The Cowichan Green Community (CGC) began in 2001 as an environmental-based community outreach project which was supported by the Green Door Society. The CGC opened it's first storefront environmental centre at 161 Jubilee Street in Duncan, B.C. CGC’s passionate volunteers then formed an informal committee and established CGC's original mandate: to promote energy efficiency, healthy housing and environmental sustainability in the Cowichan Valley. Financed solely by their efforts, they continued to operate the centre for almost a year.

Cowichan Green Community (CGC) Society's mandate is to promote environmental sustainability in the Cowichan Valley with a focus on cultivating a strong and vibrant local food system.

The FruitSave program collected a ton of fruit and redistributed it to those in need.

Come visit us at our new location at 181 Station Street.

CGC is actively involved in several community initiatives. In January we co-hosted a joint community forum with Social Planning Cowichan.

CGC has created two community gardens and is in the process of building a new one at Warmland House.

A major project for 2009 and 2010 has been the Cowichan Food Charter.

The CGC team, from clockwise from top left: Linda, John, Kelly, Jay, Jason, Judy, Jess and Emily, Click here to see our staff biographies.

Who We Are

Cowichan Green Community (CGC) Society's mandate is to promote environmental sustainability in the Cowichan Valley with a focus on cultivating a strong and vibrant local food system.