All Events at the Hornby Island Community Hall

ForestFest Opening Film Night

Friday, October 23rd

Doors 6pm

Q&A with Director Jean-Philippe Marquis

SILVICOLA TICKETS

Set amongst the rugged forests and shorelines of British Columbia, Silvicola is a tableau of the complex web of cultural and economic forces which compel and constrain modern forestry practices.

ForestFest TALKS!

TALKS TICKETS

Saturday, October 24th

Conservancy Hornby Island AGM 9AM (doors 8AM) - all are welcome, coffee & tea provided

Speaker event begins at 10:30am

Delicious Lunch available for purchase by Taste of the West Coast

Will O’Connell

Will is a prominent Vancouver Island based Old Growth Forest Defender, a filmmaker, teacher and artist.

Come and hear updates from the front lines of our province’s fight to save our old growth forests in the Walbran Valley.

Jennifer Houghton

Jennifer is the Campaign Director and principal author of the New Forest Act, a citizen-developed proposal for replacing British Columbia’s existing forestry legislation and management system.

The New Forest Act is a proposed legislative framework for replacing BC’s existing forestry system with one based on ecological integrity, community decision-making, and stable regional economies.

Emma Bryce

Emma is the Food Self-Sufficiency Lead for Kanaka Bar Indian Band in the Fraser Canyon, where her work brings together land-based food systems, ecological restoration, and community-led land management.

Learn about the goat grazing program reducing wildfire fuel loads in Kanaka's traditional territory while creating employment and mentorship opportunities.

Darren Bond

Hornby Island’s own! Chair of the Water Stewardship Committee

Join Darren for a virtual tour of Beulah Creek, from its former “headwaters” to its mouth at Little Tribune Bay. Imagine the possibilities of restoring this water system on our 2nd growth forest health…

Film Night II

Saturday, October 24th

Doors 6pm

Q&A with Director Marlene Rodgers

REWILDERS TICKETS

The Rewilders is a visually spectacular short documentary that follows pioneering conservationists on three continents, working to rewild iconic species like jaguar, elephant, bison and Pacific salmon.  The impact of their efforts is galvanizing a global movement, one species and one landscape at a time.

Marlene Rodgers is a filmmaker whose work spans both feature film and documentary genres. Marlene wrote and directed The Rewilders, which has traveled to 15 film festivals internationally and garnered three awards.

ForestFest WORKSHOPS!

Sunday, October 25th

Forest Friendly Coffee 10am

Foraging & Cooking 2pm

Jonattan Mendoza

Friend of Hornby Island Jonattan presents a fully caffeinated workshop on single-origin ethical coffees from Guatemala.

Forest-friendly coffees grown by cooperatives supported by De La Gente Coffee are good for people and planet, grown in ways that support biodiversity, soil health, and local economies.

Learn about single-origin and ethical coffee beans, the story of De La Gente, while roasting, brewing and sipping!

Tickets for Forest Friendly Coffee with Jonattan

Jaimie McVittie

Daughter of Hornby Island, accomplished chef, mariner and entrepreneur, founder and head of Taste of the West Coast, Jaimie will share her love of wild local ingredients.

Taste, touch and smell wild foraged items from our temperate rainforest.

Learn how to incorporate locally foraged “forest food” into recipes and menus you can make at home.

Tickets for Foraging & Cooking with Jaimie

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