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Volunteer to support bike parking for Kamloops!

August 22, 2023August 27, 2023 Contributor

UPDATE: Aug. 25, 2023 Calling all Kamloops cyclists and friends – New online sign-up sheet for survey volunteers! We need as many bicyclists as possible to canvas businesses and encourage them to complete the Business Bike Parking Survey which in … Continue reading Volunteer to support bike parking for Kamloops!

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UPDATE: Local climate action projects

August 1, 2023August 24, 2023 Contributor

Our community climate action projects are budding! Check them out here, and get in touch if you’d like to volunteer with one of the project teams. Continue reading UPDATE: Local climate action projects

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Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 Anne Neave

How much carbon do you put into the atmosphere? Members of our Climate Action team, Sam and Ron, set out to test five carbon footprint calculators.  They chose the Climate Hero calculator. There are several things they liked about the … Continue reading Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

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Shrink your carbon footprint!

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 Anne Neave

The two biggest impacts you make on climate change are what you eat and how you travel. Here’s a great study, done in 2017, that quantifies emissions reductions for actions we can take. What can you do to fight climate … Continue reading Shrink your carbon footprint!

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Local/BC food sources

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 Anne Neave

Your food has a carbon footprint too! It’s called a foodprint.  Eating locally grown fruits and vegetables saves fossil fuels used for long-distance transport.  There are other benefits too – local foods will likely be fresher with great taste and … Continue reading Local/BC food sources

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A Better Death

June 11, 2023June 14, 2023 Margaret Huff

I have noticed that death is not a subject that people tend to enjoy exploring in conversation. Most of us find the subject disturbing and/or frightening. We wholeheartedly celebrate the opposite end of the spectrum, birth, yet when it comes … Continue reading A Better Death

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The 15-minute city is a simple idea: Cities should be designed for people, not cars. Cities “should be designed so that within the distance of a 15-minute walk or bike ride, people should be able to access work, housing, food, health, education, culture, and leisure", the Paris-based Carlos Moreno writes, who invented the term.Sadly, this concept has been misconstrued. Here's an article that clears up some of the confusion, with good links. ... See MoreSee Less

How the "15 Minute City" Conspiracy Theory Fooled People Into Fighting for the Status Quo

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A meme promoted by the FreeThoughtProject (so much for free thinking) The 15-minute city is a simple idea: Cities should be designed for people, not cars. Cities “should be designed so that...
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Why Canada needs grassroots climate organizing

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No individual, region or even nation state can reduce greenhouse gas emissions far enough to save the rest of us. And no one person or government can, on their own, build a better global economy—one...
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Terra Affirma: Life Finds A Way—If We Let It

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Wolves helped make many beloved places in the West lush.
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