Not kidding about how powerful this can be, and how much of an equalizer it could be for finding people interested in creating communities. For FREE.

Have a great idea for an #opensource project that could create a free(r) alternative to a big, evil corp, but need #volunteers & seed funding?

Want to organize local #trans #lgbtq to create safe(r) spaces, organize events, and help each other thrive?

Read the interview below, or listen to their recent podcast appearance. https://pod.co/hello-merge-tag/how-zohran-mamdami-engaged-a-grassroots-army-using-automation-with-gabbi-zutrau-the-campaigns-chatbot-wizard

Library volunteers receive royal honour

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2025/11/15/library-volunteers-receive-royal-honour/

#LifecyclesProjectSociety #FruitTreeProject Update.

This year, we have harvested over 63,000 lbs of fruit! Of that, almost 32,000 lbs of Grade A fruit has been donated to the community, to over 70 community service agencies throughout the Greater Victoria Area. Our tree stewards have kept 4,500 lbs, and our amazing team of 191 Harvest Leads and Pickers have taken 13,000 lbs home. 

What about the other 13,500 lbs you ask? 

Made up of B-Grade, we have processed just over 7500 lbs into juice and jam. Some of the fruit is always C-Grade (compost). To date, we have composted just under 6000 lbs of fruit - while some of this has gone to our friends at Community Composting, the vast majority has gone to a local pig farmer.

We are proud to say no fruit has gone into the landfill!

https://lifecyclesproject.ca

#LifecyclesProject #FoodSystems #Nonprofit #FoodSecurity #fruitTrees #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CommunitySharing #CommunityBuilding #Volunteers #FoodSharing #Teamwork #Gleaning #ViewRoyal #VolunteerWithLifecycles #FoodEquity #CultivatingCommunities #ZeroWaste #ReduceFoodWaste #fruit #CommunityWork #harvest

The last of the potato harvest.

The easiest crop of all. I planted a couple of varieties of potatoes in March in an out of the way bit of ground. The potatoes grew as the normally do and so I harvested them.

I didn't really bother with that bit of ground again until someone suggested I should dig up my potatoes before the winter kicked in. I thought I already had. But it would seem that the tiny potatoes id missed the first time had grown.

#allotment #potatoes #volunteers

6 lessons I've learned about volunteers at conferences, including supplying creative work and rewards — and don't take them for granted!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/05/6-lessons-ive-learned-about-using-volunteers-at-conferences

#meetings #volunteers #LessonsLearned #tips #assnchat