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By tomcroft, January 22, 2012 10:16 am

Ralph Archibald, our Birding guy, is away at the end of January, so there will not be a Bird Walk.

We are planning a Public Meeting with presenter Grant Keddie, Curator, Archaeology, Royal BC Museum. It will be on Thursday evening, March 8, at 7 pm at Windsor Park Pavilion.

Please check our blog for more info on what is happening: friendsofuplandspark.wordpress.com

Mark Earth Day, Sunday April 22 on your calendar for the Uplands Park Celebration picnic with music, nature walks and family fun.

Anyone interested in joining ivy removal days, please email me at mlidkea@shaw.ca.

Yours naturally,
Margaret Lidkea and Kathleen Matthews

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By tomcroft, December 13, 2011 2:19 pm

Now’s your chance to help protect BC’s children and families.
The provincial government’s Special Committee for Cosmetic Pesticides is seeking public opinion until December 16th.
Cosmetic pesticides are used to improve the appearance of lawns and gardens. However, research has linked pesticide exposure with an increased risk of adult and childhood cancers, including: leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, prostate, brain and lung cancers. Studies also show that children may be at a higher risk due to their rapidly developing bodies.
Despite strong support from BC communities and health and environmental associations, mounting industry pressure could result in ineffective legislation.
Here’s how you can help!
1. Answer the E-Questionnaire
This is a short questionnaire about the issues, provided by the provincial government. Please feel free to download and make use of our suggested responses (PDF).

2. Submit your own statement
Take the opportunity to personally tell the government that you want cosmetic pesticides banned so that our children can play in safe and healthy greenspaces.
With your help, the Canadian Cancer Society has already successfully supported over 30 BC municipalities in moving away from the use of cosmetic pesticides.
Take action now, and help make this happen for every community in British Columbia – help make BC safe for kids and families.
Sincerely,
Kathryn Seely,
Director of Public Issues
Canadian Cancer Society, BC & Yukon
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By michellekirby, September 27, 2011 6:24 am

A group of about a dozen volunteers combed Willows Beach on Saturday morning, looking for any bit of garbage to pick up. In an hour’s work, we managed to get a half a bag of returnable containers, and the remaining bags were filled with garbage.

The most common item again was cigarette butts, found in the sand, along the walkway, on the rocks, and concentrated around logs on the beach. I couldn’t take two steps without seeing a butt, and picked up hundreds in the hour we were there. The largest item was likely the pair of sand filled shorts. I will leave to your imagination the other treasures we found!

Thanks so much to the volunteers who came out to help!

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By michellekirby, September 20, 2011 6:03 am

Join the Community Association of Oak Bay for the 3^rd Annual Shoreline Clean Up this Saturday, September 24, 2011.

We meet at Willows Beach Kiwanis Tea Room  and will work together to clean the beach of  hundreds of cigarette butts, bits of plastic, and all kinds of other surprises that you don’t want on your beach, in your ocean, or eaten by sea life.

Bring gloves, and bags for all the garbage and recycling collected.

Everyone welcome!

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By michellekirby, May 21, 2011 3:56 pm

To RSVP, please email to sustainability@saanich.ca.

For more events like this, please visit the Saanich Climate Change Schedule of Events.

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By michellekirby, April 19, 2011 4:31 pm

“The best way to get to know a neighbourhood, is to walk it.”
- Jane Jacobs

The weekend of May 7th and 8th, there will be a number of Jane’s Walks throughout the region. You’ll get a little exercise, fresh air, and learn some things you likely never knew about the history of your neighbourhood, or even some of the issues facing it today.

If you’re looking for one nearby, check out the Shelbourne Valley Jane’s Walk.

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By michellekirby, April 13, 2011 9:23 pm

Start your Earth Day celebrations with either a walk or a ride in your community! We’ll all be gathering in the parking lot next to Emmanuel Baptist Church at 11:00 AM on Good Friday, April 22nd, and making our way to the Family Picnic and other events next to Uplands Park. Hope you can join us!

View Earth Day Celebration Walk or Bike Routes in a larger map

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By michellekirby, April 10, 2011 10:39 am

Your Community Association is busy planning with the Friends of Uplands Park for our Oak Bay Earth Day Celebration on Friday, April 22nd! Earth Day 2011 Poster

For our part, the CAOB is leading a bike ride from UVic to Cattle Point via a route we like to call The Educational Corridor. The route starts from our University, passes Camosun College, Carnarvon Park (Preschool/Daycare), Oak Bay High School, SMU Jr. School, and Glenlyon Norfolk School, and lands us at Cattle Point where we’ll finish up with a picnic with the Friends of Uplands Park.

View Earth Day Celebration Bike Route in a larger map

The Friends of Uplands Park are planning plenty of activities to participate in and enjoy all day!

Schedule of Events

9:00am —- Bird Walk at Cattle Point

11:00am —- Earth Day Bike Ride along the Oak Bay “Educational Corridor” starting at UVic, visiting Willows School, Oak Bay High, Monterey School, gathering riders at each school along the way.

11:00am —– An Earth Day Walk starting from UVic to end at Uplands Park.

12:00 Noon —- Picnic & Music: Walkers and bike riders and other participants arrive at Uplands Park for family & friends picnic

12:15 (or so) —- Official Welcome

1:00 —- Guided Nature Walks (1 walk will be at Cattle point; 1 walk will be along the trails in Uplands Park)

2:15 —- Guided Nature Walks (1 walk will be at Cattle point; 1 walk will be along the trails in Uplands Park)

Noon – 3:30: Other activities include:
———– Music by The Bald Eagles
———– Face Painting
———– Treasure Hunt
———– Bubbles
———– Uplands Park Map Display
———– GOERTS and HAT displays
———– Invasive Species Removal

3:30 —- Official Closing

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By michellekirby, March 18, 2011 8:33 am

A Billion Acts of Green, and our Earth Day Celebration is one of them! Join the Community Association of Oak Bay in our pledge to celebrate Earth Day, Good Friday, April 22, 2011.

We are organizing a bike ride from UVic along what we call the “Educational Corridor” that connects cyclists from school to school in Oak Bay, ending with an Oceanside ride back up to Cattle Point. At the same time, a group will be enjoying a walk from UVic down through the Uplands to Cattle Point, where we will all join together with the Friends of Uplands Park to celebrate with food and live music, and many other activities that they have planned for the afternoon.

If you want to join us, stay tuned here for updates, or have a look in our upcoming issue of The Connector newsletter in the centrefold of the Oak Bay News, Wednesday, March 30th, 2011.

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By michellekirby, March 10, 2011 12:03 pm

Love your tweed? Love your bicycle? On Saturday, May 7th, 2011 you can join a stylish ride from the Inner Harbour to Oak Bay, in The Tweed Ride Victoria.

The Tweed Run London started the trend in the Fall of 2009, and have been cropping up all over the world. It’s a slower paced ride with style, with a stop for a spot of tea mid-way, judging of the most stylish of the group, and ending at the The Penny Farthing Pub in Oak Bay (where else?!). The added bonus? 100% of your Registration Fee ($5.00) for Tweed Ride Victoria will go to purchasing a stretcher/ ambulance-bike for rural clinics in Malawi.

For more information, or to register, please visit The Tweed Ride Victoria.

To get yourself in the spirit, have a watch of this video:

Tweed Ride 2010 from Steven Greenstreet on Vimeo.