AWARE’s Environmental Programs & Events
AWARE works towards a vision of a knowledgeable community that is engaged and empowered to preserve and enhance the environment on which it depends. To do this, we put on a variety of environmental programs for the community to get involved in, so that you can join us in helping create this vision.
Community Events
AWARE hosts and co-hosts a number of popular community events such as the Community Garage Sale in the Creekside Underground, Clothing Swaps, Repair Cafés, Seed Swaps, Movie Screenings, Green Drinks and more!
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Zero Waste Initiatives
Zero Waste Education Workshops
Delivering in-school workshops focused on Zero Waste throughout the SLRD
Check It OutZero Waste Heroes Program
Helping minimize event waste and move the community towards its Zero Waste Goals
Learn MoreCommunity Waste Reduction Events
Annual events put on by AWARE to encourage reuse and reduce waste in the Whistler community
Find Out MoreStraw Wars Whistler
Don’t be a sucker, Say No to Straws! The movement to eradicate the BILLIONS of straws trashed annually
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Conservation & Climate Action
How to be an EcoCitizen
Empowering every person to be a good steward of our resources, land and wildlife
Check It OutGROW: Garden Program
Growing Food | Cultivating Health | Reducing Waste | Building Community
Learn MoreBioblitz
Showcasing biodiversity through learning and hard science with the Whistler Naturalists
Learn MoreFungus Among Us
A two-day fungus festival uniting us all around Whistler’s fascinating abundance of fungi
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