GETIFEST 2012

Event Details

Time: September 22, 2012 from 10am to 3pm
Location: Memorial Peace Park
Street: 11995 224th Street
City/Town: Maple Ridge
Event Type: festival
Organized By: Gerry Pinel
Latest Activity: Sep 16, 2012

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Event Description

GETIFEST celebrates the “Day Of The Girl”

Date: Sep 22, 2012 (10:00 am - 3:00 pm)

Location: Memorial Peace Park, Maple Ridge

The Golden Ears Transition Initiative, in partnership with the Girl Guides (Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows) and the Haney Farmers Market, invites you to join us in celebrating resilient, localized community at GETI FEST, happening on Saturday, 22nd September, under the Tents at Memorial Peace Park from 10:00am till 3:00 pm.

o EcoVillage: showcasing GETI Action Groups, community organizations and local

businesses. 10:00am till 3:00 pm

o Artisan Village: 10:00am till 3:00 pm

o Girl Guide Village: 10:00am till 3:00pm

o Haney Farmers Market: 9:00am till 3:00pm
Food Vendors. Supplied through Haney Farmers Market

o People in Motion Parade: (All forms of transportation not powered by fossil fuels)

11:00 am. Staging at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre at 10:30 am.

o Music and Entertainment.

o Bike Parking, Bike Decorating, Bike Rodeo

o Fun for all ages

GETI is a grassroots community organization through which all individuals and groups in the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows (Golden Ears) area can work together in a co-ordinated fashion to create a resilient and vibrant, supportive and caring community.

Comment Wall

Comment by Jennifer Zickerman on June 4, 2012 at 3:12pm: I was at the Mother Earth News Fair last week-end in Puyallup, WA. I met the publishers of Yes! magazine and Chelsea Green Publishing. They are both very aware of the Transition Initiative movement and publish a lot of material that is extremely relevant.

Both of these companies are interested in participating in GETIFest. They are talking about possibly getting a shared table (one of them is based in Washington state), or about sending us books and magazines that we could give away or sell.

I'm excited about this, and was thinking we could maybe put together a "resources" table? Publishers might be willing to send us sample copies of books and magazines that are relevant to our interests, and we could put out their catalogs or subscription forms, and we could raffle off or silent auction our samples (or donate them to the CEED Centre as part of their library).

What do you folks think? If you like the idea, I'm willing to do the leg-work (contacting publishers and acquiring books and catalogs). However, I should probably get started sooner rather than later, so it would be good if you could let me know.

Comment by Christopher Moerman on June 5, 2012 at 12:03pm: l know Chelsea Green has published a lot of great books. Love the idea of having them represented at GETI fest.

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