Housing That Heals The Future Healthy, Happy Communities |
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10 Reasons to Sign Up for Free
& Learn About a Multitude of Solutions for: - Healthier, Happier Communities
- Ways Housing Can Address Climate Change
- Creating Cohousing as Sustainable Living
- Reduce Building Costs and Stopping Landfill Expansion
- Forest Communities that Save Forests
- Explore New Options for Farm Communities
- Using Disruptive New Technology to Create Harmless Homes
- Overcoming Barriers to Installing EV Charging Stations in Stratas
- 9 top notch presenters, including Order of Canada performing artist extraordinaire, Ann Mortifee
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Featured Events & Stories Did you know that you can learn about upcoming talks, gatherings, news and post your events and stories free-of-charge to CreativelyUnited.org
Here are a few examples of what you will find: |
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Lighter Living Groups
April 4 - May 2, 2022
Submitted by One Planet Saanich |
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Are you concerned about climate change? biodiversity loss? social justice? And do you want to take action and explore how to make a difference?
Sign up for an action-packed 28 days alongside other BCers & the OneEarth team!
Join a Lighter Living Group and undertake 5 acts a week for a month: watch your footprint reduce and your community grow!
Would you like to participate in a Spring 2022 Lighter Living Group? For now, we're focused on people in British Columbia, but let us know your interest and we'll be in touch as the pilot progresses - and for opportunities outside BC.
Click here to register by April 1st |
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One Planet Student Challenge 2022
Submitted by One Planet Saanich |
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We invite any Middle or Secondary School student in the Greater Victoria-area – to create submissions in one of two categories (video or illustration) – showing us: How can we bring One Planet Living ideas into our communities and personal lives? Contest winners will receive cash prizes and they will be acknowledged at a celebration event in June. Winning submissions will also be showcased on the One Planet BC website. The One Planet Student Challenge is open to all Greater Victoria middle and secondary students in grades 6-12. The deadline for submissions is May 20th, and the winners announced on June 5th, World Environment Day. Click here to learn more |
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In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things
By Bill McKibben, The New Yorker |
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The truth is new and counterintuitive: we have the technology necessary to rapidly ditch fossil fuels. On the last day of February, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its most dire report yet. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, had, he said, “seen many scientific reports in my time, but nothing like this.” Setting aside diplomatic language, he described the document as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership,” and added that “the world’s biggest polluters are guilty of arson of our only home.” Then, just a few hours later, at the opening of a rare emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly, he catalogued the horrors of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and declared, “Enough is enough.” Citing Putin’s declaration of a nuclear alert, the war could, Guterres said, turn into an atomic conflict, “with potentially disastrous implications for us all.” Read more here |
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Law's Indigenous Ethics John Borrows, founded the first Indigenous Law Program at UVic. John is a full professor of law at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law. His book, Law's Indigenous Ethics, is organized around the seven Anishinaabe grandmother and grandfather teachings of love, truth, bravery, humility, wisdom, honesty, and respect. Click here to learn more |
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Indigenous Perspectives on the Climate Crisis
Saturday, April 9th, 2-3:30 pm PT |
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Join Climate Writer in Residence Katłįà Lafferty and Indigenous climate advocates Xwechtaal Dennis Joseph, Brandi Morin, Panikpak Letitia Pokiak, and Dr. Nicole Redvers to learn how Indigenous Peoples are leading the fight against the climate crisis. This dynamic panel will focus on many of the climate related issues we are facing including those specific to our local community, the Arctic, climate change in the media, and general planetary health. Gain insights into the solutions we need to address climate change and empower yourself to make a difference. Register here for free |
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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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Healthy, happy communities begin from the ground up. Help us inspire generations to protect and preserve the natural world and confront climate change, so families, communities and nature can prosper together. |
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