EarthFEST
Environmental Criteria
Exhibits and products must fit the EarthFEST themes and
must demonstrate one or more of the following:
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SAVES energy, water, natural
resources.
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REUSES or RECYCLES materials.
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PEOPLE POWER hand-made, hand
tools, bicycles.
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SUPPORTS biodiversity, bioregionalism,
sustainable communities, health
We apply the above criteria to the site infrastructure
as far as possible. Food concessions serve organically grown food. There
is a zero waste policy on site. We offer shuttle buses; site vehicles operate
on alternative fuels. Music stage is solar-powered.
CONFIRMED EXHIBITORS
[as they were for EarthFEST'98]
FOOD
Bar None Cafe, Bob Melnuk, tel: 250-334-3112
Canadian Organic Growers (COG) Barbara Campbell tel: 250 642-2698
email:
ecoplus@islandnet.com
Comox Region Organic Producers Society (CROPS) Carmen Wakeling tel:
250 338-4860, email: eatmore@mars.ark.com
EarthSave, Pat Newson, tel: 250-338-8684
Eatmore Sprouts, Carmen Wakeling, tel: 250 338-4860, email: eatmore@mars.ark.com
Garden Path Organic Plant Nursery, Carolyn Herriot, tel: 250-592-4472
International Heritage of Canada (nutritional supplements) Arnold
Vingsnes tel: 604 936-5893
Island Organic Producers Association (IOPA), Anne de Cossen, tel:
250-335-2231
Kootenay Permaculture Institute, Gregoire Lamoureux, tel: 250 226-7302
Linking Land and Future Farmers (LLAFF) Peter Walker tel: 250 472-2044
email pjwalker@uvic.ca
Matagalpa Coffee, World Community Development Education Society,
Mary Barquest, tel: 250 338-5843, email wbradley@mars.ark.com
Merville Herbal, Mary Ann Meredith, Shari Wallace, tel: 250-897-0055,
email: shari_wallace@bc.sympatico.ca
Pure Frozen Fruit Cones, Shea Kofilla, tel: 250-337-8851
Salt Spring Seeds, Dan Jason tel: 250 537-5269
Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF), John Vanden Heuvel, tel:
250-354-4417
FORESTRY
Allen Hopwood Enterprises, Allen Hopwood, tel: 250 334-3043
Blacktail Enterprises, Tim/Shiela Fairbanks, tel: 250-337-5161
Denman Community Forest Co-op, John Milne, tel: 250-335-8684
EcoForestry Institute, Ray
Travers, tel: 250-477-8479, email: rtravers@islandnet.com
EnviroEquip, Bob Woods, tel: 250-334-3554
Friends of Clayoquot Sound,
Valerie Langer, tel: 250-725-4218, email: focs@web.apc.org
Hemphrodite Hemp Shop, Lee Everson, tel: 250-339-2987, email:
rob-everson@bc.sympatico
Sierra Club, Lisa Matthaus, tel: 250-386-5255, email: matthaus@islandnet.com
Silva Forest Foundation, Cam Brewer, tel: 604-873-4306
ENERGY
BC Hydro PowerSmart, Carl Jackson, tel: 250-703-2314
Dragonsun Communications, Ezra Auerbach, tel: 250-333-8726, email:
ezra@island.net
Energy Alternatives, Bob Mathews, 1-800-265-8898, email: energyalternatives@bc.sympatico.ca
Innovative Technologies Inc. Kevin Barnes, tel: 250 472-2556,
email:
innotech@netcom.ca
Pacific GeoExchange, Lynn Mueller, tel: 1-800-736-7766
Power Source Energy Systems Inc., Barry Gribbon, tel: 250-544-2115
Soltek Solar Energy, Dave Egles, tel: 1-800-667-6527 email:
soltek@soltek.ca
Taylor-Munro, Joe
Thwaites, tel: 604-946-3804, email: thwaites@direct.ca
West Kootenay Power Dan
Egolf [workshop only]
SHELTER
AirTec Ventilation Systems, Dan Currie, tel: 250-338-0877
Blue Maxx Wall Systems, Craig Seale, tel: 1-888-316-1991
Chris Anderson Associates & McGinnis Electric, tel: 250-537-5102
Cob Cottage Company, Holger Bush, tel: 541 942-2008
Coville Challenge, Marc Paradis, tel: 250-338-9739, email:
evc@mars.ark.com
Eco-Design Resource Society, Mark Krushbaumer, tel: 604-921-8044
Richard Kadulski, Architect tel: 604 689-1841, email: kadulski@direct.ca
Terra Firma Builders, Meror Krayenhoff, tel: 250-537-9355
Terrain EDS, John Salmen, tel: 250-748-7684, email: terrain@cow-net.com
TRANSPORTATION
Canadian Electric Vehicles, Randy Holmquist, tel: 250-390-1166,
email: canev@islandnet.com
Horse & Carriage, Dot Turnbull, tel: 250-334-8862
Nanaimo Car Share Co-op, Ian Gartshore, tel: 250-716-888,
email: shore@nisa.net
Simon's Cycles, tel: 250 339-6683
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Caravan Co-ops, Nick Kenrick, tel: 250-743-6998
Community Currencies, Michael Linton, Ernie Jacub, tel: 250-338-0213,
email: les@mars.ark.com
(michael linton)
Comox Valley Environmental Council Sustainacycle, Norm Reynolds,
tel: 250-890-0109, email: nreynold@island.net
Council of Canadians, Marie Purcell, tel: 250-897-3964
Comox Valley Unitarians, Nancy Reynolds, tel: 250-247-9737
David Suzuki Foundation, Alex Boston, tel: 604-732-4228
EarthWays Institute, Bruce Elkin, tel: 250-537-1177, email: belkin@saltspring.com
EarthWear Canada, Monica Millar, tel: 250-336-8582
Environment Canada, Jaspal Rai, tel: 604-664-9088, email:
jaspal@ec.gc.ca
Guy Dauncey, [of Eco-News]
tel: 250-592-4473, email: gdauncey@islandnet.com
International Fund for Animal Welfare, Jayson Biggins, tel: 250-380-0442
Barbara Joughlin, tel: 250-752-7516, email: bjoughlin@nanaimo.art.com
New Society Publishers,
Judith Plant, 250-247-9737 email: info@newsociety.com
EarthStar Permaculture Team, Irene McCrindle, Susan Hughes, tel:
250-337-5303, email: flitesup@island.net
The Land Conservancy of BC, Katie Stewart, tel: 250-386-4792, email:
camassia@bc.sympatico.ca
Read Island Bookstore, Marnie Andrews, tel: 250-203-1833
Women and the Earth, Fireweed, tel: 250-335-1209, email: fireweed7@hotmail.com
WATER/WASTE
Comox Strathcona Regional District, Echo Heibert, tel: 250-334-6025,
email: rdcs@mars.ark.com
Millar Piercy Watershed Stewards, Angela Smailes, tel:
250-338-4342
Project Watershed, Don Chamberlain, tel: 250-339-1619
Reach for Unbleached, Eliza Morris tel: 250-935-9662
Repac/Ragtime Studios, Yvonne Galbraith, tel: 250-336-2880
ReSnooze It Mattress Refurbishing, Gloria Sponselee, tel: 250-334-3996
Tsolum River Task Force (with Project Watershed), Rahsaan
Dobbs, tel: 250-337-5077, email: reddjp@mars.ark.com
YOUTH ECO-ACTIVITIES
Comox Valley CARE, Brenda Norris, tel: 250-339-3163 email: care@mars.ark.com
Environmental Youth Alliance, Rob Britton. tel: 604-689-4446
SunWind, Michael
Cooke, tel: 250-537-1044, email: sunwind@web.net
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