Southern Gulf Islands Community Libraries

Pender Island Public Library presents:

Changemakers: Embracing hope, taking action, and transforming the world

A book launch with a difference: meet the authors Fay Weller and Mary Wilson

Saturday June 16, 4:00 pm.

Changemakers is a guidebook for ordinary people who want to create a new society now. The first section explores the idea of transformative change — what it is, what difference it makes, and how it is connected to learning. The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed aspects of their lives, their communities, and wider society.

Drawing from tools in their book, Mary and Fay will engage the audience in exploring how we all have the power to be change makers.
• Fay Weller is a community organizer, homesteader, researcher, and artist with a PhD focused on social transformation. She and her partner live on Gabriola Island, BC with two sheep and numerous chickens.

• Mary Wilson is a facilitator, researcher, instructional designer and activist with a Ph.D. in education. She and her partner live on Gabriola Island, BC where they are restoring a home, developing a permaculture food forest, and building an engineless catamaran.

Galiano Library presents:

Changemakers: Embracing hope, taking action, and transforming the world

A book launch with a difference: meet the authors Fay Weller and Mary Wilson

Sunday June 17, 2:00 pm.

Changemakers is a guidebook for ordinary people who want to create a new society now. The first section explores the idea of transformative change — what it is, what difference it makes, and how it is connected to learning. The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed aspects of their lives, their communities, and wider society.

Drawing from tools in their book, Mary and Fay will engage the audience in exploring how we all have the power to be change makers.
• Fay Weller is a community organizer, homesteader, researcher, and artist with a PhD focused on social transformation. She and her partner live on Gabriola Island, BC with two sheep and numerous chickens.

• Mary Wilson is a facilitator, researcher, instructional designer and activist with a Ph.D. in education. She and her partner live on Gabriola Island, BC where they are restoring a home, developing a permaculture food forest, and building an engineless catamaran.

Galiano Library Presents:

Meet the Author: Charles Kahn – Hiking the Gulf Islands of BC.

Charles Kahn,  of Salt Spring Island, has worked as a freelance editor and writer for over 30 yrs. and published numerous travel articles and books. Harbour Publishing has recently published the 4th edition: revised and updated 2018 edition of Hiking the Gulf Islands. Charles, an active hiker and paddler, spends many volunteer hours working for various island organizations. One of his chief interests involves trail development.

Q&A and discussion will follow the presentation.

Event partnered by Galiano Library and the Galiano Island Bookstore.