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September 25– October 15, 2011
WaterWeeks, hosted by Langley Environmental Partners Society in partnership with the Township of Langley, is an annual series of events designed to encourage citizen participation in environmental conservation. WaterWeeks provides opportunity for residents of all ages to engage in a variety of activities to experience, appreciate, and take action to protect our community’s watercourses, watersheds, groundwater, and wildlife habitats. WaterWeeks activities include free community events and school programming.
The fun starts with the BC RIVERS DAY FESTIVAL on Sunday September 25 11am-4pm at scenic, heritage Williams Park. This year’s free family event offers 25 interactive displays and activity booths including: bird house building, live owls, tree planting, Dancing Bear Story Theatre, Ask a Master Gardener, the Solar Power Road Show, the life size salmon board game, and much more! On-site lunch concession available, featuring local food provided by Wilkys Grill and the Suburban Spoon. The festival will feature live performances by award-winning childrens’ entertainer Will Stroet, the Langley-based Dixieland jazz ensemble The Genuine Jug Band, and popular family entertainer Tony Prophet!!
View the BC Rivers Day Festival Poster
The activities planned for WaterWeeks 2011 include:
‘Familiar Five’ Metro Vancouver Parks Nature Walks, Sept 27, Oct 4 and 11
Voyageur Canoe Paddle, Oct 1
Farm Fresh Bus Tour, Oct 2
West Creek Wetland Walk, Oct 8
Streamside Clean-Up, Oct 9
Green Wednesday film screening “How to Boil a Frog”, Oct 12
Dig-In Streamside Tree Planting, Oct 15
View the WaterWeeks 2011 Community Events Program
WaterWeeks also offers a popular series of eco-education presentations for Langley schools, including 24 free classroom workshops, the chance for classrooms to win an overnight adventure at the Vancouver Aquarium by entering the Global Warming Poster Contest, and opportunities for schools to recieve school-wide presentations by Dreamrider Theatre, the Stream of Dreams Mural Society, and LEPS' innovative, new Idling Gets You Nowhere project!
View the WaterWeeks 2011 School Program
View the Global Warming Poster Contest guidelines
All events are free and open to all, but registration is required and space is limited for many events. To register call 604.532.3511 or email
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