Food Security, Health and Water Matters |
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True to our name, Creatively United likes to creatively bring people and solutions together that address key issues concerning us all. This short newsletter features two of our latest creative endeavours, a new 15-minute video and the free public premiere of a 60-minute documentary, are for your consideration below. If you would be interested in knowing about an effective solution to address the threat of toxic biosolids making their way into our air, water and soil that could potentially make municipal solid waste a thing of the past and stop the expansion of landfills and resulting loss and destruction of wildlife habitat and trees and save our farmlands then our newest video is for you: |
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Every day 10 tonnes of highly toxic biosolids are being land applied or buried at the Hartland Landfill in Victoria, BC. This toxicity is not currently regulated by the BC Ministry of Environment and therefore poses a real threat to public health and the environment. A number of public interest groups, led by Butchart Gardens, have released this video which explains why toxic biosolids from Victoria’s sewage treatment plant are a public health threat and call for the CRD and Province of British Columbia to adopt thermal conversion as the only safe and viable solution. Produced by the Creatively United for the Planet Society, the video features numerous experts discussing how toxic chemicals in biosolids accumulate in the environment, as they cannot be destroyed in nature, and viable and safe solutions that the CRD and province need to immediately adopt. Leading agricultural groups have also called for continuing the ban on land application of biosolids throughout the Region. If food security, water, trees, and health matter to you and your family and friends, then please see this one-minute read which includes how to quickly and correctly fill out the CRD's short survey due this Wednesday, March 6th. Use this handy guide to answering the CRD's Biosolids Survey (survey link included). Other actions to take: 1. Contact the CRD Board at crdboard@crd.bc.ca Let them know you oppose the land application of biosolids in the CRD. 2. Contact your local elected officials and ask them to support the longstanding CRD ban on the land application of biosolids. 3. Share this video with your friends and ask them to do the same to protect our local environment, public health and food security! |
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World Water Day - Film Screening & Conversation Thursday, March 21, 6:30 pm PT, UVIC Bob Wright Centre, Room B150 |
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In honour of World Water Day, Creatively United for the Planet Society with the POLIS Water Sustainability Project and the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, will host Changing Course: A River's Journey of Reconnection, a free public film premiere and discussion in Room B150 of UVic's Bob Wright Centre, with networking starting at 6:30 pm, followed by conversations with very special guests Greg Utzig (Conservation Ecologist & Technical Advisor, Upper Columbia Basin Environmental Collaborative), Larry George (Director of Lulumexun (Lands & Self-Governance, Cowichan Tribes), and Katrina Adams (Senior Aquatic Biologist, Peninsula Streams & Shorelines). RSVPs are not required, but are appreciated. If you plan to join us in person, please email at polisworkstudy@uvic.ca. The event will also be livestreamed, register here for free. To learn more about the film please click here. The Changing Course: A River's Journey of Reconnection documentary will be available after March 21st to freely view on Creatively United's YouTube channel. Subscribe here to be notified when it is available. |
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Creatively United for the Planet is a registered non-profit society. Since 2012, we have been leading, convening and amplifying ways to share how collectively we can reduce our ecological footprint and implement long-term sustainability solutions. Our mandate is to foster conversations, connections and create collaborative opportunities that bring individuals and organizations together in support of achieving common sustainability goals and accelerating climate action. Creatively United is a member of the Westcoast Climate Action Network and works collaboratively with numerous community organizations and in partnership with the Gail O'Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund, supported by The Victoria Foundation. The Gail O'Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund is dedicated to changing human consciousness towards global environmental change by combining science with the creativity of the performing arts. |
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