Carmanah Community Cleanup 2019: a Success!

This August, eighteen of us got together to clean up garbage along the E&N Rail Trail, a paved pedestrian/bike path that runs beside a suspended rail line near our Victoria office. After a few hours, we had collected a large haul of litter and returnables...

Carmanah Celebrates Bike to Work Week

How Bike to Work Week brings together staff, the community, and our traffic safety goals Did you know that Bike to Work Week started in the city of Victoria, British Columbia—home to Carmanah’s head office—in 1995? About 500 participants promoted commuter cycling that...

Carmanah Celebrates Earth Day 2019

To celebrate Earth Day, our team held a potluck featuring locally sourced food. For us, “local” means Vancouver Island, if possible, or anywhere in our province of British Columbia. We got to enjoy Michell’s Farm kale chips, Portofino bread, Red Barn smoked cheeses,...