Community Climate Change - Global Warming Café
Next Global Warming Café
Sunday, January 20, 2008
2:00 to 5:00 - Capital Hill Community Hall
361 South Howard Avenue (at Hastings), Burnaby
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next Global Warming Café will be the first Café in Burnaby. ▪At each Café, we bring together people from the community to ▫ discuss their thoughts and feelings about Climate Change ▫ introduce a "Global Warming Menu" of options for individual, group and community action ▫ form community Eco-Teams so you can meet and organize with your neighbours |
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First Three Eco-Teams Meet ▪A key objective of the Global Warming Cafés is to promote the creation of Eco-teams. Both of the last two Cafés saw about a third of the participants sign-up to form neighbourhood committees, called "Eco-Teams". So far 2 of the teams have met and have committed to meet regularly. The third is meeting for the first time this week. The local team has a mentor for the first meeting, is provided with a number of resources and then decides which specific objectives the group will work towards. ▪The teams meet in their own neighbourhood. So far, two are in Kitsilano and one is on the Eastside. If you would like to join or create your own Eco-Team, please attend the next Café or contact us at info@communityclimatechange.ca so we can connect you with others in your neighbourhood. Invitation to a "100 Mile Diet" Dear friends, At the last Global Warming Cafe (Nov.10), my table mates and I decided to host a "100 mile (or 160-Kilometre) potluck". We want to support each other and our wider community in taking steps toward becoming "locavores"! The idea is to bring food to share that is composed of ingredients which are, as much as possible, grown and produced within approximately 100 miles of Vancouver. Click this link for a map of the 100 miles area surrounding Vancouver: http://100milediet.org/map/ It would be fun (as well as helpful for those with food allergies) if everyone would label their food with the ingredients and where they come from. Location: Cranberry Commons Cohousing Community, 4272 Albert Street, North Burnaby (1 block north of Hastings, at Madison Ave.) When: Saturday January 5, at 6 pm. Please RSVP to Ruth Walmsley ruth@cranberrycommons.ca 604-298-9220 We have space for about 40 people. A great source of local food is available at the winter markets now happening at the Wise Hall - 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 10am - 2pm from November through April www.eatlocal.org/ There are lots of recipes using local ingredients available on line. This website also has lots of other great resources and information re. supporting local eating for global change. We hope to see you then! Ruth, Magdalena, Lily & Norma Can we help you organize a Global Warming Café? ▪We are hoping to create a "positive epidemic" of action around issues of Climate Change ▪We invite you or a group you belong to, to learn about the Global Warming Café model of community interaction and social change ▪If you would like to learn more, please attend one of our Cafés or ask to talk/meet with us to learn more. |
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Coming Events |
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KYOTO NOW! International Day of Action to Support action on Kyoto December 8th, 11:30 - 2pm at the Vancouver Public Library. Canadians for Kyoto Worldwide day of action on climate change Rally | EcoFair Join thousands of Canadians coast-to-coast in an event urging the government to honour Kyoto. Bring your cell phones!!! Speakers: Joe Foy - Western Canada Wilderness Committee Adriane Carr - Green Party of Canada Representatives from the faith community And more to come. Invitation to "100 Mile Diet" See letter in the left column The Church of Pointless Consumerism The most exciting, extravagant event of the holiday shopping season is finally here!! The Church of Pointless Consumerism, Fri, Dec 14, Sat, Dec 15 (shows at 8:30pm) & Sun Dec 16 (show 4:30pm), at Performance Works Theatre on Granville Island (1218 Cartwright St.) |
Contact info:
778-329-7459
info@communityclimatechange.ca
www.communityclimatechange.ca