Linda Geggie is the founder of LifeCycles, a community based organization developed in 1994 to cultivate awareness and initiate action around food, health and urban sustainability. She is currently the Coordinator of the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable (CRFAIR), which works to facilitate education, information sharing and collaborative work of food and agriculture organizations in the region. CRFAIR also works on policy and planning issues with Municipal Governments,...
Andrea Zittlau is a fourth year Visual Arts and Environmental Studies student. Her interest in food security sprouted in the Campus Community Garden three years ago, where continues to be involved today. Andrea also worked with the Campus Urban Agriculture Collective last semester and is nearing the end of a farming apprenticeship.
Deborah Curran is a Senior Instructor with the Environmental Law Centre and Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria. She is also the principal of Deborah Curran and Company, a law firm dedicated to developing legal strategies for smart growth. Deborah advises local governments, other agencies and community groups across B.C. on sustainability. She is the author of the Green Bylaws Toolkit and the Smart Bylaws Guide website. She teaches Municipal Law, Real Property Transactions, Environmen...
The role of OCBR for community
giving a framework for this annual workshop
wide ranging effects on peak oil, erosion of soil