LifeCycles is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating awareness and initiating action around food, health, and urban sustainability in the Greater Victoria community. We work proactively to promote and create personal, shared and community gardens, research, and educational activities and youth skills development programs. Through partnerships we strengthen individual, community and global health.
What's New at LifeCycles
Growing Schools Volunteer Opportunities!
This spring LifeCycles is going to have one of it's busiest seasons yet, so we're looking for some amazing volunteers to help! Click this link to see a list of full description of volunteer opportunities
Growing Schools Interns - will work closely with the Growing Schools Coordinator to deliver the growing schools program. Growing Schools Interns will partner with a participating school to lead 2-3 day long workshops. Time commitment: 35 hours between February and May 30th. Training to take place on Feburary 19th. Email growingschools@lifecyclesproject.ca for the job description along with a questionnaire.
Growing Schools Volunteers - will work with GS interns to deliver workshops in elementary schools throughout the CRD. Time commitment - flexible. volunteers sign up for workshops that suit their schedules. Training to take place twice in March email growingschools@lifecyclesproject.ca to be added to our list
Grubs Spring Camp Coordinator – will work as a team to update camp materials and lead programs. Time commitment - The camp takes place March 19 – 23 from 9am until 3pm. Interns must be available for the full length of the camp as well as some prep time before and after. Email growingschools@lifecyclesproject.ca for the job description along with a questionnaire.
- 2012-02-06Urban Agriculture Volunteer Opportunities 2012
LifeCycles is looking for Diggers to help with our 2012 Garden Creation projects.
Diggers receive hands-on learning and mentorship while contributing volunteer time to community food gardening projects. LifeCycles will provide orientation in February and ongoing training throughout the year.
Check out the Diggers page for details or email diggers@lifecyclesproject.ca
LifeCycles is Growing and We're Looking For A New Home!
We've out grown our current home and are looking for a new one! We are looking for office space which would include an office, storage for garden tools and supplies, a location for our cooler (11’ height x 8’ wide x 10’ depth) and ideally an area to create a demonstration garden. If you have or know of a location that meets our needs we'd love to speak with you. Please contact our office at 383-5800 or email at info@lifecyclesproject.ca
- 2011-10-20 
LifeCycles and CRD Win $25,000 Keg Grant for Growing Schools!
Thank you to all who voted for us in the Keg's "Thanks A Million" campaign. We are thrilled to announce we've won $25,000 for our Growing Schools project!
Growing Schools: From Classroom to Table is a joint project between the CRD and LifeCycles Project. The project aims to educate young people about food, health and climate change by constructing an organic food garden on school grounds. The gardens act as outdoor classrooms - they are educational tools used to engage students, teachers, parents and community members on how to grow food and provide "hands on" learning for students of all ages. Educational workshops are hosted on-site, throughout the school year, and aligned with Provincial educational learning outcomes in subjects of math, science, personal health, and social science.
With this grant, LifeCycles will:
- reach more than 1,000 students through Growing Schools workshops;
- build 5 school gardens around the region; and
- help the CRD launch a new food and climate change educational campaign for households.
If your school would like to start a garden and participate in this project, please contact Jeanette at 250-383-5800 and growingschools @lifecyclesproject.ca
- 2011-07-05
Diggers first garden creation project!
Click on the link to see how to build a backyard food garden!
Link... - 2011-04-06
Grow A Row
The concept is simple: there are lots of people growing fantastic food in their backyards, on their balconies, in the boulevards on their streets and in community gardens. There are moments in every garden when there are simply too many tomatoes to eat. Meanwhile, there are plenty of people in our community who don’t have access to this sort of wonderful fresh produce.
The Grow A Row program seeks to distribute extra produce from local gardens to local people in Victoria through centres such as Our Place Society, school food programs and community food banks.
We are looking for gardneres with extra produce to donate, folks who would be willing to transport produce to drop-off points, as well as places that could use some fresh garden donations. Please send us an email if you have food or time to donate, or if you'd like to recieve donations!
Follow the link below to find out more!
Link... - 2013-09-29