Please contact us with your ideas and suggestions for how we can help put sustainability, community and rural considerations high on the priority list for residents and our elected representatives.

And feel free to suggest organizations and individuals that you think we should be in touch with as we advance sustainability considerations, as well as those we should contact to keep informed about MISSI events and initiatives.

All suggestions and correspondence are confidential, and we will not share your e-mail address with any individuals or organizations. Please let us know if you would like to be added to our Contact list, to be kept updated and informed about local and regional events and information particular to sustainability and mid Vancouver Island.
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Below is a list of some of the like-minded organizations and people that are working on initiatives related to sustainability and stewardship. Please feel free to visit their web sites:


Lynn Burrows lynn@viphotoart.com: Thanks to Lynn for the beautiful photos of the mid-island region.

www.trailsbc.ca: Trails BC is tasked with establishing the Trans Canada Trail in B.C. and advocating for trail networks in B.C. for walkers, cyclists, and equestrians.

Trails can support such land management initiatives when they pass by or go through such areas. They tend to help make the public more aware of the value of such undertakings through direct positive interaction while enjoying active healthy pursuits.  This along with interpretive materials can help educate the public to the value of  such projects when their quality of life and experiences are positively enhanced by them.  

www.southwellington.com: The South Wellington & Area Community Association is a non-profit, volunteer community association. The SWACA Board of Directors assist to promote activities that enhance the quality of rural life for the residents of South Wellington and area.

www.goert.ca: The Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team (GOERT) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the recovery of Garry oak and associated ecosystems in Canada  and the species at risk that inhabit them.

www.naturecanada.ca:  Nature Canada is a member-based non-profit conservation organization. Its network includes 40,000 supporters and more than 350 naturalist organizations across Canada.

www.ecoreserves.bc.ca : Friends of Ecological Reserves (FER) is a volunteer based, not-for-profit charitable organization that promotes the interests of the ecological reserves program  in British Columbia.

http://www.ourecovillage.org/: O.U.R. Ecovillage is a sustainable learning center and demonstration site which focuses on ecological ways of living involving permaculture design. O.U.R. Ecovillage is dedicated to researching and modeling ways that are rooted in social, cultural, spiritual, economic and ecological well-being.



". . .if we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin." Ivan Turgenev