Resilience : an ability to adapt or recover from difficulties.

Are you concerned about how Pender might be affected by climate change? Forest fires? Water shortages? Would you like to find ways that we can increase our resilience in the face of changing conditions?

Join us this Saturday at 10:00 AM at the Community Hall for a discussion about how we can grow Island resilience. There is no fee to attend.

You’ll have a chance to talk with your neighbours about what you think we should be preparing for, the resources we already have to draw on and brainstorm some practical actions we can take to be better prepared for what might be coming.

Refreshments provided! 

The Salish Sea Renewable Energy Co-operative invites you to an informal information meeting on solar PV and the newly minted co-op. Hosted by Heartwood Folk School, we invite you to cone to the Kraken Theatre at Hope Bay on Sunday June 17th from 12:30-2:15 and learn about the planned bulk buy, solar assessments of sites, myths around solar, why the sun is the future, how solar can help decarbonize your life, and save you money.

FREE!! Registration is required. Email to <info@heartwoodfolkschool.org>

Dougal Muir is Creative Director at Muir & Associates and Brand Communication Design Instructor at VFS Digital Design Program. Whether you sell your goods online or hang out a shingle, branding your business will help your business grow and appear more professional.

In Part 1 of this class, Dougal will start with a brief introduction to branding, where it came from and how it developed over the years.

Part 2 will look into examples of excellent brands that have thrived in small communities by building trust and communicating core values - we may look at local brands that are familiar to us such as Island Farms or Phillips Brewing for example.

Part 3 will focus on some of the brand identities that Dougal has worked on for very local clients such as Ptarmigan Arts, Magic Lake records and Studio B Hair Art.