive Plant Council.
• December 2008 – Annual Christmas and Holiday Season Party. Date and details TBA. (No meeting in December.)
• January 8, 2008 – Movie Night. Details TBA.

Recent Events:

• Canadian Cancer Society events & meetings
  We are currently involved with the Canadian Cancer Foundation branches of the Fraser Valley, working on getting municipal governments to adopt pesticide bans in their communities.  Most recently we have been to Fort Langley for a public forum on pesticides, and to meetings in Surrey.  Part of this dialogue with the Cancer Foundation involves educating the public about how to make the change to Organic practices, so we are trying to organize “Introduction to Organic Land Care” mini-seminars in local municipalities.  We will also be speaking at school board and council meetings. Stay posted for updates on these events.

Upcoming:

SOUL Vancouver and its Organic Master Gardeners will be hosting Information Tables at the area Farmers Markets later this Summer and early Fall. The schedule is as follows:

• Aug 13, 2008 (Wednesday), 12:30pm to 5:30pm – Riley Park Farmers Market, 30th Avenue and Ontario.
• Sept 27, 2008 (Saturday, 9:00am to 2:00pm) – Trout Lake Farmers Market, 15th Avenue and Victoria.
• Oct 4, 2008 (Saturday, 9:00am to 2:00pm) – West End Farmers Market, 1100 block of Comox.
• Oct 19, 2008 (Sunday, 10:00am to 2:00pm) – Kitsilano Farmers Market, 10th Avenue and Larch.