Vancity Member Day at The PNE 2014
byWith the arrival of the PNE this summer, Vancity will once again be hosting its Vancity Member Day. On Wednesday, August 27th, members of Vancity and a guest can explore The Fair at the PNE for $5 each – that’s an $11 savings on adult admission! Simply bring your Vancity Member Card debit card or Vancity enviro Visa (or other form of membership verification) to take advantage of this one-day offer anytime between 11:00am and 11:00pm.
Photo by Winston Wong courtesy of Vancity
Vancity Member Day at The PNE 2014
Once you’re in, you can enjoy all that The Fair at the PNE has to offer this year such as its great concert lineup, the PNE Prize Home Lottery Tour, Superdogs, Kidz Discovery Farm, and the 4th Annual Vancouver Rib Festival Competition. Additional attractions this year include Game of Thrones®: The Exhibition, Get Animated! Interactive Animation Exhibit, Mosaic Music Series, Just For Cats: Internet Cat Video Festival, YVR Fly Dome: A 360° Global Travel Experience, and much more.
Be sure to stop by the cow-powered Vancity Eco Zone to find out how Vancity is supporting the PNE on their journey to going green, and how they’ll try to make Vancity Member Day a zero waste day.
Here are a few tips that combine going green with The Fair at the PNE:
- Ride your bike to the PNE. During The Fair, there will be a complimentary Vancity-supported bicycle valet service. The bike valet stations are set up inside Gate 1. Valet your bike during The Fair to be entered to win a prize pack from Vancity community partner, PEDAL.
- Bring your water bottles on Vancity Member Day. On Vancity Member Day, August 27, a drinking-water station to refill re-usable water bottles will be provided by Metro Vancouver.
- Dispose your waste responsibly. 75 new recycling stations have been installed to collect three streams of waste: garbage, recyclables and compostables. Please follow the signage at these stations to help the PNE divert waste from our landfills. The PNE will have staffed waste sorting stations by Green Chair Recycling.
Last year, the PNE installed a new policy to ban styrofoam and plastic cutlery to encourage vendors to use biodegradable food packaging. Vendors are also not permitted to have ‘show’ lights until dusk so the PNE will decrease their energy consumption, and the PNE also got a Light Bulb Eater. This gadget breaks down the bulbs; reducing labour, storage space and recycling costs.
Photo by Winston Wong courtesy of Vancity
Enter to Win a Prize Pack
To promote all of the eco-goodness at The PNE this year and especially Vancity Member Day, Vancity has put together a super green prize pack for me to give away to one lucky reader. This includes:
- 2 x PNE Gate passes
- 2 x PNE Playland passes
- 2 x Vancity reusable glass bottles
- 4 x Vancity reusable produce bags with drawstring
- 1 x Vancity reusable lunch tote
- 1 on 1 coaching with Victory Gardens
Here’s how you can enter to win this prize pack:
- Leave a comment here with a green tip for fair goers this summer (1 entry)
- and/or Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Follow Vancity on Twitter and Facebook for more information about the Vancity Eco Zone and Vancity Member Day.
Update The winner is Taruna!
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Hang your laundry outside!
Cut the grass
Unplug all electronics when not using them.
Bring a reusable water bottle to the fair with you and add plenty of ice so it is cool all day.
Bring a water bottle/coffee mug for your beverages throughout the day at the fair
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Pack your own food when you can in reusable containers.
Carpool
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Car pool or take public transit to the PNE.
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bring a backpack and reusable bag so that you don’t need bags for all the things you win and buy
Carpool or take transit to the fair!
Taking public transit will help save the environment, time and money. Parking in the area is intense!
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Bring a reusable bag (one that folds up in your purse preferably!) to carry your purchases!
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Grow your own little garden, hang your laundry, drink from the tap, and thrift shop (my personal fav!)
Bring a reusable cloth bag to put your goodies in rather than taking a plastic bag from the vendors.
Use reusable bags when doing your groceries, walk or take the transit to get around, turn on the airconditioner sparingly 🙂
Use a refillable drink container
Bring a refillable water bottle and reuseable bag with you.
take transit!
Turn off the power on your cable box. It takes a lot more eneregy than you’d think
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Carpool to the fair!
Bring a reusable tote to carry your purchases
Pack a lunch! With reusable containers, of course!
Bring your own portable cutlery.
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Bring your own water bottle and refill it endlessly at drinking fountains, restaurants, etc
leave the car home and take transit
Tip: to keep you home cool in summer, open windows at night to let the cool air in. Then in the morning, close your windows and draw your curtains shut. This will keep your home cool without having to buy air conditioning, also save on energy costs 🙂
ride your bike!
Water Jug or Plant Liquid Jug: cut a small part off from the top of 4 litre jug (but keep the handle intact) to create a handy jug
Bring your coffee mug or water bottle with you when you go out.
Take transit and reusable drink bottle.
Ride your bike.
Take the bus to The Fair, it drops you off right at the entry gate.
Freeze a water bottle and continue to refill at the various fountains located throughout the park to stay hydrated all day long.
Bring a refillable water bottle
carpool or use transit
Please deposit your recyclables and garbage in the appropriate bins provided onsite. They are two separate cans beside each other so please note which is which.
Got to love the creativity of Vancity on the Prizepack combo. 🙂
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usually end up in the trash!
Bike to work!
Reusuable water bottle is the easiest!
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Carpool with your neighbours or friends to the PNE.
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buy a reusable bottle to drink water instead of buying water bottles
We will take transit to get there, and will take our water bottles, and some snacks in reusable containers (which can then keep our left over mini donuts safe for the trip home).
Carpool or ride your bike there!
Take advantage of the sun and ride your bike to work!
Take transit or carpool to the fair and bring a reusable bag for your purchases!
Before getting on transit, pack your backpack with your lunches and dinners for the day and night, a shared water bottle and do not accept “free samples” of the dog food packets, tattoos, or any plastic waste.
Bike to the PNE
When you choose your reusable water bottle, make sure it’s cover includes a loop of some some sort, then get a lariat and clip it onto the loop so you can carry your water over your shoulder and keep your hands free to hang on on the rides! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
Cycle or use public transport to get to the fair!
And smile…it makes earth a more beautiful place! 🙂
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Ride your bike more.
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ride your bike to the fair