Our Film Series at NIC will continue February following our 2020 Film Festival

“The Road to Extinction is Paved with Good Intentions” For the past 5 decades fish hatcheries and salmon farms have been touted as essential for augmenting wild salmon populations on the BC Coast. What is becoming ever more clear is that these same solutions have in many cases been exacerbating the problem. Please join World Community at North Island College Stan Hagen theatre as they screen “Artifishal”, a film produced by outdoor clothing manufacturer Patagonia that presents the case for a radical rethink of our approach to this most vital and emblematic of our coastal species. Artifishal is “a film about the high cost, environmental, financial and cultural, of hatcheries and fish farms and our mistaken reliance on human engineered solutions.”
The film will be followed by a panel with a range of perspectives who can expand on the themes and explore what can be done in the local context to address the diminishing stocks of wild fish. 

Admission to this event is by donation. Everyone is welcome. For more info:  John  (250-650-8694)

Our Film Series at NIC will continue February following our 2020 Film Festival

“The Road to Extinction is Paved with Good Intentions” For the past 5 decades fish hatcheries and salmon farms have been touted as essential for augmenting wild salmon populations on the BC Coast. What is becoming ever more clear is that these same solutions have in many cases been exacerbating the problem. Please join World Community at North Island College Stan Hagen theatre as they screen “Artifishal”, a film produced by outdoor clothing manufacturer Patagonia that presents the case for a radical rethink of our approach to this most vital and emblematic of our coastal species. Artifishal is “a film about the high cost, environmental, financial and cultural, of hatcheries and fish farms and our mistaken reliance on human engineered solutions.”
The film will be followed by a panel with a range of perspectives who can expand on the themes and explore what can be done in the local context to address the diminishing stocks of wild fish. 

Admission to this event is by donation. Everyone is welcome. For more info:  John  (250-650-8694)

Our Film Series at NIC will continue February following our 2020 Film Festival

“The Road to Extinction is Paved with Good Intentions” For the past 5 decades fish hatcheries and salmon farms have been touted as essential for augmenting wild salmon populations on the BC Coast. What is becoming ever more clear is that these same solutions have in many cases been exacerbating the problem. Please join World Community at North Island College Stan Hagen theatre as they screen “Artifishal”, a film produced by outdoor clothing manufacturer Patagonia that presents the case for a radical rethink of our approach to this most vital and emblematic of our coastal species. Artifishal is “a film about the high cost, environmental, financial and cultural, of hatcheries and fish farms and our mistaken reliance on human engineered solutions.”
The film will be followed by a panel with a range of perspectives who can expand on the themes and explore what can be done in the local context to address the diminishing stocks of wild fish. 

Admission to this event is by donation. Everyone is welcome. For more info:  John  (250-650-8694)

As California farmers struggle with drought and other impacts of climate change, our ability to grow and access local food is becoming more important every year. World Community’s film series continues with the film Five Acres (30 min.) followed by a panel discussion with one of the filmmakers and local food activists from Nanaimo and the Comox Valley.

The Five Acre Farm in the Harewood area of Nanaimo has a long history of producing local food. It’s one of the last intact farms in BC’s first planned agricultural community. The history and future of this innovative agricultural project are portrayed in the film Five Acres, by Paul Manly and Laurie MacMillan. Manly comments “Through its important work on urban farming, restorative agriculture projects and employment skills training, Nanaimo Foodshare Society is helping build a healthy, sustainable and local food system while providing an inclusive work environment for individuals from vulnerable populations.”

Samuel Robins, Superintendent of the Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company had some visionary ideas. In 1884, Robins purchased Harewood Estates, a large parcel of land between Nanaimo and the base of Mount Benson. He subdivided the area into five-acre lots and made them available to mining families as homesteads at affordable prices.

Executive Director of LUSH Valley Food Action Society, Maurita Prato says “I love what is happening with Nanaimo Foodshare Society, our sister Island Food Hub, the City of Nanaimo and the 5 acre farm. There is a lot to learn from this collaborative model of urban farming and community food security.”

Admission is by donation. Everyone is welcome. FMI: Janet (250) 337 5412

Following that there’s a film screening on Tuesday Dec. 3 – 7pm at NIC: Artifishal (81 min)

Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, possible threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature. Discussion to follow. Everyone welcome. Admission by donation