EARTH DAY & RAIL TRAIL CELEBRATION
Saturday, April 18th
10am — 6pm
9:00 am Set Up | 5:00 pm Take Down
at Bing Kee Food Forest
This Earth Day in the SEED Neighborhood, we are celebrating the inauguration of the Rail Trail that connects from 7th street all the way to Hecate. This sustainability initiative was headed by the Island Corridor Foundation and the City of Nanaimo, in partnership with the SEED Neighborhood Cooperative.
PROGRAM
The schedule is tentative - slight changes may occur.
9:00am
Set up – Volunteers welcome!
10:00am — 1:00pm
Work Party (invasive removal, tree planting, garbage pick up)
11am — 12 pm
Neighbourhood History & Vision Tour with Michael
12:00 pm
Lunch - Potluck
12:30 pm
Speeches Snuneymuxw / City of Nanaimo / Island Corridor Foundation / SEED Neighborhood
1:15 pm
Ribbon Cutting
1:15 – 1:45pm
Running Races [exact time TBD]
1:45pm Cake
2:00pm
Parade: Bring your best EarthDay Outfit!
3:00 pm
Dance Party by DJ iLL Lyrics | Steve Dickinson
4:00 pm
Community Singing with Sylvia Humble and April Laurie.
5:00 pm
Take down - Helping hands welcome!
***** SPECIAL WORKSHOP *****
Weave Stream of Wishes
WEAVING STREAM OF WISHES by PullingToGather
1pm — 4pm
If rainy: at 88 Princess
If sunny: In Forest Classroom at End of Princess Street
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/34t9RS9Lydttrv1K9
EarthDay Facebook Event for sharing widely :)
WHO WILL BE THERE:
Green Party Nanaimo
Harewood Neighborhood Association [TBC]
Nanaimo Area Cycling Coalition
Nanaimo Climate Action Hub [TBC]
Nanaimo Food Hub – Weaving a farmers network to provide more Food Security to the Nanaimo area
Nanaimo Forest School Cooperative
SEED Neighborhood Coop
Strong Towns Nanaimo [TBC]