Here are some of the many events that can also be found on Creatively United's free Event Calendar, your source for finding a wide variety of both online and in-person events of interest to the Creatively United community. Be sure to also visit our free Community Blog where new submissions are always welcome. |
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Biodiversity Matters - Time Sensitive |
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Co-sponsored by the Victoria Multifaith Society and the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Community, which generously hosts similar events across the country. This year's theme is Kindness and Kinship. A complimentary dinner will be served after the presentations. Free registration required here |
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Should Nuclear Energy be Expanded? Wednesday, Feb, 7th, 7 - 8:30 pm PT, Cook St. Activity Center, 380 Cook St. |
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In a presentation to the Victoria Secular Humanist Association, Harald Wolf will lay out the many issues that need to be addressed when considering whether nuclear energy should be a critical component of tackling the climate crisis and future well-being, in Canada and elsewhere. While this has not been a big issue in BC in the past, there is considerable back-room lobbying going on and one party has added its promotion to their platform heading into the fall election, while another has removed opposition to it from theirs. Free admission. |
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National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform |
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On February 7th, a vote will be held in Parliament calling for a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. Please call your MP and ask them to vote Yes. The quality of our democracy is facing unprecedented threats. Low voter turnout, mistrust in institutions, polarization, and hostile partisan politics are of deep concern to many. Making progress on electoral reform requires political leadership, but politicians alone won’t fix the system that elected them. Learn more here |
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Pension Funds Rally Monday, February 12th, 1 pm PT
BC Investment Management Corp (BCI), 750 Pandora Avenue
Submitted by: Save Our Forests Team, Comox Valley |
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Are your pension funds tied to poor logging practices? Support initiatives by our local Island communities! Join SOFT-CV (Save Our Forests Team, Comox Valley) for a rally in Victoria at the office of BC Investment Management Corp (BCI). BCI is the major shareholder in both TimberWest and Island Timberlands, which together own most of the forested land on the east coast of Vancouver Island from Victoria to Campbell River. Mosaic Forest Management manages their forest operations. If you are a BC public servant (a teacher, college or university staff; a BC or municipal government employee; or work for Island Health, BC Hydro, BC Ferries, WorkSafe, and others), there's a very good chance that BCI is using your pension to fund poor forestry practices, fuelling climate change, continuing logging of old growth, and contributing to water shortage and quality issues on the east coast of Vancouver Island! If BCI puts pressure on TimberWest/Island Timberlands/Mosaic to log better, these companies will have to comply. But pension holders must put pressure on BCI first. This rally is one step in this process. Spread the word and plan to join us. If you can, come early (12:40) to help us sing/chant so that BCI will know we are there! We will highlight what you can do and deliver a second ultimatum to BCI, that they must use their ownership to set forestry in a new direction on their lands. To RSVP and for more information contact saveourforeststeamcomoxvalley@gmail.com |
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Join the 6th Climate Action Provincial Assembly and (1) Hear 10 of BC’s most effective climate leaders with five-minute answers to this question: “What are the three most effective things climate action groups and organizations can do to accelerate progress in BC’s climate movement?” (2) Participate in a break–out group with other climate activists to consider the speakers’ ideas, and ask how they might apply to the work of your climate action group. (3) Take answers back to your group, and consider if you can use them to build a more integrated and powerful climate movement. Registration and more info here |
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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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