BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sunset Labs - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Sunset Labs X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Sunset Labs REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200229T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200229T190000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20200206T175248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200229T233301Z UID:19674-1582966800-1583002800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Leap Day Holotropic Breathwork DESCRIPTION:Take a Leap on Leap Day!\nGrof Holotropic BreathworkTM uses Breath as Sacred Medicine to evoke non-ordinary states of consciousness for self-discovery and healing using accelerated breathing to an exquisite soundscape. Dr Stan Grof and the late Christina Grof pioneered this approach starting in the 1970s when research into the healing potential of non ordinary states with psychedelic medicines was stopped. Although Holotropic Breathwork is similar to the use of some sacred and psychedelic medicines it is a substance-free and natural approach to expanding consciousness and integrating mind\, body and spirit. A session follows the basic set and setting of a psychedelic session and therefore is part of the training of psychedelic psychotherapists. \n\nPreregister Here\nhttp://www.thesecretofbreath.com/workshops-all \nSunset Lab provides an amazing facility in the heart of the city yet private with a professional sound system! Doors open at 8:45 am for a 9 am start. Finish is approximately 7 pm. Light meals included in $140 early bird price. \n\nMore info on Holotropic Breathwork is available at this link:\nhttp://www.thesecretofbreath.com/workshops-all URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/leap-day-holotropic-breathwork/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/holotropic-breathwork-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200218T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200218T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20200123T000113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200421T193909Z UID:19654-1582050600-1582059600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:GIFT Film Screening DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of the breathtaking and richly cinematic documentary THE GIFT\, followed by a Q&A session with award winning Filmmaker Robin McKenna\, who will be joining us LIVE via Skype to answer your questions. \n“Robin McKenna’s elliptical\, poetic\, and visually arresting “Gift” examines the radical concept that creativity is not a commodity to be sold but a blessing to be shared.”\n-Peter Keogh\, The Boston Globe \nWATCH THE TRAILER: \n \nGIFT-Trailer from Gaudete Films on Vimeo. \n\nEVENT DETAILS:\nDoors: 6:30pm\nFilm: 7pm-8:30pm\nQ&A w Director: 8:30-9:00pm\nPrice: Pay What Feels Good\nTickets available at the door. \n\nABOUT THE GIFT\nInspired by Lewis Hyde’s beloved classic The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World\, GIFT is a richly cinematic film\, interweaving character-driven stories. On North America’s Pacific Northwest Coast\, a young Indigenous man undertakes the elaborate preparations for a potlatch—to make a name for himself by giving everything away. In Rome\, Italy\, a factory occupied by migrant families is transformed into a living museum\, protected by a “barricade of art”: a model of resistance\, and an invaluable gift. In the pirate utopia of Burning Man\, a mutant bumblebee art car distributes honey in a post-­apocalyptic desert landscape. Meanwhile\, in Auckland\, New Zealand\, artist Mingwei Lee prepares to launch Sonic Blossom – a “transformative gift” of song. GIFT is a tribute to something that can’t be measured or counted\, bought or sold. Exploring the parallels between artists’ work and a gift economy\, it’s a reflection on the creative process\, the reasons we “labour in service of our gifts”\, and a celebration of the imagination. \nABOUT ROBIN MCKENNA \nRobin McKenna began making films with La Course destination monde. Her film\, The Great War Experience won Yorkton Film Festival’s Founders’ Award in 2007. Her cinematography credits include City of Borders (Berlinale\, HotDocs 2008) and The Take with Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis (AFI Best Documentary\, 2004). She is an alumnus of Hot Docs Doc Lab\, and has been a filmmaker-mentor with Wapikoni Mobile. GIFT is Robin’s first feature documentary. Currently\, she is direction a short film with the National Film Board for the Governor General’s Award for the Performing Arts and finishing Thanadoula\, a short documentary fairytale about a girl’s search for her older sister and the “crow magic” connecting them. She is a producer/co-director of Medicine\, a feature documentary in post-production about ayahuasca\, medicine and healing. \n\nPRAISE FOR THE GIFT! \n“Thank you for this magisterial film\, subtle as it is on the revolutionary nature of art and the power forged when we honor our gifts and give them away. A dream\, a meditation\, a call to action.\n-Terry Tempest Williams\, author & environmentalist \n“At a time when art is relentlessly commercialized and commodified\, Robin McKenna’s “Gift” provides a gentle and welcome reminder of other values.”\n-A.O. Scott\, The New York Times \n“A beautiful\, moving\, and thought-provoking reflection on the creative process and the things that make us human.”\n-Jonathan Lethem\, novelist \n“GIFT presents us with a rare opportunity to escape the relentless logic of the market and to reclaim a little bit of our human freedom.”\n-Le Devoir \n“GIFT is a poetic outlook on gift economies through art and cultural practices. It follows four storylines linked by creativity\, generosity\, resistance and defiance.”\n-Phi Centre \n“As we witnessed the transformative power of this gift\, our eyes filled with tears. This kind of art cannot be measured or counted; it is priceless. It travels from heart to heart and keeps on moving.”\n-Spirituality and Practice URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/gift-film-screening/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-20-at-3.46.17-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191204T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191204T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20191101T203735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191119T004406Z UID:19335-1575482400-1575489600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Climate Justice 101 DESCRIPTION:You’ve been to a climate strike. You know we need to do more. But how do we get to a future that is clean\, healthy\, sustainable and fair and just for everyone? \nAt Climate Justice 101 we will cover the basics – what’s happening to our planet and our society\, what strategies can work\, and how you can organize your community to be part of the climate justice movement that will change the world.\n  \n\nTWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE!:\nJoin us in person at Sunset Labs!\n400 Herald Street\, Victoria (behind Value Village) | No registration required. \n  \nJoin us online via Stream of Consciousness!\nCan’t join us in person? We’ve got you covered! We’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home.\nGet your FREE digital ticket to attend this via livestream\, HERE!\n  \n\n  \nA 2020 VISION PROJECT\n20 local non-profits. 20 broadcasts. 20 months. 1 gift. \n2020 Vision is a Stream of Consciousness media grant program designed to amplify & forward the deep work being done by the non-profit & charities right here in our hometown of Victoria. \nWe’ve gifted 20 live broadcast events\, over 20 months\, to 20 local community-based organizations in order to help them reach more people\, scale their message\, capture some beautiful video\, host an event\, and build an expanded awareness of the cause they champion! 2020 Vision is our way of saying THANK YOU for all that you’re doing to make the world a more beautiful\, just\, compassionate\, balanced and sustainable world. \nTo learn more about the 2020 Vision project and see the other events that our local grant recipients have and are producing\, click here! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-ptb/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Climate-Justice-Victoria-EVENT-IMAGE.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191203T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191203T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20191008T230631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191013T222305Z UID:19341-1575397800-1575408600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Understanding the Impacts of Trauma DESCRIPTION:The Understanding the Impacts of Trauma and Caring for Ourselves event is an opportunity to improve your understanding of trauma\, approaches to working with people we care about\, while supporting our own efficacy and wellness. This event is for frontline workers\, social workers\, professionals\, employers\, students and generally interested individuals looking to increase their knowledge on trauma and trauma-informed practice. \nThis event will explore the following topics and philosophies: \n> What is trauma & trauma-informed practice\n> The Vagus nerve and trauma responses in the brain\n> The 3 stages of trauma care and treatment\n> The impacts of trauma and abuse\n> Self-care and nervous system regulation for practitioners in highly activating situations\n> Learning skills for grounding trauma responses \nPresenters include the gutsy\, talented\, heart-centered staff at Bridges for Women Society\n  \n\n  \nAVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM\nCan’t join us in person? We’ve got you covered! We’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nGet your FREE digital ticket to attend this via livestream\, HERE!\n  \n\n  \nBRIDGES FOR WOMEN\nBridges is a gutsy\, innovative nonprofit inspiring diverse women impacted by violence or abuse\, to reclaim their lives and build economic stability. Bridges draws on its extensive knowledge of the impacts of abuse on employability\, to provide education\, training and consulting to community agencies\, employers and government. Our aim is to see all of the women who come to us enter the workforce as financially independent\, self-sufficient members of the labour market\, free from the impacts of trauma and abuse that previously held them back. \n \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-bfw/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BridgesForWomenBackgroundImage.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bridges for Women":MAILTO:info@bfws.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191119T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191119T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190401T192703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191013T224210Z UID:18895-1574189100-1574197200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Savoury Stories with CRFAIR DESCRIPTION: \nJoin us for an evening of tasty tales. A Good Food Summit appetizer event! Learn about the collaborative work of the Good Food Network and get inspired by the stories of local Good Food advocates. \nThis event is part of a larger annual event called the Good Food Summit. The Good Food Summit emphasizes cross sector collaboration\, networking\, skill building\, and highlights the Good Food work happening in the Capital Region. This event draws educators\, farmers\, students\, health professionals\, and more. \nLearn more: http://www.crfair.ca/goodfoodsummit\n  \n\nAvailable via Livestream\nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE!\n  \n\nAbout CRFAIR\nThe Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable (CRFAIR) supports the Capital Region through information sharing and networking\, collaboration and policy development around healthy food systems in the region. CRFAIR mobilizes and connects efforts to develop a healthy and sustainable food system in the Capital Region. \n \nCRFair Executive Director Linda Geggie \n \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-crfair/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/65391242_1533994000064666_3047843015264567296_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191010T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191010T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190401T183029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190926T211723Z UID:18883-1570732200-1570741200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:The Future of BC’s Ancient Forests DESCRIPTION:The Future of BC’s Ancient Forests\nThe Future of BC’s Ancient Forests will delve into the pressing social\, cultural\, political\, and environmental issues that impact – and are impacted by – the continued loss of BC’s rare and endangered old-growth forests. \nThe evening will include presentations by the AFA’s TJ Watt and Andrea Inness outlining the urgent need to protect BC’s old-growth forests and current opportunities for policy change. You’ll also hear the perspectives of guest speakers from across the ancient forest conservation movement. \nA Q&A panel discussion will give both in-person and online audiences a unique opportunity to pose questions to our expert panel about BC’s ancient forests\, their future\, and what it will take to protect them. Please send your questions in advance to info@ancientforestalliance.org. We will also accept questions from both the in-person and livestream audiences throughout the evening. \nJoin us for a critical conversation on how\, together\, we can shape the future of BC’s ancient forests while supporting the species\, communities\, and First Nations cultures that depend on them. \n\nSPEAKERS\nTyson Atleo: Economic Development Lead\, The Nature Conservancy Representative for the Ahousaht Hereditary Chiefs \nTyson Atleo is a hereditary chief-in-line of the Ahousaht Nation. As the Economic Development Lead for the The Nature Conservancy’s Emerald Edge program\, Tyson works to advance community-focused conservation and development strategies in the coastal temperate rainforest and other geographies in Canada\, the USA\, and with colleagues in other countries around the world. For his Nation\, Tyson served a four year term as the youngest elected Councilor in Ahousaht history\, and led the development of and continues to serve as the vice-president for Ahousaht’s stewardship and sustainable economic development corporation\, the Maaqutusiis Hahoulthee Stewardship Society (MHSS). Tyson also worked for many years with the Government of Canada and as a consultant focused on Indigenous community development and engagement\, is a successful entrepreneur in the housing sector\, and co-founded The Gathering Voices Society\, a charity focused on advancing innovative Indigenous led solutions to conservation and development challenges. \nAndy MacKinnon \nAndy is a forest ecologist who lives in Metchosin British Columbia Canada. Since December 2014 he’s also served as a Councillor in Metchosin\, and in spring 2017 he was the Green Party candidate in the riding of Esquimalt – Metchosin. Until his retirement in 2015\, he worked for the BC Forest Service for three decades\, mostly on BC’s coast\, where he was responsible for ecosystem classification and mapping and a program of forest ecology research focused on old growth structure and composition\, effects of climate change\, and BC’s native plants and fungi. Andy has also been involved in defining and implementing ecosystem-based management in Haida Gwaii and the Great Bear Rainforest. He has co-taught rainforest ecology field courses in Bamfield and Tofino (for the University of Victoria) and Haida Gwaii (for UBC). Andy is co-author of six best-selling books about plants of western North America. He’s an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University\, and a Professional Forester and Professional Biologist in BC. Andy was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree by Simon Fraser University in 2013. He’s President of the South Vancouver Island Mycological Society\, and enjoys drinking good whisky and playing mandolin. \n\nDoors open at 6:30pm\nLivestream starts at 7pm. \nPlease bring a reusable mug for complimentary coffee\, tea\, and water. \nDonations of any amount are also appreciated and encouraged. To donate to the AFA visit: https://www.ancientforestalliance.org/donate/ or donate in person at the event.\n  \nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \n \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-afa/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AncientForestAllianceBackgroundImage.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191005T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191006T010000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20191001T011816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T012424Z UID:19466-1570305600-1570323600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:SaQi DESCRIPTION:We’re SO DUE for a glorious night of dear friends\, epic dance and sultry beats… and if there’s one dude who is reliable to deliver just that – it’s SAQI! This will be saQi’s 4th time on the Sunset Labs stage and he just BRINGS IT every time… will you bring your high vibes and sweet smiles and share this night with us? Can’t wait to dance the night away with you. ♥ \n  \nsaQi \nThe mad-musical scientist known as saQi is a classically trained composer\, producer and trumpet player. Drawing his name from the Sufi title for a mystic muse\, saQi creates deep and funky dance floor jams that rock the party yet still maintain a grace and musical sophistication to engage the listener. saQi is a member of The illustrious Polish Ambassador’s new label Jumpsuit Records.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/saqi\nhttps://saqi.bandcamp.com/ \n and featuring… \nDJ Rowan \nSublime Events | Sunset Labs\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/rowansentesy\nRowan has been DJing and promoting events in BC for over a decade sharing the stage with mainstay festival acts like Adham Shaikh\, Gaudi\, Liquid Stranger\, Ganga Giri\, Delhi 2 Dublin\, Bluetech\, Saqi\, Desert Dwellers\, David Starfire\, Drumspyder\, Random Rab and more. He has performed at events and festivals all over the pacific northwest\, including Shambhala\, Oregon Eclipse (2017)\, Diversity\, Fairies & Fools\, Atmosphere\, Entheos and toured across North America with his wife Alice\, djing live sets offering transformative Bellyfit® workshops.\nRowan’s creates sonic journeys layered with exotic textures\, hypnotic rhythms and soaring\, soulful melodies. This is what he is lovingly pulled towards\, again and again. \nAnchor Hill \nReturning Saturn | Victoria\nhttp://www.soundcloud.com/anchor-hill\nHailing from the wild West Coast forests of BC\, this highly adapted musician is pushing his own brand of sound to greater heights. With 4+ years of classical jazz training\, 7 years of dropping bombs on the dance floor\, and over 5 years of original production\, Anchor Hill is a unique blend of phat\, broken mid-tempo beats\, flowing melodies\, glitchy edits and organic samples. His rich Elven styles range from Eastern-infused downtempo and trip-hop to psychedelic crunk and funky tribal glitch-hop. \n Ali & Chris\nDance Temple Cowichan\nhttps://soundcloud.com/aliesegenevieve\nAli Genevieve and Chris Bertin have been weaving their passion for music\, dance\, community and each other for 17 years.\nDevoted to the path of music & movement\, rhythm & motion this dynamic duo co-creates sound tapestries ranging from deep melodic beats to vocally infused tribal grooves. With Ali on the decks and Chris adding layers of percussion and didgeridoo\, this live+electronic music fusion inspires connection between the dancers and the music. \n JaLa ZuRa \nhttps://soundcloud.com/jalazura\nJaLa ZuRa is a multi instrumentalist\, singer and music producer.\nbased out of the bc coast JaLa combines spiritual world vibes with a primal urban trap to create an immersive sound and dance experience. \n\nTHE DETAILS \nHosted at Sunset Labs\n400 Herald Street\, behind Value Village\ndirections if you need them can be found here:\nhere \n$22 advance or at the door if available\nvia paypal (per the tickets link above)\nOR etransfer: payments@sunsetlabs.ca \n\nSET TIMES TBC \n8PM-9PM Ali & Chris\n9PM-10PM Rowan\n10PM-11PM Anchor Hill\n11PM-12AM saQi\n12AM-1AM JaLa ZuRa \n\nPOWERED BY PK \nhttps://www.facebook.com/pksoundpage\nhttps://www.pksound.ca/ URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/saqi-2019/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Live Music,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/70581886_2374701585910816_7066553608149401600_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191003T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191003T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190722T200231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190830T223817Z UID:19362-1570129200-1570138200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Rocky Point Bird Observatory DESCRIPTION:Celebrating 25 years of avian monitoring on Vancouver Island\, Rocky Point Bird Observatory invites you to join us in person or online to see how hundreds of volunteers have contributed to what we know about migrant and resident birds. \nNaturalist Connel Bradwell will guide you through examples of our research\, public education\, and monitoring activities: Dr. Alison Moran will share her recent work on the surprising diet of hummingbirds (through her analysis of baby hummingbird poop!)\, Ann Nightingale will offer tips on readying your yard for winter birds\, and weather\, owls and technology permitting\, we will livestream a visit to our Northern Saw-whet Owl monitoring project in progress at Pedder Bay Marina! \nBring your questions in person or join us through this livestream broadcast to learn more. \n  \nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!\nJOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \n \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-afa-2/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/rocky-point-owl.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190917T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190917T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190401T183125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T210059Z UID:18887-1568739600-1568750400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Victoria Sexual Assault Centre DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our 2019 Annual General Meeting followed by a monologue presentation performed by staff of the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre. \nSurvivor Stories chronicles the experiences of victims of sexual assault aged 101 to 15 years old\, and their journeys towards healing.* This monologue presentation strives to give voice to survivors and the work the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre alongside them to find hope and rebuild their lives after trauma. Survivor Stories demonstrates that healing is possible\, wherever a person is in their journey. \n*In order to protect the confidentiality of clients\, the stories presented are composites of survivors we have served throughout our 36 years of service. \nEVENING OUTLINE \n(please note this timeline is subject to change) \n5:00pm – 6:00pm – AGM Business\, everyone welcome. NOT LIVESTREAMED \n6:30 – 7:45pm – Monologue Presentation & Questions. LIVESTREAMED \n  \nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-vsac/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/67896140_10157064428692561_5194683977243295744_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190725T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190725T204500 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190707T222712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190707T222856Z UID:19310-1564083000-1564087500@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Fingerlight Groove DESCRIPTION:You asked for it… so here it is!\nWe’ll be dancing in the dark to a delicious\, kick-ass playlist filled with your favourite beats + lights on our fingers = Fingerlight GROOVE!\nSpread the word\, bring your friends and let’s get this party started! Can’t wait to see you on the DANCEfloor!!! \nAbsolutely NO experience or co-ordination necessary!\nSpace is limited as we try out this new space – so please register in advance! \nLet’s do this! Investment: $20\nRegister here! \nOr e-transfer to lizzdunich.com (at) gmail.com. Thank you!\nAbsolutely NO experience or co-ordination necessary! \nTheGROOVE incorporates aspects from yoga/pilates/dance/fitness etc.\, to create music-driven movements for cardio\, strength and flexibility. This class is perfect for every age and everyBODY! We will learn simple and easy moves from a variety of different dance styles (Hip Hop\, Urban\, House\, Jazz\, Bollywood\, Latin\, African\, Contemporary\, Swing\, Disco and many more!) inspired by all different genres of music with beats you cannot resist! Come move\, shake\, wiggle\, shimmy\, stomp and GROOVE with us! \nPre-registration is required – space is limited:\nhttps://www.lizzdunich.com/groove-classes-and-events \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/fingerlight-groove/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Movement ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/groove-banner-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190706T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190706T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190512T211120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190520T234615Z UID:19113-1562437800-1562448600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Birthing the Urban Village DESCRIPTION:Want to help birth the urban village?\nIt’s a time of social\, political\, economic\, cultural and environmental meltdowns\, and we need to regenerate ecosystems on a large scale — including and in particular the ecosystems of our cities! The urban environment is part of nature\, both impacted by the landscape around it and with profound effects on surrounding lands and waters\, as well as on the lives of their inhabitants. \nWith 68% of global population projected to be living in urban centres by 2050\, our cities are the global engines of culture\, creativity and economic innovation\, yet they are also often cold\, alienating and unsustainable. Can we bring the warmth and deep relatedness of the village to the urban streets\, and still keep the excitement and magic of urban living\, all while bringing our world back into balance with the nature that surrounds us? \nHow can we regenerate our cities\, our human ecosytems\, economies\, social interactions\, and human nature? How can we do so with an emphasis on culture building being core to our being\, not allowing ourselves to be thrown off of our core integrity and purpose\, while we also have to respond to what is throwing the world out of balance? This is the way to keep becoming stronger\, more connected with each other\, more resilient as our love for each other and the world grows more dear and fierce. \nJoin us IN PERSON or ONLINE for this panel presentation and community dialogue featuring an array of the west coast’s leading changemakers! \n  \n\nOUR PANELISTS:\nSTARHAWK | www.starhawk.org\nStarhawk is an author\, activist\, permaculture designer and teacher\, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books\, including The Spiral Dance\, The Fifth Sacred Thing and City of Refuge. Starhawk founded Earth Activist Training\, teaching permaculture design grounded in spirituality and with a focus on activism. She travels internationally\, lecturing and teaching on earth-based spirituality\, the tools of ritual\, and the skills of activism. \nMARK LAKEMAN | www.cityrepair.org\nMark always gets out of bed in the morning excited to take down the patriarchy by repairing cities. He sees placemaking as restorative work\, reacquainting people with how many complex dimensions of urban life can rejoin and then become simple together. Mark loves watching people create together and enact ecological and community repair as a way of finding their power. Mark loves building\, designing\, drawing\, helping\, using his hands in a zillion creative ways. He also loves being a son\, brother\, dad\, husband\, a friend\, and an old growth activist. \nBRANDY GALLAGHER | www.ourecovillage.org\nBrandy has worked in Community Development circles for the past 24 years with a focus of ‘recreating the commons’ and having alternative economy as a basis within trade/barter\, gift economy and service to the common good. Her work includes mobilizing tens of thousands of peoples to work together towards a seemingly impossible vision to rebecoming villagers\, urban or rural\, in a way that regenerates land and attempts to protect our collective future for generations to come. \nModerated By:\nMAYOR LISA HELPS | www.lisahelpsvictoria.ca\nLisa Helps became the 52nd Mayor of Victoria when she was elected on November 15\, 2014\, and was sworn into office for her second term on November 1\, 2018. Mayor Helps works hard at City Hall and in the community to ensure that the city is prosperous\, affordable\, sustainable\, and ready for the future. Taking a long-term\, big-picture perspective\, she looks both around the city and around the world for innovative solutions to the pressing challenges facing us including climate change\, lack of affordable housing\, and growing social isolation and loneliness\, especially among youth and seniors. She’s honoured to have been elected as Mayor of Victoria and to serve her community in this capacity. \n  \n\nTWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE!:\nJoin us in person at Sunset Labs!\n400 Herald Street\, Victoria (behind Value Village)\nSliding Scale – $10-$30\, you choose\nLimited seating so RSVP is required. \n\n\n \n\n\nSliding Scale – You Choose!\n\n\nOption 1 – $30.00 CADOption 2 – $20.00 CADOption 3 – $10.00 CAD \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us online via Stream of Consciousness!\nCan’t join us in person?\nWe’ll be hosting a digital ticket of this event via Stream of Consciousness.\nLivestream tickets & details are here! \n♥ URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/birthing-the-urban-village/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/urban-village-1920x1005.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190701T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190702T030000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190623T000434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T185232Z UID:19288-1562018400-1562036400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:OCEANS DEEP DESCRIPTION:OCEANS DEEP\nthe Official “Future Oceans” Afterparty\n\nOceans Deep is a benefit afterparty at Sunset Labs following the Future Oceans fashion show & fundraiser event hosted at the Victoria International Marina on July 1st. The Future Oceans event is being co-created by Ocean Legacy Foundation\, Natural Talent Agency and V.I.M to raise awareness about ocean plastics and environmental impacts. \n  \nABOUT OUR EVENT PARTNERS: \n\nFuture Oceans ::\nwww.vimfutureoceans.com | www.facebook.com/VIMsFutureOceans\nThe Future Oceans Design Competition is an innovation challenge presented to Canadian fashion designers by Victoria International Marina\, The Ocean Legacy Foundation\, and Natural Talent Alliance. The mission of Future Oceans is to inspire hope and promote positive activism toward environmental conservation and recovery. Future Oceans challenges fashion designers to:\n >> redefine plastics as a precious material.\n >> create beauty from reclaimed plastic refuse\, collected from the shores of the Pacific coastline.\n >> tell a truthful\, yet hopeful story about the current state of our oceans\, and what needs to change in order to protect them. \nOcean Legacy Foundation ::\nwww.oceanlegacy.ca | www.facebook.com/oceanlegacy\nOcean Legacy Foundation is an international non-profit organization which utilizes spatial mapping\, education and research\, clean-up expeditions and plastic to fuel technologies to develop the world leading Marine Debris Solution Centre. This dynamic and integrative approach combines sustainable technologies with education and skills training to give all plastic wastes economic value and communities the long-term tools they need to steward their environment. \nNatural Talent Alliance ::\nwww.naturaltalentalliance.com\nA strategic partnership of professionals with aligned values and a variety of expertise. The N.T.A. team provides talent recruitment\, art direction\, event management\, marketing support and production expertise. We are passionate about designing and creating exciting\, educational and immersive experiences. Our events feature leaders from diverse fields\, who are known for their innovative and progressive approaches to professional art practices and production. \nSunset Labs ::\nwww.facebook.com/sunsetlabs\nSunset Labs is an intimate waterfront venue located at the foot of Chinatown in downtown Victoria. Over the last decade Sunset Labs has evolved from simple beginnings to its current state as a beautiful\, high-tech\, plug n play\, special event venue. \n  \nFEATURING MUSIC BY ::\n\nSelektra :: L.A\nwww.mixcloud.com/brianna-amore \nKhan :: Vic\nwww.soundcloud.com/khan\nhttps://facebook.com/pg/khansmixes \nMo Moshiri :: Vic\nhttp://urbnet.com/momoshiri/ \nFocus Group :: Vic\nwww.soundcloud.com/focusgroupbc \n+ Special Guest \n  \nTICKETS & DETAILS ::\n\nHosted at Sunset Labs :: 400 Herald St\, Victoria\n$15 in advance via TICKET link on this page\nOR eTransfer to: payments@sunsetlabs.ca\n$25-35 at the door (if available) \nLimited quantity of tickets available\n10 – Late // LICENSED 19+ \n♥ \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/oceans-deep/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/banner1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190624T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190624T203000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190606T195829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190606T195829Z UID:19250-1561401000-1561408200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:This is My Body DESCRIPTION:Dawn Dancing Otter and Serena Annette Turner\, founders of The Wildwood Priestess Guild\, are holding safe space For women and female-bodied people to share\, and participate in grief and healing ceremony. \nWe were inspired to create this offering as a response to the recent rescinding of women and female-bodied rights to body autonomy by restricting abortion in Alabama\, Georgia\, and Ohio\, and the deep pain and visceral outrage felt by our community. \nAs Priestesses and Teachers of healing and leadership work\, we offer this opportunity for women and female bodied people of all ages to be in circle.\nWe Grieve. We Rise Up. \n  \n\nThis gathering is for people who have ever had female reproductive systems \nMonday\, June 24 6:30-8:30pm \nBy Donation \nSunset Labs\n400 Herald St.\nVictoria BC \nMore info:\nWildwoodPriestess@gmail.com\nwww.dawndancingotter.com \n♥ URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/this-is-my-body/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/61295784_2459791760717883_4328679061241987072_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190606T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190606T220000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190514T040005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T042714Z UID:19156-1559847600-1559858400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:The Poppy Revolution DESCRIPTION: \nThe Poppy Revolution: Heroin Buyers’ Clubs and the End of the War on Drugs will be an interactive\, high energy event featuring a diverse and captivating panel speaking to the causes\, effects and the waning years of the war on drugs. \nUnity Drummers will be opening the event followed by what is sure to be educational and interesting discussion by the panel of speakers. \nHosted by Activist and Professor Marilou Gagnon\, this evening will explore the dangers of Drug Prohibition\, the on-going ‘Overdose Crisis’ and the possibilities for community power and change. \nWith increasingly louder calls to provide safe\, predictable narcotics to those at risk of overdose\, we are confronted with the possibility of either state facilitated access to these needed drugs or a more community-based approach. \nAn example of this is the Heroin Buyers Club\, which could serve as a means for a more direct\, and grass roots approach to drug use. \nUltimately\, which ever approach we take\, there can be no doubt that the war on drugs is in peril. \n  \n\n  \nFEATURED EXPERTS\nDr. Shannon McDonald\nDeputy Chief Medical Officer First Nations Health Authority\nDr. Shannon McDonald\, proudly Metis/Anishinabe with deep roots in the Red River Valley of Manitoba\, is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the First Nations Health Authority.\nDr. McDonald is a trained physician\, with post-graduate medical training in Community Medicine and Psychiatry\, and has worked for over 20 years in the area of First Nations and Aboriginal Health. \nDr. McDonald has extensive experience both in the federal and provincial government contexts – most recently for 5 years as the Executive Director of Aboriginal Health at the BC Ministry of Health. \nAs an influential leader\, Dr. McDonald was recently awarded BC’s Physician Champions of Change award by the Doctors of BC for her leadership and advocacy for physician services in BC’s rural and remote\nFirst Nations communities. \n  \nErica Thomson\nFraser health Regional Peer Coordinator\nErica is a powerful advocate for women who use drugs\, and identifies as a woman with lived/living experience. \nHer current role in Fraser Health as Regional Peer Coordinator is a first of its kind and within the first year was able to hold a strategic planning forum and develop the first Peer engagement strategy for a health authority that was led by peer experts/ people with lived experience to be involved in the service design\, delivery\, policy and evaluation of services designed to meet the diverse needs of people who use drugs. \nOutside of her role in Fraser\, Erica is an active advocate and member of several drug user groups and recovery networks and recently joined forces with experts to explore a ‘heroin coop/compassion model” as one pathway to a safer supply as the overdose (prohibition) crisis continues to decimate our communities. \n  \nSusan Boyd\nPhD Professor\, Faculty of Human and Social Development\nUniversity of Victoria\nSusan is the author of a number of articles and books on drug issues\, including: From Witches to Crack Moms: Women\, drug law\, and policy; Busted: An illustrated history of drug prohibition in Canada\, and co- author of Raise Shit!: Social action saving lives. \nShe is also a long-time activist who works with national and community peer-run organizations that advocate for human rights\, the end of drug prohibition\, and for the establishment of diverse harm reduction initiatives. Susan’s talk tonight is titled “Heroin: Canadian law\, policy\, and activism over the last century.” \n  \nDonald MacPherson\nDirector\, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition\nDonald MacPherson is the Director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition a national coalition of organizations and individuals working to improve Canada’s approach to psychoactive substance use. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. He has co-authored the books Raise Shit: Social Action\, Saving Lives and Drug Policy in Canada: More Harm than Good. \n  \n\n  \nOUR ESTEEMED MASTER OF CEREMONIES\nDr. Marilou Gagnon\, RN\, PhD\nDr. Gagnon is an Associate Professor at the University of Victoria\, School of Nursing and Scientist at the Canadian Institute for Use Research. \nHer program of research seeks to address gaps in knowledge that have the potential to inform public debate and policies\, while also advancing the rights and the health of marginalized communities. She has worked in three provinces\, has served on multiple boards of directors and has been involved in a number of grassroots initiatives\, including the opening of a pop-up overdose prevention site in Ottawa. \nIn 2015\, she founded the Coalition of Nurses for Supervised Injection Services. Two years later\, she started the Harm Reduction Nurses Association (HRNA). She currently serves as the President of HRNA and is leading their research\, advocacy\, practice\, and policy portfolios. \n  \n\n  \nTwo Ways to Participate!\nJoin us either in person\, or online\, for this FREE one of a kind event! \n \nThis event has been organized by the South Island Community Overdose Response Network (SICORN) with funding from the Community Action Initiative (CAI). Co-hosted by the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR).\n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/the-poppy-revolution/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SICORN-ft-1920x1005.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190604T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190604T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190504T195524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190523T044258Z UID:18902-1559676600-1559682000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Leading Roles DESCRIPTION:Southern Resident Killer Whales are an iconic\, culturally significant and endangered population that spends the spring\, summer and fall in the Salish Sea\, an area surrounded by a human population of over seven million. As of April 2019\, only 74 Southern Residents remain. \nSouthern Residents live in tight family groups\, led by the population’s mature females. Both male and female offspring will stay with their mother for life. As leaders of the Southern Residents\, female killer whales play a crucial role in the health of their population. \nOn June 4\, join the Georgia Strait Alliance and an all-female panel of experts in a community discussion on the unique parallels between female Southern Residents and women in our society. Explore how women\, female allies and mothers can take a leadership role in protecting Southern Resident matrilineal families from further decline. \nThe event will be moderated by Kylie Stanton\, Global BC’s Vancouver Island videojournalist. \nGET IN PERSON TICKETS TO THIS EVENT
 HERE\nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!\nJOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-gsa/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Georgia-Straight-featured-930x486.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190526T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190526T163000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190502T025028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190512T233039Z UID:19011-1558875600-1558888200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Consent Matters DESCRIPTION:  \nWHAT IS CONSENT?\nConsent is a coherent mutual physical\, spiritual\, emotional\, & verbal agreement made without any coercion between people. The truth is\, we are all practicing consent in our daily lives\, in almost every moment: \n  \n“You have something in your hair\, can I get it out for you?”\n“Would you like a glass of water?”\n“Do you need a ride to the store? I would love to drive!”\n“Do you want a hug?” \n  \nConsent is just a broad term that encompasses willing agreements between people to engage in any given activity. Consent is a crucial ingredient in all healthy interactions and relationships. Through practicing consent\, you can understand someones desires and needs as well as communicate your own. \nOver the past couple of years\, we have started emphasizing the importance of interpersonal & intimate consent more than ever before in western history. But what often gets left out of these discussions is how exactly you go about the business of obtaining and providing consent in real-life situations. \nWe’re very excited to offer this two-part afternoon to support our whole community in evolving our collective consent language and integration\, allowing us to build more safety\, trust and connection at events\, on dance floors\, on a date… perhaps even in the bedroom. 🙂 \n  \nPART 1: #ConsentMatters 101\n1:00PM-2:30PM | Pay What You Can\nCome learn the nuances of what enthusiastic consent is through this interactive workshop. Consent on the dance floor all the way to a long term relationship: What does healthy consent feel like? Come learn the spunky side of consent to have more meaningful connections in your life! \nPART 2: #ConsentMatters Ambassador Training\n3:00PM-4:30PM | Sliding Scale: $20-$40\nTaking off from completing the 101 workshop\, you will receive a deeper comprehensive training on how to support consent culture in your life\, in your communities\, and at events. Learn skills\, tools\, and resources on how to create a safer space. \n  \nWHY THIS MATTERS?\n\nConsent Matters because it can not only lessen harm done to each other\, it can provide you with more connection and pleasure in your life. \nWHAT WE’LL TEACH YOU: \nWe will teach you the nuances of enthusiastic consent. Looking at how you cultivate meaningful connections and practice communication needed to support those connections. Delving into ways we can identify desire within ourselves and others. \nWHERE MIGHT YOU USE THIS?\nYou can use this in your life\, both personally and community focused. This can empower your friendships\, romantic partnerships\, safer spaces at events\, and even shift your workplace into a healthier environment. \nWHO IS THIS FOR? \nThis is for anyone who wants more connection and pleasure in their life. This is for people who want to grow out of the normal society treatment of each other\, and be more excited to be your genuine self. \n  \nWHO IS TANILLE?\n\nTanille Geib is a Lover of Humans\, and the facilitator of our workshops! She is an intimacy coach\, sexual health facilitator & curriculum developer\, advocate\, community leader\, creative producer\, and artist. Currently she is known as Victoria’s Consent Captain where she supports events to create safer spaces and educate communities on the nuances of consent. To find out more about her work\, passions\, and upcoming events check out her website:\nhttp://www.tanillegeib.ca \n  \nTHE REMAINING DETAILS?\n\nHosted at Sunset Labs | 400 Herald St\n1:00PM-4:30PM | Sunday May 26th\nPART1: $ Pay What You Can\nPART2: $20-$40 sliding scale\nRSVP required: info@sunsetlabs.ca \n* This is an LGBTQA+ inclusive\, all race\, age\, & gender inclusive\, all walks of life\, all peoples inclusive event. \n* Sunset Labs sits on the traditional\, ancestral\, unceded homelands of the Lekwungen people\, now also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. Please take the time to acknowledge and respect the first peoples and the land of which we dance upon URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/consent-matters/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/consent-matters-1920x1005.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190521T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190521T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190213T210020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190523T041346Z UID:17290-1558463400-1558474200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Access to Entrepreneurship DESCRIPTION:What exactly is “entrepreneurship”? Who is it for?\nWho *can* it be for? And how can it be used to build thriving\, diverse communities? \nJoin Community Micro Lending for a moderated conversation exploring how cultivating entrepreneurship can be directed to overcoming inequality and nurturing resilience. \n  \n\nOUR EXPERT PANELISTS\nPaola Qualizza\nManaging Director\, Co-founder of Groundswell Social Ventures\nPaola Qualizza is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Groundswell Social Ventures\, an alternative business school in Vancouver\, BC. Driven by a commitment to growing equity and the common good\, she is a strong believer in the power of relocalization and an entrepreneurial spirit (AKA creativity and action) to create a regenerative\, people-first economy. \nPaola co-founded a Vancouver community currency called Seedstock in 2012\, and was co-director of the second annual Living the New Economy Convergence in 2013. A regular panelist and speaker on topics of economic change and community building\, Paola has been Chair of the Vancouver Public Space Network since 2015 and sits on several City of Vancouver Civic Committees where she advocates for social justice\, inclusivity\, and a more fun urban experience. \nWe are very excited to welcome Paola as a panelist and to hear more about her work with people who are mobilizing the possibilities of alternative economies and building the better world we all know is possible. \nAbout Groundswell: Groundswell is an alternative business school where young ideas and budding social entrepreneurs connect and flourish based in Vancouver\, BC. Learn more at www.groundswellcommunity.ca. \n  \nVictoria Pruden\nExecutive Director of the Bridges for Women\nExecutive Director of the Bridges for Women Society\, Victoria Pruden is provincially and nationally recognized as a leader in trauma-informed programs for women impacted by violence\, abuse\, crime and neglect. She has extensive experience working for not-for-profit agencies\, and with Metis and First Nations communities and we look forward to bring her depth of experience to this conversation. \nAbout Bridges: The Bridges for Women Society provides connections for the creation of trauma-informed Women’s programs at the community level\, as well as professional development workshops for communities\, individuals and staff teams on the Impacts of Trauma and Abuse on Employability. Community Micro Lending is honoured to count Bridges for Women as a self-employment program partner\, co-delivering self-employment training and coaching to its clients in a supportive setting. \n  \nKarrie Hill\nChef and Founder of Deadbeetz Food Truck\nWe’re very excited to feature a member of the CML entrepreneur community at this event\, Chef Karrie Hill\, co-owner and operator of Deadbeetz Food Trucks. Karrie combined twenty years of experience in the kitchen with her love of zombies and beets to launch one of Victoria’s most popular food trucks. \nKarrie received a $5\,000 loan from CML in May of 2013 to complete the construction of her first food truck and a second loan a few years later to launch her second. \nThe Deadbeetz Trucks are now a fixture in the Victoria Food Truck community and can be found behind the Royal BC Museum and at festivals and markets across the south island. Karrie has apprenticed employees and helped them into BC Apprenticeship programs for cooking. She has also done part time work with the culinary program at Stelly’s Secondary School\, helping students who plan to enter the culinary program at Camosun after graduation. “(Community Micro Lending) made a difference in helping me start and run my own business allowing me to contribute to my community with my skill set”. \n  \n  \n\nTWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE!:\nJoin us in person at Sunset Labs!\n400 Herald Street\, Victoria (behind Value Village) | Limited seating so RSVP is required.\nGet your FREE ticket to attend this event in person\, here: HERE! \n  \nJoin us online via Stream of Consciousness!\nCan’t join us in person? We’ve got you covered! We’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home.\nGet your FREE digital ticket to attend this via livestream\, HERE!\n  \n\n  \nA 2020 VISION PROJECT\n20 local non-profits. 20 broadcasts. 20 months. 1 gift. \n2020 Vision is a Stream of Consciousness media grant program designed to amplify & forward the deep work being done by the non-profit & charities right here in our hometown of Victoria. \nWe’ve gifted 20 live broadcast events\, over 20 months\, to 20 local community-based organizations in order to help them reach more people\, scale their message\, capture some beautiful video\, host an event\, and build an expanded awareness of the cause they champion! 2020 Vision is our way of saying THANK YOU for all that you’re doing to make the world a more beautiful\, just\, compassionate\, balanced and sustainable world. \nTo learn more about the 2020 Vision project and see the other events that our local grant recipients have and are producing\, click here! \n\nThe Community Micro Lending Society is based on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen-speaking people\, today known as the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations and respectfully acknowledge that this is where this event will take place. \nAccessibility information: the venue is wheelchair accessible. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-cml/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-Community-Micro-Lending.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190507T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190507T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190401T183205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190504T170858Z UID:18891-1557253800-1557262800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Ready or Not - Aging out of Care DESCRIPTION:Join us for a facilitated panel discussion focused on the issue of youth aging out of care. \nThe event will bring together advocates\, researchers\, people with lived experience\, and community leaders from the youth sector who will give brief presentations from their experience as well as participate in a facilitated panel discussion. \nThrough this discussion\, we hope to inform our community on the recommendations and solutions researchers and advocates encourage\, that will bring positive changes to our system and for youth aging out of care. \nEXPERT PANELISTS\nKelly Roth: Executive Director of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness\nDylan Cohen: Advocate\nMaureen Palmer: Critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker\nDoug Magnuson: Associate Professor\, School of Child and Youth Care\nApril Feduniw: Team Leader at Ministry of Family and Child Development \n \n  \n JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-ths/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/threshold-featured-image-1920x1005.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190418T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190213T211433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190409T070104Z UID:17295-1555614000-1555623000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Raincoast Conservation Foundation DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Future of Killer Whale Recovery\nWith the Southern Resident population now at only 75 individuals\, their survival is clearly threatened under current conditions. Additional noise from vessel traffic\, further reductions in food availability\, or random events such as disease and oil spills would significantly increase their risk of extinction. Our research has helped to outline the viability of this population\, given existing threats and those on the horizon. The same research also outlines that we can put them on a path to recovery if we take necessary action. \nHosted by Bob McDonald\, host of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks\, this evening will discuss possibilities for recovery of critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. \nFrom fisheries closures and feeding refuges free from fishing and whale watching\, to closure of marine commercial and recreational fisheries and noise reductions from commercial vessels\, recovery measures are controversial. \nEXPERT PANELISTS\nMisty MacDuffee: Wild Salmon Program Director\, Raincoast Conservation Foundation \nMisty has been working on salmon conservation as a biologist for over 20 years. For more than a decade she has led Raincoast’s efforts to protect to protect the Southern Residents. As well as a publishing critical research on both wild salmon and killer whales\, Misty works with government and industry on fisheries reform and sits on various technical committees focused on wild salmon and killer whale conservation. \nDr. Peter S. Ross: Vice-President of Research at Ocean Wise\nPeter currently oversees eight research programs at Ocean Wise that deliver conservation science to the international community. He is Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria. He served as a Research Scientist with the Canadian government between 1996 and 2013. He is an international authority in the area of ocean pollution\, having published over 150 scientific articles\, with a focus on the source\, transport\, fate and effects of priority pollutants. He discovered the region’s killer whales to be the most ‘contaminated marine mammals in the world’ in a groundbreaking study in the year 2000\, and more recently reported on the widespread distribution of microplastics in the NE Pacific Ocean. \nMichael Jasny: Director of Marine Mammal Protection\, Natural Resources Defence Council\nMichael is a widely published expert on the law and policy of ocean noise pollution. For over ten years\, he has directed high-profile litigation\, lobbying efforts\, science-based policy development\, and public advocacy to improve the regulation of this emergent global problem. His work also focuses on securing protection for endangered marine mammals and their habitat\, opposing development projects that threaten marine mammals off the U.S. and Canadian coastlines\, and improving management of fisheries\, whale-watching tourism\, and other sectors that impact these vulnerable species. \nGET YOUR IN PERSON TICKET TO THIS EVENT HERE! \n  \nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-rcf/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-Raincoast-Conservation.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190319T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20190213T203335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190329T040149Z UID:17279-1553020200-1553031000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Democracy & its Futures DESCRIPTION:While democratic ideals rest on the principle of free and equitable public dialogue and deliberation\, contemporary Western democracies are experiencing deepening divisions and growing non-engagement in the public sphere amidst massive disinformation\, in particular in social media. \nThis\, as the world stands at the nexus of intensifying and intertwining crises of democratic\, social\, ecological\, economic and earth systems. The panel discussion will address the conditions under which civic dialogue and democratic deliberation can be effective. \nWhat forms should and could public debates take? \nWhat role can academia and the media play in facilitating and reviving processes of public deliberation as a cornerstone of democratic practice? \nThis event addresses the issues of Democracy and its Futures through a multilogue between experts from academia\, media\, and civil society. \nGET YOUR FREE TICKET TO THIS EVENT HERE! \n  \nCAN’T MAKE IT IN PERSON? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED! \nJOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!\nWe’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives\, and are dealing with various commitments around family\, time\, money and work. Digitally\, you’ll have the speakers\, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home. \nREGISTER FOR THE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM HERE! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-vision-cfgs/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Oliver-Schmidtke-HIGH-RES.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181120T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181120T191500 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20181118T111617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181118T112235Z UID:16961-1542733200-1542741300@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Physical Activity for All DESCRIPTION:Join BC Healthy Communities on November 20 for a live province-wide event featuring thought leaders and innovators in conversation about the planning and policy approaches communities can use to ensure healthy communities for all.\nThe evening will be led by a panel of experts sharing strategies around ensuring equitable access to opportunities for physical activity\, and methods that can help develop stronger evidence-based policies for improving health in our communities. \nThis event invites local government officials\, planners\, and recreation programmers\, as well as health authority staff and physical activity researchers\, to learn about the tools and approaches they can use to ensure everyone in our communities can be physically active. \nEvent Details:Tuesday\, November 205:30-7:15pm (Doors for in-person event at 5pm)\n\nModerator\nJudy Brownoff – President & Chair\, BC Healthy Communities Society\, Munipal Council member\, District of Saanich\nFeatured Speakers\nShannon Clarke\, MPH – Community Well-being Specialist\, BC Healthy Communities: Applying an equity lens to Active Communities Initiatives\nPJ Naylor\, PhD – Professor\, Graduate Advisor\, School of Exercise Science\, Physical and Health Education\,University of Victoria\nAme-Lia Tamburrini\, MSc – Senior Manager of Physical Activity\, Healthy Living and Health Promotion Branch\, Population and Public Health Division\, Ministry of Health\n\n\nJoin us In Person in Victoria\nIf you’d like to join us in person for this event\, please RSVP below. Tickets are limited; we will be accepting donations at the door.\nJoin Online\nIf you can’t join us for the live event\, we’re very excited to share that this event will be livestreamed so you can join us online from wherever you are! Register for the livestream at the Stream of Consciousness website. \nPresented by BC Healthy Communities Society through its PlanH program with the generous assistance of a Stream of Consciousness 2020 Vision Grant.\n\n\n\nFor more information contact bchc@bchealthycommunities.ca URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/bc-healthy-communities-2020/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/e76823cd55873cd88689e2c89fa6ad08.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181107T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181107T104500 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20181118T124406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181118T124406Z UID:16992-1541579400-1541587500@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Reflections on Reconciliation DESCRIPTION:For this sharing session\, Indigenous Perspectives Society is pleased to bring together speakers\, performance artists\, and screen a short film to explore key efforts in response to the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We are fortunate to host “Perspectives To Action” on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen peoples. \n*You can attend this event in person or live stream from anywhere! Information below.* \nFEATURED SPEAKERS: \nEddy Charlie\, co-organizer of Victoria’s Orange Shirt Day with Kristen Spray\, speaking about residential school\nDr. Jane Dickson\, Law Professor at Carlton University and Instructor at Indigenous Perspectives Society\, speaking about the Justice system and the Gladue Process. \nWe are also pleased to present:\nRachelle Dallaire\, Executive Director of Indigenous Perspectives Society\nCharlie Batchelor\, Indigenous Perspective Society’s Youth Representative \nDance and Musical Performances:\nEddi Wilson\, Two Spirit performance artist\nAurora Finkle\, musician \nFilm:\nA Short Film featuring Laurie McDonald\, Two Spirit Elder and Instructor at Indigenous Perspectives Society \nSunset Labs venue is ground level and wheel chair accessible. There are gender neutral bathrooms. There are no flashing lights during any of the performances. The video component does not have closed captioning. \nTWO WAYS TO JOIN US! \nHOSTED LIVE AT SUNSET LABS!:\nIn Victoria and want to join us in person? The live event will be held at Sunset Labs: 400 Herald Street\, Victoria (behind Value Village). Register for “Perspectives to Action: Stream of Consciousness Event” and purchase your ticket here: https://ipsregistration.ca/\n(under Training and Workshops)\nNOTE: There are reserved FREE tickets for youth up to 18 years old. Contact us at Kellyl@ipsociety.ca to reserve youth tickets. \nALSO AVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM!:\nCan’t join us in person? We’ll be hosting a digital ticket of this event via Stream of Consciousness. DIGITAL tickets & details are here!: \nIndigenous Perspectives Society \n \nABOUT INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES SOCIETY \nOUR PURPOSE\nTo advance education\, knowledge and understanding of Indigenous cultures and practices with Indigenous Peoples and for individuals and organizations in the public\, private and non-profit sectors working with and serving Indigenous Peoples. \nOUR VISION\nThe Indigenous Perspectives Society’s vision is to strengthen the lives and contribute to the self-determination of Indigenous peoples through culturally relevant training. \nOUR MISSION\nOur mission is to provide culturally relevant training\, research\, and policy that advances and strengthens the lives of Indigenous peoples. \nOUR VALUES\nOur WAY OF BEING as an organization is defined and enriched by the diverse cultures of Aboriginal peoples. In all that we do\, we will:\n– Honour the right to self-determination of all Aboriginal people.\n– Demonstrate courage through innovative and sustainable growth that is culturally grounded.\n– Honour the wisdom and contribution of each person and organization with whom we interact.\n– Continually challenge ourselves to the highest level of learning and performance.\n– Demonstrate accountability\, transparency and respect. \nVISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE: \nHome Page \n \nABOUT THE 2020 VISION PROJECT:\n20 local non-profits. 20 broadcasts. 20 months.1 gift. \n2020 Vision is a Stream of Consciousness grant program designed to amplify & forward the deep work being done by the non-profit & charities right here in our hometown of Victoria. \n“We are gifting 20 live broadcast events\, over 20 months\, to 20 local community-based organizations in order to help them reach more people\, scale their message\, capture some beautiful video\, host an event\, and build an expanded awareness of the cause they champion! 2020 Vision is our way of saying THANK YOU for all that you’re doing to make the world a more beautiful\, just\, compassionate\, balanced and sustainable world.” \nFor more details on the program\, visit: \n2020 Vision URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-indigenous-perspectives/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/20181107-Indigenous-Perspectives-1439.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181010T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181010T130000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20181010T112611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181118T173524Z UID:16986-1539169200-1539176400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:The Future of Our Food DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of sharing stories directly from the teachers\, parents\, and students impacted from their involvement in the Farm Education Program offered by Growing Young Farmers Society (GYFS). \nGYFS brings organic farming education right into school gardens all around Victoria and the Capital Region to rekindle organic farm knowledge in the youth of today and increase the number of farmers and available local organic food in our region. \nFarm Education in schools is playing a critical role in building long term food security and food quality for the present and future of Southern Vancouver Island. With a dwindling of local farming in recent generations\, come learn how your school can become part of this program that has so many benefits far beyond the act of farming. \nJoshua Wagler of Edible Landscapes Design\, a local edible landscaping design firm who works closely with Growing Young Farmers\, will be our host\, guiding our evening through the powerful stories of food and farm education. \nDoors open at 6 pm\nLIVESTREAM starts at 6:30 pm. \nABOUT OUR HOST\, JOSHUA WAGLER: \nJoshua is passionate about bringing the wisdom of Nature into human development. He has travelled the world studying Globalization and Sustainability of Cities\, and graduated with an Urban Studies Degree from the University of Calgary in 2010. Upon returning to Canada\, he began seeking practical solutions to the challenges he witnessed in the mega-cities of Pacific Asia. \nThis quest lead him on a solo pilgrimage into the Rocky Mountains\, and eventually back into the city\, where he began studying permaculture design\, food forestry\, and urban placemaking. Here he learned and worked alongside experts in these fields\, including Mark Lakeman\, Richard Walker\, Javan Bernakevitch\, and Brandon Bauer. Upon completing a business development course with Ethos Career Management Group\, he spearheaded the corporate launch of Edible Landscapes Design Ltd with Nick Poeta and Marc DeMontigny. \nSince then he has co-created numerous edible forest gardens\, workshops\, and educational events. He thrives in teaching\, sharing the magic of food forestry\, artistic design\, and bridging the needs of diverse interest groups. Along with sitting on the board of the business as President & VP Marketing\, Joshua acts as one the firm’s main Edible Landscape Designers and Consultants. \nTWO WAYS TO JOIN US! \nHOSTED LIVE AT SUNSET LABS!:\nIn Victoria and want to join us in person? The live event will be held at Sunset Labs: 400 Herald Street\, Victoria (behind Value Village). Register for IN PERSON tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-young-farmers-on-vancouver-island-the-future-of-our-food-tickets-50023912870 \nALSO AVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM!:\nCan’t join us in person? We’ll be hosting a digital ticket of this event via Stream of Consciousness. DIGITAL tickets & details are here!: \nGrowing Young Farmers Society \n \nABOUT GROWING YOUNG FARMERS SOCIETY: \nWHAT WE DO\nThe Growing Young Farmers School Program is suitable for learners of all ages and abilities\, from preschoolers to high school students. We combine theoretical teaching in the classroom\, with hands on practical learning in gardens located on school grounds or nearby. Our program emphasizes the importance of local\, organic\, sustainable food sources and teaches children and youth how to grow healthy produce – and encourages them to share their knowledge with their families and community. In addition to our in-school program\, GYFS also runs summer camps! \nWHY WE DO IT\nThe lessons we teach address a variety of issues concerning all of us today. As parents\, we talk about healthy eating to our children\, but do they really understand what that even means? By introducing them to growing food\, they are more aware of what they are consuming\, where it is coming from\, and how it is impacting the environment. By learning how to grow food\, students can also play an active role in increasing our island’s sustainability and decreasing our dependence on imported food sources. \nFor more information about Growing Young Farmer Society\, check out their website:\nhttp://www.growingyoungfarmers.ca/ \nABOUT THE 2020 VISION PROJECT:\n20 local non-profits. 20 broadcasts. 20 months.1 gift. \n2020 Vision is a Stream of Consciousness grant program designed to amplify & forward the deep work being done by the non-profit & charities right here in our hometown of Victoria. \n“We are gifting 20 live broadcast events\, over 20 months\, to 20 local community-based organizations in order to help them reach more people\, scale their message\, capture some beautiful video\, host an event\, and build an expanded awareness of the cause they champion! 2020 Vision is our way of saying THANK YOU for all that you’re doing to make the world a more beautiful\, just\, compassionate\, balanced and sustainable world.” \nFor more details on the program\, visit: \n2020 Vision URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/2020-growing-young-farmers/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/GYF-youtube-cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180409T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180409T193000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20180321T065023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190214T010200Z UID:16790-1523291400-1523302200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:The Conscious Classroom DESCRIPTION:LIVE 3-HOUR WORKSHOP & BOOK LAUNCH\nHave you felt despair about the teen experience and the state of our schools today?\nDo you wish you knew tools that help teens flower and access their innate curiosity and wisdom?\nAre you ready to learn time-honored techniques that open the heart and make space for the good\, the bad\, and the uncertain? \nWORKSHOP OVERVIEW\nIn this live-streamed training\, Amy Edelstein will take you into the wisdom of her new release The Conscious Classroom. You will learn about a system that has been empowering 4000 teens in the inner city of Philadelphia to calm\, focus\, connect\, and access their deeper intelligence and trust in life. \nToday’s teens face many challenges. Some are familiar. We may remember the tumult of adolescence. But other challenges are new. Our digitized\, globalized world creates pressures for kids that were non-existent even a few short decades ago. \nOut-dated school systems find it hard to keep pace with the times. They don’t have the flexibility to prepare students for a workforce that is rapidly changing. They don’t have time to support kids consumed by anxiety or the memory of trauma. Teachers find themselves faced with classroom challenges they have little training for and even less time to respond to. Sadly\, our kids are experiencing rates of depression and anxiety\, stress and trauma that are rising at an alarming pace. \nBut this workshop is not about problems.\nThis evening is about solutions. \nSolutions that have been tested\, measured\, and demonstrated in the experience of high school students. \nThe Conscious Classroom is an approach\, perspective\, and program that helps us work with reality as it is and improve It is about low-cost\, high-impact tools that have already been making a real difference among 4000 high school students in Philadelphia. \nWhen youth light up with the discovery that they can dial back negative emotions\, that they can hack fear and go beyond self-imposed limitations\, a rush of energy is released that can’t be put back in the bottle. This energy is the passion of youth and the thirst for life. \nIn some teens it is a quiet knowing. In others it’s a shy smile of self-achievement. And for others it is a vulnerability that is as strong as it is soft. As confident as it is loving. When we as parents\, educators\, or mentors witness this transformation\, we feel uplifted. We feel that the future is bright. \nThe Inner Strength System™ empowers teens with the lifelong skills of mindfulness and systemic thinking. As teens learn to calm and focus they are more able to stay on track to realize their academic and personal goals. As they learn how to see their experience in light of the large-scale forces that influence them from within and without – from 300 million years of brain development to 50\,000 years of cultural conditioning – they become fascinated\, rather than overwhelmed\, by their experience. \nIN THIS TRAINING\nIn this live webcast training you will learn some tools that you can practice with your own teens or begin to incorporate into work you already do as a parent\, teacher\, employer\, or guide. You will:\n> Be inspired by the real life successes and stories of teens.\n> Learn foundational mindfulness tools you can use with your teens & for your own stress-relief.\n> Discover the science behind why educating for well-being leads to better academic outcomes and better brain health.\n> Practice exercises that cultivate Love & Kindness. \nAVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM\nNot in Victoria? Or just have your hands full and can’t join us?\nWatch the whole event online via Stream of Consciousness livestream. You can connect with other viewers\, respond to polls\, and ask questions of the speakers! Details and registration are here:\nhttps://streamofconsciousness.ca/event/amy-edelstein-conscious-classroom/ \nABOUT AMY EDELSTEIN\nAmy Edelstein\, educator\, author\, and public speaker is a powerful communicator of ideas and beliefs that can help us transform ourselves and the culture we live in. She began her own mindfulness practice in 1978 and spent the next few decades in indepth exploration of contemplative and developmental philosophies and facilitating workshops around the world. In 2014\, Amy established the Inner Strength Foundation to support inner city youth with the tools of mindfulness and systemic thinking. Over 4000 teens in the Philadelphia public high school system have benefited from the 3-month training. She is author five books including the new release The Conscious Classroom: the Inner Strength System for transforming the teenage mind. \nhttp://www.InnerStrengthFoundation.net URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/the-conscious-classroom-workshop-book-launch/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community,Educational ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/a8d3c12fb1bc2ebf634f6a404f36deb4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180327T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20180302T030028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190209T224138Z UID:16783-1522173600-1522180800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:It's Time To Rethink School :: Launch Event DESCRIPTION:We all want a better future for our youth\, yes?\nJoin us for a deep exploration together as we Rethink School! We believe you’ll want to know what kind of positive change-making is going on in your community. \nIt takes a village to raise a child\, right?\nWell\, we’ve created space for the village to gather. This March 27\, Rethink Thinking is pleased to host the “It’s Time To Rethink School” event. It’s a special evening for people — like you — who lie awake at night thinking about what’s going to happen if we don’t get it together for the kids. \nJoin us for an evening of expanding your mind and an exciting announcement. As a parent\, educator\, or community supporter\, you’ll get to take a peek into the future of education and take your seat at the table. \nTHE PANEL\n———————————————–\nA panel of experts on education\, mental health\, and parenting share their latest insights into education and parenting. LIKE this Facebook event to receive announcements of the panelists. \nPanelists:\n– Jeff Hopkins from http://learningstorm.org/\n– Jillian Roberts from https://familysparks.com/\n– Lisa Tate from http://www.FamilySmart.ca \nWith expert panelists\, a presentation that’ll light your brain on fire\, and a special announcement\, it’s sure be an evening to remember. Not to mention\, this gathering has the potential to shift the landscape of our educational community in Victoria. You don’t want to miss this. \nAVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM (FREE)\n———————————————–\nNot in Victoria? Or just have your hands full and can’t join us?\nWatch the whole event online via Stream of Consciousness livestream. You can connect with other viewers\, respond to polls\, and ask questions of the speakers! Details and registration are here:\nhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/rethink-school \nWe have a waitlist for the in-person event at Sunset Labs so post on this event if you want a ticket\, if one comes up! \nWHY WE WOULD DO THIS\n———————————————–\nThe research is mounting. We’re seeing a spike in anxiety\, depression and isolation\, and we’ve got a huge number of kids leaving high school — university\, even — without the resilience to handle the constant change and uncertainty of a fast-moving world. And we’ve got some ideas for what to do about it. \nWHO ARE WE\n———————————————–\nRethink Thinking was launched in 2016 by a passionate group of educators\, parents and social entrepreneurs who share a vision of supporting young people to develop the skills needed for today’s era of rapid change and interconnection. Our philosophy and approach is designed to empower youth and support creativity\, innovation and holistic well-being. \n<3 URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/its-time-to-rethink-school-launch-event/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/866bcf0214436c8cb0d586b153f703fc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T235900 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20171207T045327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190327T232005Z UID:16563-1517508000-1517529540@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Darkest Night: Dancing In Our Shadows DESCRIPTION:  \nSHADOW AND LIGHT SOURCE BOTH\nby Rumi \nHow does a part of the world leave the world?\nHow does wetness leave water?\nDon’t try to put out fire by throwing on more fire!\nDon’t wash a wound with blood.\nNo matter how fast you run\, your shadow keeps up.\nSometimes it’s in front!\nOnly full overhead sun diminishes your shadow. \nBut that shadow has been serving you.\nWhat hurts you\, blesses you.\nDarkness is your candle.\nYour boundaries are your quest.\nI could explain this\,\nbut it will break the glass cover on your heart\,\nand there’s no fixing that. \nYou must have shadow and light -source both.\nListen\, and lay your head under the tree of awe.\nWhen from that tree feathers and wings sprout on you\,\nbe quieter than a dove.\nDon’t even open your mouth for even a coo.\n \n  \nDARKEST NIGHT: Dancing In Our Shadows\n*please note details below re arrival times & agreements \nWelcome to ‘Darkest Night’\, our winter solstice celebration & ceremony! To you we bid welcome\, fellow human… frail & tender & bruised from a life well-traveled… hopeful yet resigned\, empowered yet diminished\, loving yet fearful. While our shadows are ever-present\, we live in an agreement reality wherein recognizing\, owning and dancing with our shadow is something we’re often left to do alone\, without support\, without witness. \nThis night we gather to spend the darkest night of the year together\, in communion\, in ceremony\, in reflection\, in reverence and in dance. As light or heavy as it may be\, come with an open heart\, and bring what shadows may persist… that we may do some deep work together to navigate the collective unspoken depths\, as we begin the long beautiful transition from the darkness… back into the light. \n  \nCOMMUNITY POTLUCK\nWe’ll open the doors at 6pm sharp and commune together until 7:30\, when we’ll begin to transition ourselves – and our space – towards the ceremony and evening. If you’re able to do so\, please bring 1 item that will feel good to make\, feel good to eat\, and feel good in our bellies as we dance later into the evening. Please LABEL your items & ingredients clearly so that everyone can make informed decisions on their meal. \nTo ensure the container is powerfully set for our evening\, during the opening ceremony new guests will not be welcomed into the space. SO – please arrive before 7:45pm OR after 8:15pm. (Ideally – come around 6pm to join us for the meal and connect with your community!) \n  \nOPENING | GUIDED REFLECTIONS (DYADS)\nJason Guille & Alex King-Harris\n* bring a journal & a cushion to sit on 🙂 \nAfter opening the circle and setting the container together\, we’ll get cozy for the thinking/reflecting/sharing part of our evening. Jason & Alex will offer you a series of questions to prompt personal reflections on the year that’s past\, and participants will be paired up together for solo journalling and then\, if & as you feel called\, to share your observations\, reflections and experiences. This will be a time not of coaching or advice\, but rather of deep reflection & LISTENING. \nWe’ll move through a series of guided explorations around our habits\, resentments\, stuckness\, wants\, relationships and incompletions. Here we’ll build a powerful bridge from the mind & the past… into the body & the present. \n  \nGUIDED CACAO CEREMONY\nOcian Flo & Jazmin Love \nCacao is considered to be a healing plant for inner growth. It is a very gentle and non psychedelic supporter that allows to open the heart to reconnect to our inner wisdom and true self. Cacao helps\, unlike other substances\, to do the shadow work from the heart instead of the brain. \nCacao is like the archetypal mother that gives you love and compassion\, that nourishes and nurtures you and gently supports you on your personal growth and your path to wholeness. She opens the door but you need to walk through. \n  \nDARKEST NIGHT DANCE TEMPLE\nJazmin Love\, Dance Temple Victoria \nThe ecstatic dance journey is a free-style movement experience featuring juicy\, soulful beats by Jaz to inspire deep and wild embodiment. The invitation is to dance with your shadows and to move from the inside out\, while remaining non-verbal\, as a way of deepening into the journey. Sounding is welcome. This is a safe\, sacred space for you to embody and express your whole self. \nJazmin Love is a co-founder and facilitator of Dance Temple Victoria. She has been facilitating ecstatic dance journeys for four years and is passionate about embodied movement as a means of awakening\, transformation and authentic expression. She has a lifelong background in dance and is inspired by creating sacred space and designing music sets for unleashing the wild within. \n  \nSOUNDSEED MEDICINE JOURNEY\nOcian Flo\, SoundSeed Medicine Journeys\nft Alex King-Harris (Rara Avis) \nSoundSeed Medicine Music can be described as a shamanic journey. Laying down\, participants can go into a deep almost a trance-like state. Ocian guides participants into the breath\, the body\, and the mind to create a safe container for us all to work with the sound as therapy or medicine. This is a practice of witnessing and listening deeply to how your body\, both physical and energetic and your mind\, both emotional and mental\, responds to the different sounds during the session. \nAs a sound practitioner since 2010\, Ocian gracefully weaves in a plethora of modalities to create one-of-a-kind experiences\, every time. Ocian is a visionary\, an intuitive\, a spiritual teacher and coach\, using frequency and vibration to harmonize the body\, mind and soul. These sessions include Crystal Bowls\, Crystal Lyre\, Crystal didjeridu\, Zaphir and Koshi Chimes\, Rattles\, drum and others\, along with her etheric and powerful voice. As she works\, Ocian can hear\, feel and sometimes see the underlying vibrational and energetic patterns held within the body or group energy field. She uses this clairaudience to offer an awareness of these patterns\, with a reminder of the power of our personal beliefs\, stories\, and most importantly\, our own ability to be the catalyst for our own repatterning. This work offers each person the potential and the power of self-healing and self-awareness. \nOcian will be initially joined by Alex King-Harris\, who has spent the past 20 years training himself to listen deeply. The result of this practice is that when he is in a room filled with magical beings who are also willing to listen deeply\, improvised songs can come through direct from the Great Mystery. They’re unprepared\, raw\, unfiltered and depending on the setting\, transformative. Alex’s intention at this event is to make himself available to this Cosmic Muse and hopefully make something happen that speaks to the hearts\, bodies and minds of those gathered. \n  \nAGREEMENTS & NOTES\nCOME FOR THE EVENING: To ensure the container is powerfully set for our evening\, during the opening ceremony new guests will not be welcomed into the space. SO – please arrive before 7:45pm and plan to be with us for the evening. If it’s really not possible to do so\, we will welcome latecomers 8:15pm-9:00pm and THEN WILL BE CLOSING THE DOORS. No entires will be allowed after 9pm. For the best group experience possible\, do try to come for dinner if it works – and please arrive before 7:45pm if at all possible. \nCONFIDENTIALITY: This gathering is intended to allow us to do some of our shadow work together\, in a safe container. Some of us may move through various emotional spaces\, or share personal stories not intended for the world at large. What happens here\, stays here\, and by attending you are agreeing to this principle of honouring each other through confidentiality. \n  \nDETAILS & FLOW OF OUR NIGHT\n6-8pm :: Potluck Dinner – connection & communion\n8-9pm :: Opening & Orientation – Guided Dyads & Reflections\n9-10pm :: Community Cacao Ceremony\n10-11:15pm :: Darkest Night Dance Temple\n11:15-12 :: Soundseed Medicine Journey\n12am :: BLESSINGS & CLOSE \nhosted at Sunset Labs\nbottom of Herald St behind Value Village\nrequested donation $10-$20 (includes your cacao)\n(nobody turned away for lack of funds)\nthis event is drug & alcohol free \nblessings! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/darkest-night-dancing-in-our-shadows/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Live Music,Movement,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bcb5031f968536ca2834cbd88e391db8.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161113T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20170330T015825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190114T134553Z UID:16375-1479063600-1479070800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Screening: Before the Flood DESCRIPTION:Tia Benn\, Tamara Mortimer and Jason Guille are co-hosting this important evening which brings together the vital & inter-related issues of global warming\, our dependence on oil\, and the importance of the protection of water as is currently being demonstrated by our Indigenous brothers & sisters and allies at Standing Rock. We hope you’ll join us! \nTHE DETAILS:\n—————————————————–\n7pm-9pm | all ages\n3 price options: $10\, $20 or $30 per person – you pick\npaypal or etransfer to: payments@sunsetlabs.ca (answer to the e-transfer question: standingrock (all one word)) \nall proceeds going to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe\nhttp://standingrock.org/ \nLimited Seating – book your tickets to ensure seats.\nDoor tickets might be available –\nwe’ll update here on this page as we know more.\nConcession will be open – tea\, drinks\, water\, treats. \nBEFORE THE FLOOD\nhttps://www.beforetheflood.com\n—————————————————–\nIf you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? Before the Flood\, presented by National Geographic\, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace\, traveling to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand. He goes on expeditions with scientists uncovering the reality of climate change and meets with political leaders fighting against inaction. He also discovers a calculated disinformation campaign orchestrated by powerful special interests working to confuse the public about the urgency of the growing climate crisis. With unprecedented access to thought leaders around the world\, DiCaprio searches for hope in a rising tide of catastrophic news. \nFrom Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award®-winning actor\, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio\, Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change\, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent the disruption of life on our planet. Beyond the steps we can take as individuals\, the film urges viewers to push their elected officials in supporting the use of alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. “We need everyone to demand bold action from their political leaders and to elect representatives who have their best interests at heart\, not the interests of corporations to perpetuate a cycle of greed and destruction\,” says DiCaprio. “This documentary shows how interconnected the fate of all humanity is — but also the power we all possess as individuals to build a better future for our planet.” \nBefore the Flood premieres in theaters on October 21st and will air globally on the National Geographic Channel on October 30th in 171 countries and 45 languages. The film is directed by Fisher Stevens and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio\, Fisher Stevens\, Jennifer Davisson and Trevor Davidoski with Brett Ratner and James Packer of RatPac Entertainment. It was written by Mark Monroe and Executive Produced by Martin Scorsese\, Adam Bardach\, Mark Monroe\, and Zara Duffy. The film is edited by Geoffrey Richman A.C.E.\, Ben Sozanski\, Abhay Sofsky\, and Brett Banks. The Director of Photography is Antonio Rossi. The Executive Music Producers are Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross with original music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross\, Mogwai and Gustavo Santaolalla. \nThe carbon emissions from Before The Flood were offset through a voluntary carbon tax. Learn how you can offset your own carbon emissions by going to CarboTax.org. \nMovie Trailer:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9xFFyUOpXo \nA FUNDRAISER FOR:\n—————————————————–\nSTANDING ROCK\nhttp://standingrock.org/\nThe Oceti Sakowin Camp is a historic gathering of tribes\, allies\, and people from all walks of life standing in solidarity to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline. \nThe Oceti Sakowin Camp represents a first of its kind historic gathering of Indigenous Nations. The most recent such assembly of Tribes occurred when the Great Sioux Nation gathered before the Battle at the Little Big Horn. \nThe Standing Rock Sioux Tribe supports the peaceful and prayerful message of the Oceti Sakowin leaders and desires to assist with options for the Camp before winter sets in. The on-reservation camp will allow the tribe to explore and pursue considerations for a camp and longer term ways to meet the needs of the community that is 100% off-the-grid\, featuring Solar & Wind power generation. \nTHE DETAILS:\n—————————————————–\n7pm-9pm | all ages\n3 price options: $10\, $20 or $30 per person – you pick\npaypal or etransfer to: payments@sunsetlabs.ca (answer to the e-transfer question: standingrock (all one word)) \nall proceeds going to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe\nhttp://standingrock.org/ \nLimited Seating –\ndo please book your tickets to ensure seats.\nDoor tickets might be available –\nwe’ll update here on this page as we know more. \nConcession will be open –\ntea\, drinks\, water\, treats. \n♥ URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/screening-before-the-flood-a-standing-rock-fundraiser/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Livestream ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2016-Before-the4-Flood-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161102T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161102T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20170330T020238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T145409Z UID:16379-1478106000-1478116800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:A Journey for the Sacred Child DESCRIPTION:A JOURNEY FOR THE SACRED CHILD\nShifting the Educational Paradigm from Fear to Love \nTWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE!\n————————————————————\n1) TO JOIN US LIVE AT SUNSET LABS\, REGISTER HERE!:\nhttps://www.ctr.com/education ($30 incl food & tea)\n2) TO JOIN US VIA LIVESTREAM\, REGISTER HERE!:\nhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/uzg833di ($by donation) \nEVENT OVERVIEW:\n————————————————————\nPlease join us for an interactive and heart-centred evening about the future for our children featuring Phil Moore\, founder and director of Upland Hills School and Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Centre. Phil will help us understand what the current education system is lacking and inspire us with a new love- and ecology-based education paradigm that equips children with all that they need to feel safe\, foster their individual genius\, and thrive now and in the future. Join us in the movement to change the education paradigm for the future of our children\, in our very own community. \nWe will also be joined LIVE via internet by Dr.Shefali\, who will be sharing with us some of her newest learning and thoughts around the Journey of the Sacred Child and what we should be focusing on in our efforts to re-work our modern education paradigm. \nABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:\n———————————————————— \nDr. SHEFALI (via internet)\nOprah’s favourite parenting expert\, Dr. Shefali is a world-renowned clinical psychologist who received her doctorate from Columbia University\, New York. She specializes in the integration of Eastern philosophy and Western psychology\, making her an expert in her field. Her message has the potential to change people’s lives for generations to come. Her latest book\, THE AWAKENED FAMILY\, gives us daily skills and tools to revolutionize our families and our parenting. This book holds the potential to liberate both your child and yourself from the clutches of anxiety leading you toward a transformed sense of peace and joy. Dr. Shefali is invited as a keynote speaker to conferences and workshops around the world\, including Wisdom 2.0\, TEDx\, Kellogg Business School\, The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education\, and many more.\nhttps://drshefali.com/ \nPHIL MOORE\nPhil Moore is the founder and director of Upland Hills School (founded in 1971) in Oxford\, Michigan. The school and Phil’s work is inspired by his mentor\, R. Buckminster Fuller\, and is based on the concept that each child is a genius and the natural world is a child’s primary teacher. This radical\, yet intuitive\, educational paradigm is laid in a foundation of love-centred interaction.\nhttp://trimtab.in | http://www.uplandhills.org \nEVENT DETAILS:\n————————————————————\nIN-PERSON EVENT: 6pm-9pm\nSunset Labs\, 401 Herald St | all ages welcome\nticket includes light meal & coffee / tea\nLIVESTREAM EVENT: 7:00pm-8:00pm \nEVENT SCHEDULE:\n————————————————————\n6pm-6:30pm – welcome & meal\n6:30pm-7pm – Phil Moore\n7pm-7:30pm – Dr.Shefali\n7:30-9pm – Phil Moore \nTWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE!\n————————————————————\n1) TO JOIN US LIVE AT SUNSET LABS\, REGISTER HERE!:\nhttps://www.ctr.com/education ($30 incl food & tea)\n2) TO JOIN US VIA LIVESTREAM\, REGISTER HERE!:\nhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/uzg833di ($by donation) URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/a-journey-for-the-sacred-child-ft-dr-shefali-phil-moore/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/4992fba6a763e619df03f23930a3da32.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160527T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160527T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20171207T141420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T144130Z UID:16582-1464372000-1464382800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Foundations of Ecstasy DESCRIPTION:How much fun AND depth can we pack into one night? \nJoin Peter and Monique as we welcome in all your delightful pieces! They will have a chance to come out and play at this one of a kind playshop! \nJoin us for an evening of making time for yourself\, taking time to awaken\, explore/inspire the sacred within\, and unlock an unfathomable spirit that connects us to the entire universe . \nThe outer world is a reflection of the inner world. Everywhere you look\, you see your inner condition reflected in your outer circumstances and ESPECIALLY in your relationships. Life is a dance of relationships\, there is no avoiding it. And no relationship is more important than the one to yourself! \nMonique and Peter will guide you on a set of exercises that will help you to delve deeper internally while opening you to the incredible connection we have to all that is. \nPeter brings his love of a moving meditation from China called Qigong. Qigong is a movement practice that helps move fresh energy and awareness into our body. \nemotional freedom and connection to all that is!\nFirst Peter brings his love of a moving meditation from China called Qigong. Qigong is a movement practice that helps move fresh energy and awareness into our body. \nNext Peter leads us through the dance of the 5 elements. Taking you on an expedition\, an adventure through movement and connection\, both inward and outward as he takes us on a dance journey that has destination stops at each element. Music is selected to take you through each of the four elements (plus a surprise 5th element) that eventually leads you back to your center (Spirit) Allowing your True Self to be revealed! \nThen learn how to empower your sensual conscious touch. Explore the tactile language of stimulating arousal that touches the deepest part of our soul. This experiential laboratory will include breathing and chakra balancing meditation\, and playful non-sexual massage. Monique will guide you through an odyssey of touch that let’s you explore the 4 elements on/through each other. \nFinally Peter and Monique\, being two Massage Enthusiasts\, will lead you through some simple massage techniques for neck\, hands\, and feet. They’ll even throw in some of our own unique “black belt” tools that will leave your partner breathless and asking for more. \nBring a partner or come solo and be paired up with practice partner’s for the night so you can take these skills home and wow your lover! \nBring a cushion\, water bottle\, and a curious\, open mind. \nWear comfy clothes that you can move around in. \nLove Exchange $35 (CA) prepaid ($40 at the door) \nPlease RSVP HERE TO SAVE YOUR SPOT: http://stevenseva.com/monique-peter-21st-century-relating-master-class-victoria/ \nAbout your facilitators:\nMonique Darling\, workshop facilitator extraordinaire has led over 1000 workshops in the past 5 years. She is the founder of Juicy Enlightenment an organization dedicated to empowering people who are questioning the assumptions of how their life should be and to offering tools for self expression that create trust\, inner knowing and wisdom to enjoy the life they have. Monique has been featured on TLC and The Dr’s as well as various radio shows\, podcasts and magazines across the USA. She specializes in helping others reclaim their power and natural sensuality by transmuting fear and repression into courage\, self-love and freedom. Her primary purpose is helping folks bring out their vulnerability\, energetic embodiment and fearless relating.She guides from a place of understanding and her natural exuberance is infectious! She is available for private sessions\, experiential workshops and Cuddle Parties. Learn more about Monique by going to juicyenlightenment.com or track her whereabouts at whereintheworldismoniquedarling.com \nPeter Petersen has been teaching qigong for 14 years and has been a certified massage therapist for the last 12. Peter has been teaching in health clubs\, hospitals\, retirement villas\, and several different wellness/spa resorts in Mexico and the United States\, such as Rancho La Puerta\, Mayacamas Ranch\, and Present Moment Retreat. Peter is also a personal wellness coach. This Qigong practice helps people ground themselves into their “now” to increase their present moment awareness of their behaviors\, and find simple solutions to problematic habits such as: eating\, moving\, negative thinking\, and sleeping. The result of this tool box of healthy information is that clients become their own health advocate and regain a sense of stability\, peace\, and well-being into their everyday lives. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/foundations-of-ecstasy-ecstatic-dance-conscious-touch-a-deep-dive-into-sensuality-with-monique-darling-and-peter-petersen/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bc1aa1ec05708afafdeac7bc6ee41502.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160401T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160402T030000 DTSTAMP:20260428T143854 CREATED:20171207T141621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T144503Z UID:16586-1459540800-1459566000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:SEEDLINGS DESCRIPTION:Come together with us as we connect with community through dance and gathering. Over Grow the System presents Seedlings; A live electronic muscial evening raising funds and awareness for our ongowing projects. Deepen\, share\, and celebrate your knowledge of sustainability and resilience culture with us. \nOur Vision \nThe vision for Over Grow The System is to create an effective and compelling platform that can empower and activate people across social spectrums\, while also addressing the real issues and challenges that the world faces today. A platform that can inspire people to reclaim their freedom and their power from the cultural mechanisms of control and complacency in order to live more in balance with the cycles and systems of the natural world. \nLean more at http://www.overgrowthesystem.com \nFeaturing:\n~Plantrae~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/plantrae \n~Anchor Hill~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/anchor-hill \n~Matsya~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/matsya \n~L-VINE~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/after-image-3 \n~Commoddity~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/commoddity \n~Leland Riiivr~\nhttp://soundcloud.com/riiivr \n~AppleCat~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/applecatmusic \nPreformance by ~Made in Alchemy~\nhttps://www.facebook.com/MadeInAlchemy/ \nArt space curated by: Dreamtemple Gallery\nFeaturing::: Emily Lux // LUXart\nDylan Kaiser // Mokii Glyphix\n~www.dreamtemple.ca \n~Plantrae~\nPlantrae roams the forests and detritus of modernity\, crafting earthy beats music clearly evocative of its NW origin. Energetic and serenely beautiful\, Plantrae’s sound threads a distinctive path between acoustic instrumentation\, and exhilarating electronic production. Crisp beats and graceful melodies are effortlessly woven together\, with live viola bringing an undercurrent of indelible warmth to an already lush palette. In addition to a musical project\, PLANTRAE is a medium to bring humyns together to acknowledge that we are of the earth and we shall live by the laws of the earth\, or we will die in a civilized death culture\, griped by fear of the feral earth and its undying spirit buried deep within us. \nAdvance tickets $20 availalbe online at\nhttp://www.overgrowthesystem.com/market/seedlings-victoria-a-celebration-of-farming-music-resilient-culture\n$25 at the door. Limited Capacity! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/seedlings-victoria/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Live Music,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/33ec69e121a93e5a3088b9424192b277.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR