Island Life Archives - Page 4 of 53 - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Lighter Living: Reducing our ‘foodprint’

Contributed Article - August 21, 2024

SUBMITTED BY TRANSITION SALT SPRING Part of the Lighter Living series How many of us cringe at the thought of cleaning out the crisper drawer...

Grow Local targets island’s extra fruit crop

Robb Magley - August 14, 2024

A community food reclamation and sharing initiative has begun its second season on Salt Spring, establishing a new pillar program that hopes to “rescue”...

Harrington launches voices for the islands

Gail Sjuberg - July 31, 2024

A former Salt Spring resident is returning next week to celebrate the launch of a book with stories related to this island and 16...

Transition Salt Spring kicks off Lighter Living campaign

Contributed Article - July 31, 2024

By TRANSITION SALT SPRING Many islanders would agree that summer on Salt Spring is tough to beat. Lakes for swimming, forest trails for hiking and...

ArtSpring fair yields more than funds

Contributed Article - July 24, 2024

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON For ArtSpring The big story for ArtSpring last week may have been the record-breaking $127,000 outcome of its most important fundraiser of the...

Vesuvius “fire” teaches important lessons about preparing for disaster

Contributed Article - July 17, 2024

Story by Carol Volkart Photos by John Denniston The fire was fictional, but its lessons were real. When first responders descended on Vesuvius in a surge of...

Treasure Fair fundraiser breaks record

Contributed Article - July 17, 2024

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING Treasure Fair, ArtSpring’s largest annual fundraiser, has smashed its own record from 2023 with proceeds now north of $125,000 being raised...

Gulf Islands online events calendar created

Contributed Article - July 16, 2024

SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING ARTS Salt Spring Arts (SSA) and the Southern Gulf Islands Tourism Partnership (SGITP) have collaborated to create and launch a community...

Fawn season demands extra caution

Contributed Article - July 9, 2024

BY MARCIA JANSEN Driftwood Contributor It’s the time of year again: fawns are born and start to follow their mothers, and inevitably cross our roads. Marielle...

Book Bus campaign for Zambia underway

Gail Sjuberg - July 9, 2024

Salt Spring’s Margriet Ruurs is the author of more than 40 published children’s books. One of those is called My Librarian is a Camel,...

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