1820 Pandora Street
Vancouver, BC
V5L 1M5
604-879-GEEK (4335)
OPEN - Tues. ~ Sat.
11:00am - 6:00pm
CLOSED - Sun. Mon.
Events
Saturday July 7, 2007
Start: 12:00
End: 21:00
Global Habitat Festival
Sat July 7 - all day - Robson Square (across Robson St. from the Vancouver Art Gallery)
Free Geek will have a Geek Booth at the Festival in Robson Square (across Robson St. from the Vancouver Art Gallery).
**We need lots of volunteers, and so does the Festival; If you can help, please contact Ifny at ifny[AT]freegeekvancouver.org or 604-690-7372. Volunteer shifts are 5 hours long, anytime between 7:30am-midnight. **
Sunday July 8, 2007
Start: 16:30
End: 18:00
It would be really great to see everyone who's interested in discussing
skill-sharing, usability, fun & general geekifying of folks who come
through our doors. If you have experience teaching, or want to discuss
ideas about how to make the process clearer & more friendly, please
come.
4:30pm-6:00ish
Sunday July 8th
Free Geek Community Technology Centre
117 East 2nd (between Main & Quebec)
Bike parking/wheelchair entrance from the lane between 1st & 2nd Ave.
More info: 604-879-4335 or ifny@freegeekvancouver.org
Wednesday July 11, 2007
Start: 20:00
End: 23:58
Free Geek will be a celebrity judge at Tops and Bottoms - the Improv Show! Come cheer, laugh, heckle affectionately. Part of the proceeds will go to the Geek!
Saturday July 14, 2007
Start: 11:00
Free Geek will have a booth at Surrey's Nature Matters SummerFest.
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
11am - 3pm
Location: Bear Creek Park (King George Hwy. & 88th Ave), City of Surrey
Wednesday July 18, 2007
Start: 18:30
End: 20:30
Bikes Online: Meeting & Brainstorm
Wednesday, July 18 6:30-8ish
Free Geek Community Technology Centre
Sunday July 22, 2007
Start: 12:00
End: 18:00
Come join Free Geek again at the second Commercial Drive Car Free Festival of the year!
We'll be geeking out in Grandview Park (Commerical Drive and Charles). There will be info about e-waste, our volunteer and education programs, and Linux.
Thursday August 2, 2007
Start: 19:00
End: 21:30
DIRTY SECRETS: THE TOXIC E-WASTE TRADE
Free Geek presents an evening of documentaries, discussion and d'accordion music!
Thursday August 2nd
Doors 7:00pm, show 7:30.
Admission FREE/BY DONATION. First come first serve.
Fletcher Challenge Theatre (Room 1900) at SFU Harbour Centre.
515 W.
Hastings Street [MAP]
We will screen BAN's pivotal documentaries The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa and Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia.
Sarah Westervelt, from international watchdog organisation the Basel Action Network (BAN), will speak on the illicit trade in computer waste here & abroad. Audience discussion to follow.
The Creaking Planks will recycle and repurpose salvageable components of defunct and formerly toxic popular musics.
More info: ban.org or phone Free Geek at 604-879-4335. Click HERE to view a trailer for the Digital Dump.
"Most citizens, governments and businesses have blinders on concerning sham reuse and recycling of their e-waste. 'The Digital Dump' rips those blinders away. Save your breath. Show the film. Then talk. You will have instant allies asking honest questions. That's how change happens." -- Mr. Sego Jackson, Principal Planner of Snohomish County, Washington State, Solid Waste Management Division and NEPSI (National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative) stakeholder.
This event is sponsored by the Recycling Council of British Columbia and we of Free Geek.
Open burning of plastic encased metal printer and motor parts. Open burning of plastics and other material is common in order to reduce the waste to metals. Guiyu, China. December 2001. © Basel Action Network
