Movement

1) The ferry terminal in Vesuvius can take you to Crofton in 20 minutes. The ferry terminal in Fulford can take you to Sydney in 35 minutes. The ferry terminal at Long Harbour can get you to the Lower Mainland and Outer Islands in anywhere from 1-3 hours. There are also three sea planes that can take you to the mainland and Vancouver Island. For people who live on the outer islands there is a water taxi to get students to and from school. It also runs in the summer time in order to get outer islanders onto Saltspring.

2) In some rare cases on Saltspring island people receive there energy from solar panels or wind turbines, but it is much more common for people to receive there energy from BC Hydro.

3) I think it would be silly for me to say that we received all of our food from Canada though I think that a lot of it is able to come from Canada, or at least the states. Of course for my exotic fruits and vegetables have to come from countries around the world, or if it is not the right time of year for us to get things then we can get it from the southern hemisphere. However most fish, wheat, common fruits and vegetables such as apples, and other meat can come from BC and Canada. There are many farms on Saltspring Island that are able to provide us with fruits and vegetables, cheeses mostly of the goat variety, lamb and fish.

4) Though Saltspring is not often used for our forest resources, trees are something that are often sent around the world for construction, paper and other things. We also have a lot of fish that we are able to share around the rest of the world. Because of the small size of Saltspring we are not able to share many of our resources of manufacture many things because we mostly need to save these things to sustain ourselves.

5) Any recycled products that people have can go to the recycling depot, for garbage we have a local dump or garbage is brought off island in order to be disposed of. For sewage most people have septic tanks, though in rare cases on more populated roads there are are other sewage plants to collect waste.

6) Because of the fact that we get so many exchange students here I think that our cultural influences are able to be taken to places such as Germany and Japan by students that have studied here. As well as the fact that we have music shows, theater, and art here that people come to see. The fact that we are a part of western Canada connects us somewhat with native culture as well. The many Japanese settlers that first came here have also had some impact on the culture of saltspring island.