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Are you looking for a truly green event amidst the Olympic frenzy? Look no further! Next Thursday, February 11th from 5-8pm join SPEC and much of the rest of Vancouver’s eco-friendly community for an evening of chatting, socializing, music, snacks and talks at Light House Sustainable Building Centre. Admission is by donation. Visit the event’s website for more details. Hope to see you there!

SPEC Open House Afternoon

On Thursday February 18th at 2pm SPEC welcomes you to our Sustainability Demonstration Building to learn more about us and what we do. You can enjoy a mini-solar tour, plant your own seeds to go and take part in a waste reduction challenge. Admission is by donation. Take advantage of the opportunity to spend the evening in Kits and attend our first Film Night (see below).

SPEC’s Educational Film Series

The first film out for SPEC’s educational film series is:

• Film: The Garden
• Date: February 18, 2010
• Time: 7 PM
• Cost: $5 for non-members, free for members

Synopsis: The Garden has the pulse of verité with the narrative pull of fiction, telling the story of the country’s largest urban farm, backroom deals, land developers, green politics, money, poverty, power, and racial discord. The film explores and exposes the fault lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us.



The SPEC Film

What is SPEC and what do we do? It’s hard to sum of 40 years of campaign work, but we hope that this will give you a good overview! Enjoy!




SPEC from J. Brock Fowler on Vimeo.

Battery Recycling

What do you do with your old batteries? This animation created for SPEC, by Roy Was Here Creative Studio will help answer your questions to where batteries live, and why is it important to recycle them.




SPEC's Cambie Communal Garden Gearing up for its 5th Season

The Cambie team will be meeting this Sunday at 11am to plan our garden this year. Come decide what and where to plant and learn about timing and companion planting at our Cambie Garden

SPEC School Gardens in construction

A class from one of our four participating schools spent Thursday February 4th in the woodshop building their own garden planters! We are currently organizing orders of soil and starting to collect seeds for our School Gardens. Spring is definitely in the air for out Food Committee! Pictures are on their way.

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Solar Hot Water Incentive for New Homes

The City of Vancouver, SolarBC, Terasen Gas and Offsetters are offering an incentive of $3500 - roughly 50 per cent of the cost of a solar hot water system - to people building new homes in Vancouver. It will be available to 50 homes on a first come, first served basis starting in January 2010. Find out more!

Solar Tours at SPEC

Are you thinking about installing solar panels to make your house, business or cabin more self-sufficient and sustainable? Come to the SPEC building to learn about our three different solar energy systems and how they can be the solution you are looking for! Our next tour is on March 20 @ 3 pm


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