Remove Invasive Plants & Make Friends at UVic!
Details
We will be removing invasive English Ivy from the natural areas around the Sedgewick building on the University of Victoria Campus.
This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience doing ecological restoration, learn new skills, and make new friends!
Please fill in Volunteer Registration if this is the first time you are volunteering with the Green Team: [http://bit.ly/2WdZeAT](https://greenteams.formstack.com/forms/greater_victoria_green_team_volunteer_registration_form) or if you are under 18: [http://bit.ly/parentguardianform](https://greenteams.formstack.com/forms/greater_victoria_green_team_volunteer_registration_form_guardian). You only need to fill out this form ONCE, before your very first activity.
We will be working rain or shine.
**Anyone interested in arriving early to help with set up or participating in a facilitation role can email Kaitlin@GreenTeamsCanada.ca**
MEETING SPOT
Meet in the courtyard in front of the Sedgewick building on campus at UVic.
Sedgewick is a short, long building that is green in colour.
This building is on the North West end of campus nearest Parking Lot 4. The Sedgewick building is in between the David Turpin Building (Social Sciences and Mathematics building) and the Harry Hickman Building.
Follow campus maps or the google map pin through meetup to find our precise meeting location.
Parking: You are welcome to park in Parking Lot 4 or Parking Lot 8 at UVic. From the parking lot, head towards Ring Road, cross it and you will walk past the Turpin Building (blue-grey tall building), and you will find us in the courtyard in front of the Sedgewick building.
Parking is free on Sundays (and always free when volunteering with the Green Team - just ask if you are unsure!)
Cycling: There is covered bike parking right at the Sedgewick building
Bus: A lot of Victoria buses go to the UVic bus loop! Check BC Transit Schedules to plan your route here: https://www.bctransit.com/victoria/home
Carpooling: Use the comments at the bottom of the page to arrange carpooling with other volunteers!
Look for GVGT signs!
WASHROOMS
There are washrooms in the UVic Law Library building near Parking Lot 8.
WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING
• Wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty
• Long sleeves and long pants to protect from thorny plants and insects
• Refillable water bottle with lots of water (we will have water for you to refill with if needed!)
• Sturdy closed toe shoes/boots
• A hat, sunscreen
• Rain jacket in case it rains
• Optional: Your own gardening gloves, tools, and/or safety glasses
WHAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU
• Gloves, tools, and safety glasses if you don't have your own
• An educational instruction on what to do (no experience necessary!)
• Refreshments
• A small thank you gift at the end, donated by a Canadian and/or eco-friendly business
FLOW OF THE ACTIVITY
• Meet at 9:45am for sign-in & introductions (please be on time)
• If you can't find us, please call/text 778-677-9078
• Receive instruction & demo for the activity
• Remove invasive plants
• Take break for refreshments half way through
• Volunteer until 1 pm then sign-out at end, take home an eco-gift!
REGISTER AS A GREEN TEAM VOLUNTEER AHEAD OF TIME ONLINE
• If you haven't yet, register online (You only need to fill out this form once): [http://bit.ly/2GEDEO9](https://greenteams.formstack.com/forms/greater_victoria_green_team_volunteer_registration_form)
• Get your parent to sign this form if you are under 19: [http://bit.ly/parentguardianform](https://greenteams.formstack.com/forms/greater_victoria_green_team_volunteer_registration_form_guardian)
PARTNER
This activity is being made possible thanks to financial support and direction from our Community Investment Partner, the UVic Office of Campus Planning & Sustainability.
BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING
• Learn about local environmental issues and how to address them
• Meet new people & be part of a community
• Improve your mental & physical health by being in nature
• Get exercise & fresh air in a beautiful green space
• Revitalize a local green space & increase biodiversity
• Learn how to identify invasive plants & how to remove them
• Get volunteer hours
• Have FUN!
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
All Greater Victoria Green Team activities take place on the traditional and unceded territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation, the Lekwungen speaking Songhees & Esquimalt peoples, and the nations who form the Te'mexw Treaty Association. We respectfully acknowledge the longstanding relationships these groups have with the land that stretch from time immemorial to the present day. We are extremely grateful to be able to run environmental stewardship activities on these lands.