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Join us for Earth Day Celebrations tomorrow, Saturday Apr. 25th from 10 am to 2 pm. The festivities are on the grounds of the Green Door adjacent to the Duncan Farmers’ Market. There will be marimba all day on the Duncan stage and lots of local vendors at the market. Earth Day participants include: Transition Cowichan, along with Cowichan Green Community (CGC), Cycle Cowichan, the Tiny Homes initiative, U-Cycle, One Cowichan with its Cowichan Solar campaign, the towns of North Cowichan and Duncan, with their Climate Action Plan and Blue Dot initiatives and others.
Forty classes of elementary-aged children will have “passports” and receive a “stamp” at each booth after participating in an activity. Transition Cowichan’s Susan Smith will have her treadle sewing machine at the ready to teach children and others how to hem napkins – learn a new skill and start to replace the family’s disposable napkins with cloth all at the same time! Susan has also quilted us a new banner! For our “Passport” activity – Sandy has plant tags ‘upcycled’ from plastic milk jugs for kids to label. These will then be used at the CGC booth where they will be planting seeds into newspaper pots.
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When it comes to climate change, why do we do so little when we know so much?’
Disruption explores how we got to this social, moral and ecological crossroads. The film also takes us behind-the-scenes of the efforts to organize the largest climate rally in the history of the planet during the UN world climate summit that begins on September 21st. This is the story of our unique moment in history. We are living through an age of tipping points and rapid social and planetary change. We’re the first generation to feel the impacts of climate disruption, and the last generation that can do something about it. The film enlarges the issue beyond climate impacts and makes a compelling call for bold action that is strong enough to tip the balance to build resilient communities and a clean energy future that does not leave the world’s vulnerable people behind.
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Are you interested in being inspired and in stimulating a conversation with your neighbors about emergency preparedness, saving money on household energy and creating a more sustainable and resilient neighborhood? Contact us at info@transitioncowichan.org about showing this great one-hour film in your community. http://www.intransitionmovie.com/
The next showing will be at the Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre in Cowichan Bay at 7pm on Thursday, June 12th. By donation. Doors open at 6:30pm Bring your neighbor!
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Join us Tuesday from 4-6pm for hot cider and good conversation. Bring an appetizer to share and either a non-perishable food item or a donation of underwear for those in need.
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If you live in the Cowichan Valley, and especially if you live in or near the Cairnsmore neighborhood in Duncan, and are interested in making your neighborhood more sustainable, resilient and able to respond to emergencies, please join us this evening for a film and discussion Tues, Oct 29th at 7pm at Growing Together Daycare, 490 Cairnsmore St. in Duncan.
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