Kootenay EcoFest

Kootenay EcoFest

Find out more about how you can reduce your carbon emissions through reuse, repair, and recycling and using natures bounty.

By KOELS

Date and time

Sat, May 25, 2024 8:00 AM - Sun, May 26, 2024 5:00 PM PDT

Location

Bear Spring Eco Retreat

5248 Queen Victoria Road Beasley, BC V0G 2G2 Canada

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Agenda

Day 1
Day 2

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Sinixt History

Rick Desautal

Learn about Sinixt history, culture, and their fight to be recognized as Indigenous Peoples of Canada from Rick Desautal a member of the Indigenous Nation of the Colville Confederated Tribes and a Si...

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Wild Plant Product Show and Sale

Various

In the main meeting area here will be a market for reused goods and products made from recycled products. There will also be a repair cafe where you can bring items to be repaired and learn how to do...

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Introduction to Herbal Medicine

Marie Zak

Join Herbalist Marie Zak to learn about the practice of herbalism. Explore how the local plants can deepen your connection to nature while providing medicine for your body and mind. In this workshop ...

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Bats Cave Tour

Visit the Queen Victoria Mine Bat Cave with the Okanagan Nation Alliance member and researcher from the Kootenay Bat Program. Learn about the bat roosts.

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

100 Mile Meal

Local Chefs

A grand feast featuring menu items made with local and wild edibles. To get tickets contact Craig at s.craig.delong@gmail.com. Limited to 60 people.

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Talks

There will be 3 talks. The first will be "Creating Community Resilience to Climate Change: A path forward" by Craig DeLong a local ecologist. The second will be "Marvelous mycorrhizas and their roles...

9:00 PM - 12:00 AM (+1 day)

Dance

Latin Lovers

Let your willies out and dance the night away. Bar service will be available.

About this event

  • 1 day 9 hours

The Kootenay EcoFest is intended to bring people together to learn about how they can reduce thier carbon emissions through using wild foods, reusing disgarded items, repairing broken or worn out items, and recycling waste into new products. The festival includes a number of workshops, a reuse, repair and recycling market, a 100 mile fundraising dinner featuring local chefs and wild edibles (limited to 60 people - contact Craig at koelscoiety@gmail.com or purchase at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/100-mile-chefs-choice-potluck-tickets-871253782517). Saturday evening there will be some informative and visually stunning talks followed by a dance featuring the Latin Lovers. Food truck all day and refreshments available at the dance. Please note that tickets to the evening festivities will be only available at the venue $40.

Organized by

KOELS

The Kootenay Outdoor and Environmental Learning Society organizes events which supports its goal of providing environmental education to the general public.