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Candlelight Vigil for a Real Deal at Copenhagen
About 50 people showed up to the Unitarian Hall for our candlelight vigil. Here are a few photos!
December 12, 2009
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Tags: 350, avaaz, candlelight vigil, climate change, copenhagen, vigil · Posted in: Event Reports
Alternative Transportation Evening report
We watched a series of 5 short videos on alternative transportation subjects, including bus rapid transit, walking school buses, city-wide “smart bike” systems, electric vehicles, and even skateboards and canoes. With a few stunts of the “don’t try this at home” variety! Then we had coffee and decided which three of the suggested five breakout [...]
September 12, 2009
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Tags: alternative transportation, biking, car pooling, car sharing, powell river, public transport, ride sharing, walking · Posted in: Event Reports
Transition Information at Blackberry Day and the Street Party
We took information tables to Blackberry Day at the Open Air Market on Aug 15th, and to the Street Party on Aug 21st. We learned that Blackberry Day at the Market is no longer a big deal event like it used to be, so there aren’t extra people there – it’s like a normal market [...]
August 22, 2009
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Tags: blackberry day, street party · Posted in: Event Reports
Kevin and Liz visit the Sustainability Toolbox
On the evening of Aug 13th we went down to Herondell B&B south of town, where the students in the Sustainability Toolbox course are based. It had been wet all day but cleared up for the evening: a good thing since we were outside in a gazebo. Kevin and Liz acquired “camp names” as Otter [...]
August 15, 2009
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Tags: end of suburbia, powell river, sustainability · Posted in: Event Reports
TPR at the Hot Summer Nights market
Thanks to Karen’s kindness in offering us a free space, we set up an information table at the Hot Summer Nights market on Thursday July 15. Quite a few people stopped to chat and look at our display. Our display boards (loaned by Wendy Pelton) looked great, with “the problematic present” on the left, showing [...]
July 18, 2009
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Tags: awareness, climate change, display table, film screening, market, peak oil, renewable energy, transition · Posted in: Event Reports