Green Drinks International

Green Drinks' Picnic
Tuesday, July 28th
6 PM - 9 PM
Jericho Park
Eastern pond picnic area

ABOUT GREEN DRINKS INTERNATIONAL

Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.

At such events, invariably there is a lively mixture of people from non-government organizations (NGOs), academia, government and businesses. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say "Are you green?" and they will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there's always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organizing network.

These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals, and had moments of serendipity. It's a force for the good and it would be great to help it spread to other cities. Contact your local node to get the latest info about coming along.

Green Drinks website

ABOUT THE PICNIC

This is a BYOE (Bring Your Own Everything) event.
There will be no cooking or washing facilities at the site, so please plan for a basic cold food picnic. The theme of this mission, should you choose to accept it, is local and sustainable food, so bring something appropriate if you can; enough to share if you're willing... and, hey, there might be a contest. Details forthcoming.

Basics to bring:
• Yourself and any interested friends or family.
• Your own food, drink, and necessary dining implements: plates, cutlery, etc.
• Willingness to pick up all of your refuse when you leave.

Other items they'd love someone to bring:
• Games or sports equipment (volleyball & net, badminton, bocce, etc).
• A BBQ that you are willing to share – please get in touch with Green Drinks if you can bring this for sure.
• Non-amplified musical instruments and your singing voice.

What not to bring:
• Glass drink containers.
• Alcohol – parks officers don't want to see that.
• Amplified music or public address systems.
• Advertising.
• Electricity.
• Structures, fences, poles, tents, stages, etc.
These are Vancouver Parks restrictions so please see their website for further details.

How to get to the Green Drinks picnic site:
They'll be in the same place as previous years, which is not far from where the back of the main stage at the Folk Festival will have been the week before. See the Vancouver Parks website for details & map of "Jericho Pond".

Here are the transit options:
• Bus 4 – get off 1 or 2 stops west of Alma along 4th Ave.
• Buses 7, 44, or 84 – get off at Alma & 4th and walk a few minutes westward.
• Buses 9, 17 or 99 B-line – get off at Alma & Broadway and walk north to 4th and then west to Jericho.

Of course, there is plenty of space to park your bike or kayak!