The annual The Terry Fox Foundation run is being held on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 at the Pemberton Regional Airport Picnic Site Registration from 9:30am with the run starting at 10am 5km and 10km course that is suitable for bicycles, wheelchairs/strollers and rollerblades. Dogs on leash welcome.
This weekend, H OM Grown Fest debuts - 3 days of yoga and food workshops, music, nature meditations, educational talks, nutrition and an Abundance Market in Pemberton, BC. Featuring many local wellness champions! What a great opportunity to try something new, meet like-minded people or deepen an existing practice. Details at http://www.homgrownfest.com/
Farmers Appreciation Week is taking place across BC this week, from Sept 8-15! Pemberton's Market celebrates tonight, with an annual cake-cutting ceremony, on top of all the other delicious goodness on offer.
Last year, herpetologist Dr Leslie Anthony delivered a presentation at the library on Pemberton's sharp-tailed snake population, where he tells the story of his discovery of a completely rare species of snake, right here in our backyard. You don't have to be a geek to find this exciting... and you don't have to have been … Continue reading Video: Sharp Tailed Snakes
So, everyone's talking about beets these days. Well, endurance athletes apparently are, according to this article I stumbled on in Competitor.com. A few years ago, researchers from Exeter University in the United Kingdom recently performed a study to test this hypothesis. They recruited nine subjects and gave them either regular beetroot juice or nitrate-depleted beetroot … Continue reading Drink Your Beets?
What better place to explore yoga and wellness than in Pemberton, based at the Community Centre, for the first homegrown grassroots H'Om Grown Fest?Thanks to an innovative Abundance Market and "expansion project", the producers are offering free programming to the community, on the Great Lawn of the Pemberton Community Centre. All are welcome. (Note: If you are … Continue reading H’Om Grown Fest, September 12-14
Tis the season. Polek calls this photo : "balance is not equal." Check out his daily photo project at http://valleyoflight.wordpress.com/.
On Monday, at Parent-Infant Drop-in, Vancouver Coastal Health will host Nic McPhee, from the Library, as special guest, chatting about reading with babies.Given that babies are just squirmy little blobs with very short attention spans, this might seem a bit pointless.It certainly did to me, given that my baby was more inclined to eat books, … Continue reading 5 Reasons to Read to your Babies (however old they are)
Pemberton Crab Apple Project - August 25th-September 20th SPS will be partnering up with community organizations to help reduce human-bear conflict in our area through harvesting the crab apples along the main street in Pemberton. These mature trees, which were planted in honour and memory of local veterans and community members, while beautiful, attract black bears … Continue reading Pemberton CrabApple Project calls all Canners, Fruit Pickers and Bear Lovers
The Whistler BioBlitz is a 24 hour race against the clock to count as many species as possible.And this year, it's coming to Pemberton!Join Stewardship Pemberton Society, the SLRD and guest biologists to discover the unique biodiversity of the new local conservation area at the Fulton Property. Meet at the bottom of Happy Trail. Email … Continue reading Stewardship Pemberton brings BioBlitz to Pemberton, August 24, 2pm
The Wellness Almanac 