Tuesday June 1^st after 4pm – Film Fest Fundraiser at Creekbread

Another excuse to eat great pizza at Creekbread. A portion of funds from each pizza will go towards helping put on the AWARE Film-Fest.

Thursday June 3rd 5:30-10pm Whistler Public Library

5:30 Film: End of the Line
7:20 Film: Rare Bird
8:40 Film: Gardens of DestinySaturday June 5th 7-9pm Whistler Public Library
6:30 pm- short local films on Biodivesity
7:00 Guest Speaker – Daniel J. Catt (Biologist, photographer and BCIT Professor)

“Planet Earth: the World’s Best Classroom”
8:00 Panel Discussion on biodiversity issues in Whistler

Entry is by donation to AWARE

This event is sponsored by:

The Resort Municipality of Whistler

The Whistler Public Library

Mountain FM

Cascade Environmental

One Step

The Whistler Naturalists

Tuesday June 1^st after 4pm – Film Fest Fundraiser at Creekbread

Another excuse to eat great pizza at Creekbread. A portion of funds from each pizza will go towards helping put on the AWARE Film-Fest.

This workshop will involve round table discussions and interactive sessions to develop ideas into actions that will help AWARE attract more volunteers, prioritize key issues and become financially self-funding.

June 2^nd, 2010  6-8:30pm

Weston Resort and Spa – Alpine Ballroom (floor above shop level)

To RSVP for the meeting please email, info@awarewhistler.org or call AWARE President, Sara Jennings, at 604-932-2664.

To help shape the discussions at the workshop we are also conducting an online survey. If you could please take a few minutes to enter your thoughts that would be great. To complete the survey please copy this link into your browser.

www.surveymonkey.com/s/7NTQBV5

Guest speaker, Mitch Rhodes

Join AWARE on Weds, Jan. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. as we present special guest speaker, Gwen Barlee of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee as she “dissects” Independent Power Projects or (IPPs), with particular focus on the Ryan River in Pemberton proposed by Regional Power Inc.

Join biologist Bob Brett and AWARE directors for the annual Whistler Bioblitz on Sunday, August 9.
The largest species discovery event in Whistler!

If you ever wanted to learn all about Whistler flora and fauna and pack
all that learning into one day…here is your chance! Scientists and
species specialists are coming from all over to do a blitz of whatever can
be identified in one day. Last year over 900 species were counted in
Whistler and we are going for well over 1000 total after this year. You
can join in the fun. To learn more contact Bob Brett at 932-8900 or by
email at Bob@SnowlineResearch.ca.

Volunteers Needed: Get even more involved

The Naturalists are looking for people to help out with event set up at
Lost Lake on August 9th and 10th in the morning from 8 am to 11 am and
take down in the evenings as well. We also need people to help with
scientists and participant check in from 5- 9 pm on Friday August 8th. For
more information on BioBlitz go to http://www.whistlerbiodiversity.ca/.
This event is sponsored by the Whistler Naturalists. To volunteer please
call Kathy Jenkins @ 604-894-2342 or email jenkinsi@telus.net. See you
there!

Join AWARE for a relaxed bike tour to Across the Creek Organic farm with Sara Jennings on Weds. August 6.Join us on a tour of two local farms.

One a larger Certified Organic farm and one smaller market farm also using natural farming techniques. Comeand learn about the barriers to being organic, learn how they got started, ask them specifics about their produce and their techniques. This is your warm up to the Slow Food Cycle later in the month. Tour the farm, meet the farmers, and even do a little farm work!

We will meet in Whistler and travel to Pemberton via car-pooling and then travel the remaining distance by bike along the beautiful Pemberton Valley. The event will take most of the day.

To learn more, please contact Sara at sarajennings@hotmail.com or(604) 932-2644.

Members and the public are invited to attend AWARE’s July monthly meeting from
6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2 at the Westin Resort & Spa.

Whistler Mayor Ken Melamed will speak from 7 to 8 p.m. about his recent trip to Sweden and discuss how Whistler compares to the rest of the world when it comes to being sustainable.

The meeting will be followed by Green Drinks – a socializer for people interested in the environment at Black’s Pub.  Hosted by Hilltrip, AWARE, Ziptrek, Eco Everything and Granville Island Brewing.

Saturday June 28th

10 a.m.
at the Whistler Public Library
with Cara Richard & Sarah Desrosiers, BC Parks Interpreter

“AWARE Kid’s Games Day!”

First the children played the “Don’t Drop the World Game”. Played with large beach balls in the friendship circle at the park beside the Whistler Public Library. The children were asked to identify the 3 main sources of life; 1) clean air, 2) clean water and 3) food supply, and were eager to tell the group their solutions to protecting our planet earth’s life giving resources.

The children then enjoyed the challenge of testing their bear knowledge in the ‘Little Bryan Bear Trivia Game’, a giant board game using the stepping stones at the nearby park.

 As a special treat ‘The Great Strawberry Race’ was played. A relay race where children ran their fastest as they learned about slow foods. Juicy organic strawberries supplied by North Arm Farms in Pemberton were enjoyed by all!