S.E.N.S. Stuff (January)

  1. Climate Action Checklist - Be a Climate Action Champion! Read this list for big and small changes you can make at home to better protect our planet.

  2. SENS in 2023: Executive will meet this month to plan the 2023 year. Please send your ideas and ‘wish list’  to jblissau@telus.net

  3. Winter Reading: SENS has purchased numerous environmental-type books for the library in this past year. Check out the latest 3 to arrive at ORL: Soil – What Keeps The Earth and Us Healthy by Matthew Evans, FutureSteading – Live Like Tomorrow Matters by Jade Miles, and Local is our Future – Steps to an Economics of Happiness by Helena Norberg-Hodge.

    Also available at the library is this well-written delight:  Diary of a Young Naturalist. Experience the natural world of feathers, birds, plant life and more through the explorations of a wise and intelligent 14 years old boy.

    And, POLIS Water Sustainability Project members provide this selection of holiday reading recommendations related to water and ecological governance. Great stuff!

Call To Action

  1. Protect the Monarch Butterflies! Pesticides, habitat loss and climate change has resulted in population decline of 95% since the 1980s. Tell Canada to protect monarch butterflies as an endangered species!

  2. Help End Fracking in B.C.! Fracking is a contributor to climate change. With the increasing natural disasters felt in B.C. from climate change, the time is now to stop fracking.

    Add your name to the petition by following this link!

  3. Add Your Input to the Blue Economy Regulatory Review! The DFO and TBS are inviting input on Canada’s ocean sector from organizations or individuals interested in regulatory issues related to the blue economy. Follow this link!

  4. Try Veganuary!! Our diet is one of the largest ways we can make a meaningful impact on our environmental footprint. Join the hundreds of thousands of people who are eliminating animal products from their diet for all of January!

Worth the Watch

  1. The Earthshot Prize 2022 - Full Awards: The Earthshot Prize award ceremony is celebrating this year’s cohort of 15 incredible finalists from around the world, each representing a ground-breaking solution to repair our planet! 5 winners will be selected and awarded £1 million in prize funding to help support and scale their innovations, with the potential to repair our planet. Check it out!

  2. Eating Our Way to Extinction: This riveting film, narrated by Kate Winslet, exposes the true cost of our western diet. Deforestation, dead zones in the ocean, and antibiotic-resistant superbugs are just a few detrimental effects of mass-scale animal agriculture. The time for change is now!

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