As climate disaster wreaks agricultural systems worldwide, food instability accelerates. The cost of groceries is at an all time high, while corporate grocers rake in profits.
Reports say over half of all produce in Canadian grocery stores is lost and wasted annually. On top of that, millions of tonnes of produce are thrown away yearly while they could instead be redistrbuted freely if they aren't sold, curbing the climate impacts of their wastage and supporting communities.

For years, the fast fashion industry has done detrimental damage to the environment and the lives of its workers to meet the industry’s sky-high production targets.

Despite the overproduction of clothing, 1 in 6 Canadians cannot afford new clothes when they need them. This is exacerbated with the price hikes of thrift stores, with 75% of clothing donated to them not being sold and then thrown out. Our free second-hand clothing store makes sure these clothes truly don’t go to waste.

Climate Recentered makes a statement on the innovative nature of using spaces beyond their typical purpose through historically using ‘closed’ locations for our events. From basketball tournaments in empty parking lots to a festival at a school on the weekend— creatively using existing infrastructures in different ways is essential to realistically building the future we want to live in, without constant industrial development over land. These choices are thoughtful, with schools already being the hubs of neighbourhoods, and highschoolers making waves within justice-based movements, what better location for this celebration? We are already surrounded by the solutions we seek.

We invite small business to be vendors at the Fair Fests in order to amplify those creating with love and care for their community. Unsustainable large corporations overproduce goods that are low quality, not humanely made, and will fall apart quickly. The majority of Fair Fest businesses are Surrey-based, BIPOC-owned, and are all committed to our values. We do not charge small businesses to be vendors, and do not take any share of the profit— it is meant to be an opportunity for our community to grow!