I've volunteered at past work parties at #WellandCommunityOrchard in the past.

This Sunday, I'm taking Mom there for a Summer trees pruning workshop. It's free for seniors & disabled folks to attend 🙂

Gather, harvest, and learn at one of the largest and most diverse #CommunityOrchards in #Canada. Once the backyard of local #conservationist Rex Welland, the #orchard is home to nearly 200 #FruitTrees and vines, including many rare varieties of apple, pear, plum, fig, grape, hazelnut, kiwi, paw paw, and more.
It was Rex’s vision to have his land loved, used, and #stewarded by the public, and since 2013 we’ve been working with the Town of #ViewRoyal to turn the orchard into a #CommunityResource.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard

#CommunityBased #CommunityBuilding #CommunitySharing #Wsanec #LekwungenTerritory #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #FoodSecurity #PacificNorthwest #PNW #BritishColumbia #CommunityLed #LifecyclesProject #YYJ

#Forests are an #essential part of #ClimateChange #solutions & their effective #conservation requires #empowerment of #IndigenousPeoples & #LocalCommunities or IPLCs. Around the world, #IPLCs #stewarded forests for generations. Due to growing #EconomicPressures to cut forests - current #incentives designed to keep forests standing are #inaccessible to communities living in areas of high forest, low deforestation regions, or #HFLD
https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2023/04/12/forest-climate-finance-must-be-more-equitable-to-support-indigenous-peoples-and-local-communities

#StopDeforestation #environment #OneEarth