Gateway to a green, sustainable KW-Guelph region
This year, will your Christmas be eco-friendly? “Bake them a cake, write them a poem, give them a kiss, tell them a joke, but for god’s sake stop trashing the planet to tell someone you care. All it shows is that you don’t.” (George Monbiot) / Eco-friendly Christmas Gift Ideas
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE
“People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. And all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!” — Greta Thunberg
Find a strike or start your own:
Climate basics: 350.org/science
Myths vs facts: SkepticalScience.com
Climate action jobs, contracts, volunteering: GoodWork.ca/Climate
School Strike for Climate Action, Friday March 15 in Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, across Canada & worldwide Fridaysforfuture.org (map) | cop24climatestrike.com (map) |
Get active, get involved! GoodWork.ca/fridays
#FridaysForFuture | #SchoolStrike4Climate | #ClimateStrike
Also, Friday May 3, 2019 — Canada-wide students strike
Partnering with Nature to heal the biosphere
Tues Oct. 16, 6:30 – 9 pm
Earth is in crisis, but there is much we can and should do. How can we work with nature to heal the wounds we’ve inflicted?
A handful of leading-edge thinkers will be presenting their solutions at a public forum. All speakers have been involved in research and practices that contribute to the reversal of greenhouse gas emissions through natural agricultural approaches and tree-planting to restore land, and from environmental activists who see the need to encourage any and all methods to draw down existing carbon that will complement the technological methods of preventing future emissions.
This event will honour Michael Purves-Smith, who initiated the project, but did not live to see it take place. Michael’s goal was to raise awareness in Waterloo Region of the urgency for a holistic solution to the crisis of the biosphere.
FREE.
DATE AND TIME
Tue, 16 October 2018
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
LOCATION
Kitchener Public Library Auditorium
85 Queen Street North
Kitchener, ON N2H 2H1
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/partnering-with-nature-to-heal-the-biosphere-tickets-50117908012
Building Resiliency:
Emergency & Disaster Preparedness for Individuals & Families
Saturday November 17, 2018
Guelph, Ontario
This workshop is designed to give you confidence and peace of mind. To ensure you have the knowledge, skills and a solid game plan to keep yourself and family safe in the event of a disaster and a changing world.
Continue reading “Resiliency & preparedness training in Guelph”
REEP is hiring an Office Coordinator, half-time, in downtown Kitchener. Reep Green Solutions is an environmental charity that helps people in Waterloo Region live sustainably. Seeking a self-motivated person who can contribute to the smooth running of the main administrative & HR tasks which help create a safe, healthy and positive workplace… https://www.goodwork.ca/931684 (apply by Oct 17, 2018)
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