Salt Spring Eco-Living and Home Tour

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Sunday, July 30th, 2017
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Not limited to homes, the Eco-Living & Home Tour includes food gardens, edible landscapes, and planet-friendly ways of living that are taking root on Salt Spring, Canada's premier EV location and a leading renewable energy destination.

The popular tour is held every two years and is hosted by Transition Salt Spring, a local group that has been helping islanders reduce their ecological footprints for over twenty years.

The self-guided daylong tour includes some of B.C.’s most interesting examples of green living, including energy-efficient and passive solar buildings, rainwater harvesting, food production, renewable energy, and transportation alternatives. Tour sites, which range from a tiny-home to a large organic farm, push the boundaries of sustainable living.

Visitors will see and get a feel for Salt Spring’s unique “boutique gumboot” style, emblematic of Gulf Islands culture.

Tickets are available for $20 until July 1st, when they go up to $25. Online at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/transition-salt-spring-eco-living-and-home-tour-tickets-34988661027

Sponsored by Windsor Plywood, BE Design Works, Motorize EV, Green City Builders, Slegg Building Materials, Salish Sea Heating & Ventilation, and Bear Foot Renewables, the 2017 Salt Spring Eco-Living and Home Tour is a fundraiser for Transition Salt Spring.

In addition to the biennial tour, Transition Salt Spring projects include the largest school-based solar power array in B.C., community allotment gardens and a green enterprise micro-lending co-operative. Transition Salt Spring also hosts a monthly Green Drinks gathering along with regular speakers’ and film series devoted to building local resilience and reducing fossil fuel dependency—activities designed to support the Salt Spring Climate Action Plan.